In June 2016, Sacred Ponca Corn Seeds of Resistance were planted along the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast fracked gas pipeline routes. Join us at Rockfish Valley Community Center, 6:00-8:00 pm, on Friday October 14, 2016, to harvest and celebrate! Nelson and Augusta planters will hold the Harvest Celebration including a ceremony, speakers and music. […]
Please keep showing up! The long journey continues Monday October 24, 2016. 6 pm, with discussion of the compressor station at the Buckingham County Planning Commission's regular monthly meeting, Buckingham County Administration Building, 13380 West James Anderson Hwy, Buckingham. At the meeting, Dominion will have yet another turn at responding to citizen comments. Friends of […]
Come out and celebrate the Constitution! Join us for the afternoon on November 6, 2016, at RVCC to learn more about how eminent domain could be our solution to stopping the proposed ACP (and MVP). Together we can collectively activate our private property rights to benefit our community at large. Meet experts on Constitutional law, […]
Join Friends of Nelson on Monday November 14, 2016, 7:00-9:00 pm at Rockfish Valley Community Center, for a presentation by Thomas Linzey, Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). Thomas will be speaking about the subject of Community Rights, a major focus of the work of CELDF. Thomas is the author of […]
At their meeting on November 21, 2016, the Buckingham County Planning Commission is expected to discuss the conditions it will attach to the special use permit, if it in fact decides to recommend that the project go forward to the Buckingham Board of Supervisors. If built, the compressor station would have significant impacts on Buckingham, […]
Friends of Nelson Annual Membership Meeting, 6 pm potluck, Rockfish Valley Community Center. At this meeting we will be choosing our Board of Directors for 2017 by vote of the membership present. We will be celebrating our accomplishments in 2016, a huge year for Friends of Nelson, and looking forward to 2017 as the year […]
It is expected that the Buckingham County Planning Commission's recommendation to the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors will be on the agenda at the December 12, 2016, Supervisors meeting. If built, the compressor station would have significant impacts on Buckingham, which is known for its pristine environment and rural culture. The proposed site for this […]
If you are an Augusta County landowner with land in the footprint of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline or any access roads, please join us this Thursday, December 15, 2016, at 6:30 pm at the Augusta County Government Center. Come learn your rights as a landowner, and how you can join together as a community to […]
Cville Rising Event: January 14, 2017 – Building the Resistance, Stopping the Atlantic Coast Pipeline – Saturday January 14, 2017, 4:30-6:00 pm, Charlottesville Friends Meeting House, 1104 Forest St, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Agenda will include speakers from local groups and directly impacted local counties. Cville Rising says, “The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is proposed to cut […]
