The Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) and the POWHR Coalition will co-host a Pipeline Summit on Saturday, November 12, 2016, in Natural Bridge, VA. The 10 am to 4 pm meeting is designed to aid participants working to defeat the pipelines proposed across the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region with improved information, messages and skills to carry on their efforts in 2017.

There is a $10 charge for lunch and beverages (a wide choice of sandwiches and salads will be available) to be paid upon your arrival.

The need for reforming property rights laws, particularly eminent domain, will be a major subject addressed. Participating in this important discussion will be:

• Larry Shapiro, Associate Director for Program Development, Rockefeller Family Fund, New York City. He is also President of the Board of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEFFA), the organization that released a study in April on the risks of pipeline expansions in the Appalachian region. Mr. Shapiro convened a national conference in June on “Pipelines and Eminent Domain.” He will be discussing a new initiative that seeks to reform the ability of pipeline companies to utilize eminent domain laws.
• Richard Averitt, CEO at Digital ReLab and a Nelson County, VA resident. Mr. Averitt has been significantly impacted by the proposed ACP. A 100-acre property he and his father, Dick Averitt, purchased in the Rockfish Valley portion of Nelson County, VA to build a resort is in the path of the ACP, thus preventing the resort development from proceeding. The resort would create 50 full-time and 50-75 part-time jobs, significantly more permanent employment than the ACP would create in the entire Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Kate Wofford, Executive Director, Shenandoah Valley Network, an organization whose mission is to maintain healthy and productive rural landscapes and communities, to protect and restore natural resources, and to strengthen and sustain the region’s agricultural economy. Ms. Wofford will discuss the environmental easement issue in Virginia and also serve as the panel’s moderator.

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