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Friends of WTG
Topics 1. Atlantic Coast Pipeline 2. Impact to Wintergreen 3. Friends of Wintergreen 4. Ways To Help Confidential -‐-‐ Friends of Wintergreen 1 Dominion’s Atlan-c Coast Pipeline ! What ! ! 42” Natural gas Fracking Marcellus Shale ACP Colocation Construction Karst Erosion Explosion Dominion FERC Energy Eminent domain ! 42” compressed natural gas WV, NC, VA Route by Wintergreen/VA 151 ! Timeline ! ! ! ! Imminent: Application to FERC 2016: Approval by FERC 2016-‐18: Construction 2018: Operational ! Construction ! ! ! ! 2 years of disruption 125 foot temporary right of way Tunnel under Blue Ridge Parkway Staging area next to Wintergreen Confidential -‐-‐ Friends of Wintergreen 2 Impact To Wintergreen Area ! Economic development ! Property values ! Safety ! Environmental Confidential -‐-‐ Friends of Wintergreen 3 Mission To protect and enhance the value, beauty, and sustainability of Wintergreen and its neighboring communities and businesses Governance Board of Directors ! ! ! ! ! Jon Ansell (President)-‐ part time Wintergreen resident Bob Kemp (CFO)-‐ Nelson County businessman John Claman-‐ full time Wintergreen resident David Schwiesow-‐ full time Wintergreen resident Marti Szczur-‐ full time Wintergreen resident Advisory Board (in formation) Hank Thiess-‐ Resort General Manager ! Ed Gilliam-‐ WPOA President ! George Hodson-‐ Nelson 151 ! Pipeline Focus ! Relocate route/“win-‐win” ! Elected officials ! Dominion ! FERC, other regulators ! Strategy ! Legal ! Advocacy ! Environment ! Communications ! Experts ! Former FERC Deputy COS ! National environment firm Confidential -‐-‐ Friends of Wintergreen 4 What’s Been Done -‐-‐ So Far Accomplished ! ! ! ! ! Created organization Hired national experts Strategy and budget Formed alliances Activities ! Met with Governor, Senators, Secretaries, and legislators ! Engaged with Dominion, FERC, other regulators ! Technical and legal analysis ! Four initiatives ! Social Media Confidential -‐-‐ Friends of Wintergreen 5 Economic Development Nelson 151 ! #1 resort in Virginia ! Wineries, breweries, cideries, ! 400,000 visitors ! Largest taxpayer and employer ! $1.4 B in real estate values ! 50 year commitment ! Desire to invest and grow distilleries, restaurants ! 50% of meal tax revenue ! 300,000-‐400,000 visitors ! Fastest growing economic region ! America’s #2 cidery ! Virginia’s #15 company Planned Economic Development That Will Not Happen $75+ M in new investment 200-‐300 new jobs Confidential -‐-‐ Friends of Wintergreen 6 Examples of Analysis Colocation Scorecard Dominion = <10% Industry = > 50% Dominion On Alternative 29: “Difficult Terrain Not Suitable For Pipeline Construction” Confidential -‐-‐ Friends of Wintergreen 7 Public Safety ! Wintergreen Resort’s only entrance and exit. ! Up to 10,000+ people ! Blast radius would destroy the Wintergreen Police Building, gatehouse and the community headquarters building Confidential -‐-‐ Friends of Wintergreen 8 Ways To Help Engage Sign up and Letters: FriendsOfWintergreen.com News and Updates: Facebook/FriendsOfWintergreen Recruit: Your Friends and Neighbors Call or Write: Governor, Senators, Congressman, FERC Donate In Person: At Friends of Wintergreen table Online: www.FriendsOfWintergreen.com Confidential -‐-‐ Friends of Wintergreen 9 42” Natural gas Fracking Marcellus Shale ACP Colocation Construction Karst Erosion Explosion Dominion FERC Energy Eminent domain Confidential -‐-‐ Friends of Wintergreen 10
