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April 10 Farm-to-Table Dinner on Land Protection
Starting the evening with time to view a special local artisan exhibition "Shenandoah County's Rural Heritage and Landscape through Photography and Artwork", more than 90 people atttended the Forum's dinner and workshop on local benefits of land protection. Dinner was provided by local farms,  Swover Creek Farms and Country Rhodes Farm followed by ice cream from speaker Ken Smith's Moo-Thru Dairy and locally roasted coffee from Cabin Creek Roasters.

Speakers included Commissioner Matt Lohr, Mike Kane from Piedmont Environmental Council, George Ohrstrom from Clark County with Ken Smith from Moo-Thru Dairy in Remington.

4/12/13 NVD:Land Conservation Efforts Touted, Lauded

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A Special Thank You to our April 10 Dinner Sponsors:



We would also like to thank Cabin Creek Roasters for supplying the coffee and all the local artists that shared their artwork with us for our special rural landscapes and working farms exhibition.


Participating artists included: Debbi Dellinger, Diane Artz Furlong, Laurel Vaughan along with pieces supplied by Marcy McCann from Shenandoah Valley Artworks in Strasburg.
Seth Coffman Presents Award
Shenandoah Supervisors Recognized for Leadership Supporting County's Vision

Shenandoah Forum presented its first William A. “Doc” Truban Leadership Award for actions supporting Shenandoah County’s rural, agricultural, and historic heritage to the Board of Supervisors during the Board’s Tuesday meeting.

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Woodstock Wetland Project Wins Award!
Shenandoah Forum is pleased to announce that its nomination of Woodstock's Indian Spring Wetland Project will be among two other area winners for the 2013 Better Models for Development awards. On May 8, 2013, the town of Woodstock and the project's many partners will be recognized by the Valley Conservation Council's Better Models for Development award. Each year, VCC recognizes new development projects that best add to the region's quality of life, environmentally as well as economically.
Congratulations also to Fort Valley Nursery in Woodstock and the Toms Brook School as 2013 Better Models for Development recipients.


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  • Securing our county's rural vision.


  • Enhancing our agricultural sector.


  • Advocating for right-sized transportation solutions.
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