A public hearing is set for Thursday, January 5, 2017, at 6 p.m. for members of the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors to hear public comment on a requested special use permit for a 53,515 horsepower natural gas-fired compressor station as part of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline project.  The final decision on the permit needed for the station could come during the Board’s regular Jan. 9, 2017 meeting. The public hearing will be held in the Peter Francisco Auditorium in the County Administration Complex on Route 60.

Be there by 5:45 if you intend to sign up and speak. Better yet come earlier and join our song and prayer circle at the Arts center nearby, 4:30 at the nearby Arts Building (it’s within walking distance of the Administration Building).  Gather for snacks, draft or finish up your hearing comments, sing, pray, and meet the organizers and activists from Buckingham who’ve fought this compressor station and pipeline for over 2 years!