Community Gardens

We sponsor the Newtown Community Garden and we cooperate with other community gardens located around Staunton and Augusta County.

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Food

With some of the richest farmland in America, the Shenandoah Valley can again become the breadbasket of the East Coast as a center of the new organic, healthy food economy. This can help spur local services, cottage industries, and clean manufacturing.

Food Food

Energy

Clean energy right here in the Shenandoah Valley? With costs coming down, it's becoming do-able. And it could create good local jobs and even spur local manufacturing.

Energy Energy

Transportation

A century ago, Staunton enjoyed prosperity as a rail hub for passengers and freight. Combine our existing rail infrastructure with today’s national rail renaissance, and we can once again become a center for moving people and goods.

Transportation Transportation
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Elizabethan Heirloom Apples

Dr. Jon Cawley, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Roanoke College will talk about his project to seed heirloom apple trees in America today. He visits localities, identifies a key local element, and donates heirloom apple trees to the area. Here in Staunton, he and his students will be donating varieties of Elizabethan Era Heirloom [...]

Why Staunton and Augusta?

Beverley Street in Staunton

Staunton, one of the 20 best small towns in America, according to Smithsonian magazine. Why are more and more people from around the country moving to this small city in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia? In the last 70 years, … [Read More...]

Community Gardens

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We sponsor the Newtown Community Garden and we cooperate with other community gardens located around Staunton and Augusta County. Our goal is to help bring neighbors together around a shared project while helping families save … [Read More...]

Re-Localize our Economy

Beverley Street in Staunton

While cheap fossil fuels have brought many benefits to modern society, they have also enabled a global economy that has destroyed the historic local wealth of America’s rural areas. Staunton and Augusta County are no … [Read More...]