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“If not you – Who? If not now – When?” The team members of Cumberland County Landfill Alert have been working to push a letter campaign to Senator Kaine and we need your action. 5 minutes and $ .50 will help stop the proposed Multi-State Cumberland County Mega-landfill ! Join the letter-writing campaign and make … Continue reading Action Needed

This Sunday, November 10, 2019, is our November Community Townhall Meeting. We will meet at the New Community Center located at 11 Davenport Road, Cumberland, VA at 3 p.m. Guest speaker for this meeting is Dr. Amy Griffin, Superintendent of Cumberland County Schools. She is speaking on Student Environmental Projects. Come out and learn what … Continue reading NOV COMMUNITY TOWNHALL MEETING

This is a post to inform and remind you of upcoming happenings between today and November 12, 2019: 1.  Today is November 5, 2019. Election Day!  If you haven’t already done so, please let your voice be heard and get out and vote.  Your voice matters! 2.  November 7, 2019 – Wine Tasting.  This is … Continue reading Upcoming Events…

Saturday’s SHINDIG!! We are SO EXCITED about this weekend’s CCLA SHINDIG- Saturday October 12th! It will be a great night of fun with friends and family…a DJ, dancing, kids contest, cake walk, silent auction, BBQ dinner, hotdogs, bake sale, and announcing that raffle winner! This will be our largest fund-raising event of the year! Come … Continue reading Weekend Festivities & News

Another County Resignation… Cumberland County has had three resignations this year – listed below. The most recent – “…District Four Supervisor David Meinhard has resigned from the board.” in a Farmville Herald article which ran yesterday, October 8, 2019 (Link attached and full text at section bottom) October 3rd, 2019 Farmville Herald shared that “Recently … Continue reading News!

Not a Done Deal! Not a Done Deal! When this mess began last year, June 2018, a member of CCLA spoke to a “dump fighter” from another state. During that conversation, he was clear about two things… “#1 Stay Focused on The Goal – To Stop the Dump!#2 It can be stopped at any point! … Continue reading Update and Upcoming Events

This Sunday’s Community Townhall Meeting – Meet and Greet! Meet the Candidate event is Sunday September 8th from 3:00 to 5:00 at Cumberland’s Community Center located at 11 Davenport Road in Cumberland, VA. Instead of our regular meeting we will be hosting a meeting for the candidates to present their platforms. Citizen feedback has prompted … Continue reading Sunday’s Meeting and Support

We are looking forward to seeing you at this Sunday’s Community Townhall Meeting! Lots of information to share and opportunities for involvement!Bring a friend and some goodies to share. We’ll see you Sunday!  Continue reading See You Sunday!

The Board of Supervisors amended the Host Agreement with Green Ridge/County Waste at the meeting on Tuesday, ratified on Thursday.  An update of the details and a handout of the old verbiage and the new verbiage will be provided at the Townhall Meeting Tomorrow, July 14th at 3 pm at 11 Davenport Road. See you … Continue reading Host Agreement Changes

July will mark a year since our first Community Townhall Meeting. Yes! Last year, July, was the first time we pulled together as a community to begin rallying around and organizing against County Waste’s proposed multi-state mega-dump! We had a little over one hundred in attendance and we now average forty to fifty in attendance … Continue reading Community Townhall and Recap