• Friends of Nelson Public Meeting

    Nelson Heritage Center 1653 Thomas Nelson Hwy, Arrington, VA, United States

    Wednesday, February 4: Friends of Nelson Public Meeting at 7:00 pm at the Nelson Heritage Center, Arrington. View photos of the meeting here.

  • Federal Court Hearing

    Harrisonburg Federal Court Harrisonburg, VA, United States

    Thursday, February 5: Federal Hearing on the Constitutionality of the Survey Statute, Harrisonburg Federal Court, 10:30 am. The first court hearing for the case (Klemic et al.) against Dominion regarding the constitutionality of 56-49.01 was held on February 5th in Harrisonburg Federal Court.

  • Stop the Surveys Lobby Day

    Virginia State Capitol 100 Bank St, Richmond, VA, United States

    Monday, February 9: Stop the Surveys Lobby Day in Richmond, Virginia General Assembly, 8:30 am. SB 1338 and SB 1166 were up for review by the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor on Monday, February 9th. Friends of Nelson went to Richmond to lobby legislators, give a press conference, and attend the committee hearing. More […]

  • Nelson Board of Supervisors Meeting

    Nelson County Court House Lovingston, VA, United States

    Tuesday, February 10: Nelson County Board of Supervisors Meeting, County Courthouse, General District Courtroom, Lovingston, 2:00 pm. This meeting of the Board of Supervisors included the agenda item “Dominion Request for Land Use Meeting with Nelson County Staff.” Friends of Nelson supporters attended this meeting and requested that public hearings be held BEFORE any permits […]

  • Virginia People’s Climate March

    Virginia State Capitol 100 Bank St, Richmond, VA, United States

    Monday, February 23: Virginia People’s Climate March, Richmond. A rally on the Richmond Capitol grounds to demand environmental justice from Governor McAuliffe and the Virginia General Assembly as they close their session. See the Facebook page for this event for more information and photos. Additional photos of the event are here.

  • Friends of Nelson Fundraiser – Dance and Silent Auction

    Rockfish Valley Community Center 190 Rockfish School Lane, Afton, VA, United States

    Saturday, Feb. 28: Friends of Nelson Fundraising Community Dance and Silent Auction at Rockfish Valley Community Center, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. The evening of No-Pipeline fun helped us raise money for our “Expert Fund” to strengthen our opposition to the pipeline in the FERC and legal process. It included a potpourri of square and […]

  • Dominion Open House

    Nelson County High School 6919 Thomas Nelson Hwy, Lovingston, VA, United States

    Tuesday March 10: The Dominion Open House, 5-7:30 at Nelson County High School. Folks came to demonstrate, to ask Dominion representatives questions and tell about their concerns, or just to demonstrate NO PIPELINE support! They wore blue! Check out some photos from the evening here and here . See news coverage of the event here.

  • Friends of Nelson Public Meeting

    Rockfish Valley Community Center 190 Rockfish School Lane, Afton, VA, United States

    Thursday March 12: NO PIPELINE public meeting, 7:00 pm at Rockfish Valley Community Center. We found out the latest, got ready for the upcoming scoping meeting, asked questions and shared information. See some photos from the evening here.

  • FERC Scoping Meeting

    Nelson County High School 6919 Thomas Nelson Hwy, Lovingston, VA, United States

    Wednesday March 18: FERC Scoping Meeting, 7 pm, Nelson County High School. This was supposed to be our chance to express our concerns to FERC representatives face to face, a critical opportunity for public input to the federal regulators responsible for granting approval or denial of the ACP. However, when the meeting ended at 10:45 […]

  • Screening: Won’t Pipe Down

    University of Virginia - Runk Dining Hall Green Room Charlottesville, VA, United States

    Sunday May 3, 2015, 7 pm, Runk Dining Hall Green Room at UVa, Charlottesville.  Screening of Won’t Pipe Down! – FREE – but you must register here   View the trailer here  and read about the JMU students who made the documentary and their wonderful project here