Calendar of Events

Coming Events

Board of Supervisors Meetings: - are held at Metompkin Elementary School in Parksley on the third Wednesday of each month. The Public Session will begin at 7:00 PM. Public Hearings will begin at 7:30 PM. Agendas can be found at: www.co.accomack.va.us/Board of Supervisors/Board_Meetings
Planning Commission Meetings: - are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM at Metompkin Elementary School at 24501 Parksley Road in Parksley. Work sessions are held the third Monday of each month on an as needed basis. Agendas can be found at: www.co.accomack.va.us/Planning/Planning_Commission

Past Events

Wednesday, 14 May, 2008
- Public Hearing on the Accomack County Comprehensive Plan at the Metompkin Elementary School, Parksley, at 7 pm. Public Comment will start at 7 pm. Be sure to sign up at the door to speak.

February 24, 2008
- All-hands SONs membership meeting at 2:30 at the Craddockville Methodist Church

January 16, 2008
- Board of Supervisors meeting at 7:00 pm at Metompkin Elementary School

December 12, 2007
- Review of the Draft Comprehensive Plan at Arcadia Middle School, 7:00 pm

December 11, 2007
- Review of the Draft Comprehensive Plan at Nandua Middle School, 7:00 pm

November 26, 2007
- Court Date for SONs Lawsuit set 11am.

November 7, 2007
- Planning Commission Meeting. - 7:00 Metompkin Elementary School

November 6, 2007
- Vote!! all day, for responsible growth and leadership.

October 25, 2007

- District 9 Supervisor candidates Major and McCaleb face off and take questions from the public. Sponsored by the Painter Fire Department. At the Painter Fire Department, 7:00 pm, in Painter. Moderated by Candy Farlow.

October 23, 2007
- Meet the candidates for constitutional offices at 7:00 pm at the Shore Bank Office in Onley.

October 17, 2007
- Virginia Water Control Board Public Hearing on proposed regulation creating a Shellfish Aquaculture Enhancement Zone on the Eastern Shore, at the Painter Agricultural Research and Extension Center, at 2:00 pm.

October 16, 2007
- WESR Debate between Cassandra Major and Philip McCaleb, District 9 supervisor candidates. 7:05 pm on your AM 103 dial.

October 10th, 2007
- Planning Commission meeting, 7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Metompkin Elem.School)

October 9th, 2007
- Deadline for Voter Registration

October 9th, 2007
- Candidate Forum for districts 5,6,7,8, and 9. Sponsored by Center for a Better Eastern Shore, CBES. Candidates invited are: Gray, Gordy, Hurst, James, McCaleb, Mallette, Major, and Wills. 7:00 pm at Nandua High School Cafeteria.

October 3rd, 2007
- POSTPONED Joint Board of Supervisors / Planning Commission Meeting Time TBA (Metompkin Elementary School)
- On the agenda: Comprehensive Land Plan

October 2nd, 2007
-Candidate Forum for districts 1,2,3, and 4. sponsored by Center for a Better Eastern Shore, CBES. Candidates invited are: Chesser, Elliott, Lewis, Mears, Raynor, Thornton, Wolff. 7:00 pm at Arcadia High School Cafeteria.

September 27th, 2007
- Planning Commission Worksession 7pm (Metompkin Elementary School)
- On the agenda: Comprehensive Land Plan

September 19th, 2007
- Board of Supervisors Meeting 6pm (Metompkin Elementary School)

June 20th, 2007
- Board of Supervisors Meeting 7:30 (Metompkin Elementary. School

June 13th, 2007
- Planning Commission Meeting. - 7:00 (Metompkin Elementary School

June 1st, 2007
- The Eastern Shore Local Food Project Annual Special Event, 7:00 P.M , at Nandua High School

This event is to promote markets for locally produced food. Virginia Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bloxom will be a special guest. Look in paper or for flyers for more information. Community Supported Agriculture is one of several pillars of economic development that SONs supports that will preserve our rural life style and provide good jobs for local residents.

May 22nd, 2007
- Joint Work-Session (Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors). 7:00-9:00 (Metompkin Elementary School).

The Comprehensive Plan update will be discussed. Milton Herd will present. Part of the rewrite was discussed at the May 8th Planning. Commission. Meeting. Several SONs members have reviewed it and it appears to be very weak. Most recommended actions are the never accomplished actions of the 1997 plan! The Supervisors could set a Public Hearing. This plan is crucial to the final Zoning Ordinance having any teeth, and all S.O.Ns. members are urged to attend.

May 16th, 2007
- The Eastern Shore of Virginia Tourism Commission invites the Shore community to the unveiling of the Eastern Shore Brand, 4pm at the Shore Bank Headquarters conference room, Onley.

How do we want people to feel when they see the words Eastern Shore of Virginia? How can we entice travelers to experience the Eastern Shore instead of going elsewhere? How can we help our businesses sell their Eastern Shore products?

The brand was developed after nearly two years of feedback and data collection from the broad based Eastern Shore Tourism Alliance along with other local experts, guidance from the Virginia Tourism Corporation and an extensive Eastern Shore Branding Strategy project in partnership with Temple University's Fox School of Business.

You may want to check out the brand on the way to the Board of Supervisors meeting later on.

May 16th, 2007
- Board of Supervisors meeting. 7:30 (Metompkin Elementary. School).

A PUBLIC HEARING will be held on 6 Agricultural and Forestal Districts (Atlantic, Craddockville, Leemont, Painter, Scarborough Neck, and Shields). These districts include 24,000 acres of land. The Planning Commission and Advisory Committee is recommending modifying some and continuing others, but the supervisors can also terminate any districts. The creation of these districts in the 1980’s resulted in tax breaks for farming and also conservation of farmland. Unfortunately, many subdivision applications have been approved without legally required landowner requests for withdrawal from the A and F districts. The county has tried to begin observing these requirements again, so recommended modifications reflect this.

April 26th, 2007
- CBES Annual Meeting. 7:30 pm. at Occohannock School near Exmore.Mr. Joseph H. Maroon, Dir. of the Va. Dept of Conservation and Recreation, will talk on new efforts to enforce the Chesapeake Bay Act. The public is invited to this meeting. Contact CBES for more information 678-7157.

April 18th, 2007
- Board of Supervisors. 6:00 PM-9:00 PM At Metompkin Elementary School

April 11th, 2007
- Planning Commission. 7:00 PM-9:00 PM (Metompkin Elem. School) . The issue of the Planned Unit Development in Onley will be discussed. SONs members are encouraged to attend.

March 21, 2007
- Board of Supervisor's Meeting. 6:00 P.M. Metompkin Elementary School

March 14, 2007
- Planning Commission Meeting. 7:00 P.M. Metompkin Elementary

February 28th, 2007
- There was a very important meeting discussing economic development futures of the Eastern Shore on Wednesday, February 28 at the Nandua Middle School at 7 pm. The Accomack Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission was in attendance. This was a very important meeting since it was one of the few times that our Board of Supervisors were exposed to any future economic vision of the shore that doesn't involve complete suburbanization.

February 27th, 2007
- There was a meeting of the Accomack County Planning Commission to review the feedback from the local district on the Comprehensive Plan, at 7 pm at Metompkin Elementary School.