Month: March 2022

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Conservation Award!

In case you missed it, the Conserve York County Foundation was awarded the Historic Virginia Land Conservancy 2021 Commitment to Conservation Award!
This award recognizes “extraordinary efforts to protect and preserve our community ambiance in the Historic Triangle by advocating for smart growth and conservation.”
Our goal is to conserve what land we can through smart development. We encourage the reuse and repurposing of existing structures before the destruction of woods and farmland, and support landowners rights to use their land according to its existing zoning.
This award also recognizes YOU…the AMAZING community that continues to take an active role in protecting our beautiful home. YOU have written letters and emails. YOU have posted yard signs and bumper stickers. YOU have attended meetings in frigid, wet weather. YOU have shown our county leadership that you are paying attention and that conservation of our rural land matters! Thank you!
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In a nutshell: What does the Board of Supervisors do?

The York County Board of Supervisors is an elected body that passes legislation for the county. They approve or deny rezoning proposals, for example, based on recommendations from the Planning Commission, county staff and public input. Their meetings are generally open to the public. They meet atYork Hall, located at 301 Main Street in Yorktown.
The Board is comprised of 5 York County citizens, one from each of the five election districts. Supervisors serve 4-year terms, and the current Board’s terms end December 31, 2023.
For more information about the members, what they do and how you can get involved, visit: https://www.yorkcounty.gov/101/Board-of-Supervisors
photo credit: WYDaily.com
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Do you want MORE traffic?

These backups are now a daily event on Lightfoot Road, where traffic has been unbearable since the Kelton Station apartments were approved in 2019. Developers now hope to fill the cornfield on your right in this video with homes and apartments. They will need the Board of Supervisors’ approval to do so. Fortunately, most of our Supervisors have been listening to our concerns since the Fenton Mill fight.
We will continue to defend the rural nature of our area and oppose medium or high-density development of the Lightfoot area when the proposals arrive.
This is our future unless we all continue to RESIST developers who are in search of quick profit.  High density rewards developers, but area residents are left holding the bag, through traffic jams, crowded schools, and higher taxes.
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The York County Comprehensive Plan is currently being reviewed and rewritten.

Over the next few weeks we’ll highlight different points that we believe should be addressed in the new plan.
In order to stop the local population explosion, the 2040 York County Comprehensive Plan should discourage residential development in District One beyond that allowed by existing zoning, and all mixed-use overlays should be removed.  A great deal of deliberation and public input went into the existing zoning, and it should be respected.  No more rezoning for higher density.  No more loopholes.