HELP KEEP INDUSTRIAL SOLAR POWER PLANTS OFF RURAL LAND
How you can help ...
Learn about utility scale solar and the impact its placement on rural land can have on agriculture, property values, animal habitat and quality of life for nearby residents.
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Add your voice to other voices protesting placement of utility scale solar on rural land:
- Email or call the Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors (contact information below).
- Speak out during a public hearing at a Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors meeting. Read our tips
- Write a letter to the editor at the Orange County Review.
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Organize meetings with your friends and neighbors to alert others to utility scale solar proposals in the county.
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Ask local businesses if they will post a petition for their customers to sign to express opposition to utility scale solar on rural land.
ORANGE COUNTY VA CONTACTS
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The Board of Supervisors meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month beginning at 5:00 pm, unless otherwise advertised. Their meetings are also held at the Public Safety Building, located at 11282 Government Center Drive in Orange.
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>>Meetings are advertised with the agenda and related information here: https://orangecountyva.gov/525/Agendas-Minutes
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PLANNING STAFF - 540-672-4574
Planning & Zoning Manager Josh Frederick, jfrederick@orangecountyva.gov
(is also lead planner for Sunfish Solar project)
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PLANNING COMMISSION
District 1, Jason Cappelle, jcapelleorangecounty@gmail.com, 540-227-4589 (Commission Chair)
District 2: Brandon Van Hoven, bvanhoven@orangecountyva.gov, 540-229-2116
District 3, Jordan Marshall, jmarshall@orangecountyva.gov, 540-223-0617
District 4: Adam Bryington, abryington@yahoo.com, 540-661-7222 (Commission Vice Chair)
District 5: Frank DiPasquale, fdispasquale@orangecountyva.gov, 703-507-0485
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
District 1, Mark Johnson, rmarkjohnson142@gmail.com, 540-832-2150 (Board Chairman)
District 2: Ed Van Hoven, evanhoven@orangecountyva.gov, 540-717-2194
District 3: Keith Marshall, kmarshall@orangecountyva.gov, 540-604-7039 (Board Vice chairman)
District 4: Crystal Hale, chale@orangecountyva.gov, 540-406-9406
District 5: J. Bryan Nicol, bnicol@orangecountyva.gov, 303-475-6243