Category Archives: Summit Report

Coalition for Sustainability: Sustainable Communication & Organization

2011/04/27 Action, Summit Report, Sustainability No comments
Reported on by Charles Hendricks, Convened by  Pete Bsumek at Blue Nile at 12:30pm Attendees: Charles Hendricks, Daniel Hill, Ken Wells, Amy Turnage, Donald Gleasor, Justin Van Kleeck, Jeff Tang......

Sustainable Development and Private Landownership

2011/04/27 Summit Report, Sustainability No comments
Convened and reported on by Lois Paul at Blue Nile from 1:45 – 2:50pm Attendees: Lois, Lynn, Aaron, and Tom Private landownership is central to the history of America.  When New England wa......

Awakening the Dreamer Symposium

2011/04/25 Summit Report, Sustainability One comment
Convened by Diana Woodall at Clementine at 11:15am  Attendees: Diana, Lois, Liz, Lisbeth, Ryan, Gareth, Grant, Pete, Brittany, Aron    Two short videos were shown introducing the Awakening the D......

Bicycle Easements

2011/04/25 Action, Policy and Planning, Summit Report, Sustainability No comments
Convened by John Schuster at Blue Nile at 12:15pm Attendees: John Schuster, Travis Layman  We discussed the plans in effect to change bicycle routes in both the City and County. Travis is alread......

Local Ordinances and Sustainability

2011/04/25 Action, Policy and Planning, Summit Report, Sustainability No comments
Convened by John Schuster at Blue Nile at 11:15am Attendees: Bill Ney, John Eckman, Tony Lopez, Pete Bsumek, John Schuster  Our topics of concern were: Signs, landscaping, utilities and alternat......

Global Warning: A Presentation from the Garden Clubs of Virginia

2011/04/25 Action, Summit Report, Sustainability No comments
Convened by Laura Dansby at Cally’s at 11:15am  Attendees: 24 Discussion based on a cooperative effort by the National Wildlife Federation and the Garden Clubs of Virginia.  Discussion Top......

What’s On Our Plates?

2011/04/25 Action, Summit Report, Sustainability No comments
Convened by Suzi Carter, Justin Van Kleeck at Blue Nile at 1:45pm  Topics Dicussed: What aspects of local food are people interested in? - access to ingredients; what people are doing with loca......

Green Your Home

2011/04/25 Summit Report, Sustainability No comments
Convened by: Aaron Yoder/Benjamin Meredith at 11:15am at Cally’s Attendees: 36 total Topics discussed: Energy efficiency problems with JMU off campus housing. How to create incentives for......

What is needed to build the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Shenandoah Valley?

2010/11/12 Business and Economy, Summit Report, Technology No comments
Scribe: Mary Lou Bourne   Conveners: Mary Lou Bourne/Carol Hamilton Cally’s first floor 12:15 – 1:30 Attendees: Mary Lou Bourne, Jim Barnes, Dan Martin, Mike Rozmus, Bob Stolle, Hap ......

Tech Zones and What is Local Government’s Role

2010/11/12 Business and Economy, Summit Report, Technology No comments
Scribe: Ande Banks  Conveners: Ande Banks , Brian Shull, Billy Vaughn and Dereck Criner Clementine’s 11:00 Attendees: Brian Davis, Jim Barnes, Wes Wenger, Bob Norris, Riley Murray, Justin ......

Shenandoah Valley Technology Summit Agenda and Reports

2010/11/04 Summit Report, Technology No comments
On November 3, 2010, close to 100 people participated in the Shenandoah Valley Technology Summit, focused on fostering our technology-based innovation economy. The event was facilitated and host......

Challenges for Promoting the Innovation Economy in the Shenandoah Valley

2010/11/04 Summit Report, Technology No comments
These are the raw responses from attendees of the Nov 3, 2010, Shenandoah Valley Technology Summit when they were asked, “What are the challenges related to fostering our innovation economy?”  T......