Working Draft Of The New Comprehensive Plan

Timeline For Completion Of The 2045 Plan

Preparation 2019-2020

CAC develops Community Survey.
CAC members meet with community organizations.
CAC studies State Code and similar locality Plans.

Information 2021

Studies and reports are prepared.
CAC members meet with community organizations.
District Information Sessions are held.

Collaboration 2022

Community Collaboration Sessions are held.
CAC closes the community survey.
Writing begins on a draft Comprehensive Plan.

Review & Refinement 2023

CAC members finish /refine draft Plan.
Community Review Sessions are held for input on the draft Comprehensive Plan.
CAC members amend and finalize the draft Comprehensive Plan based on public comment.
CAC presents the draft Comprehensive Plan to the Planning Commission and Board.
CAC amends draft Comprehensive plan and finalizes final Comprehensive Plan.

Refinement & Adoption 2024

CAC presents to Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors for final approval.
Adoption of the County’s fourth comprehensive plan, Shenandoah 2045: A Future Together.
CAC members begin work on the first five year review to ensure the Plan continues to represent the desires of the citizens in the County.

Here’s how you can tell us your vision for the future:

A Survey For Our Time And Future (Closed September 2022)

From March 2020 to September 2022 the CAC conducted a survey of the options of Shenandoah County residents and visitors as to what they would like to see in a new comprehensive plan and the future of the County. The CAC received 336 responses which represents 970 people based on respondents’ household information. Perhaps you took the survey, perhaps you did not. Either way we encourage you to read the report and let us know any ideas that stand out to you good or bad as if we don’t hear from you we won’t be able to take your ideas into consideration.

Click here for the full report

Map The Future

Tell everyone what your favorite place is in the County, where you have an idea for how things could be different, and where problems exist on our interactive map. Zoom in to your community and let everyone know where you want to see more detailed improvements such as sidewalks, new stores, or public river or stream access.

Click here to map your future.

The New Comprehensive Plan And What It Means For You

The new Comprehensive Plan has been released in its first basic format! An online commenting period is taking place until August 1st, 2023 to allow for those who can’t make it out to the Community Review Sessions a chance to comment on the proposed Plan.

Click here to take the survey.

View And Comment On The Full First Draft Here

Want to just look at the draft and not comment? Click here!

Community Meetings And Discussions

The plan affects your quality of life by providing decision makers an overview of what County residents – you & me – want their county to be.

The only way to have your views considered is to participate in meetings like this and completing the mapping survey.

District Information Sessions

In the Fall of 2021 Board members from their respective Districts were asked to host District Information Sessions with the intent to inform the public that a Comprehensive Plan exists, as well as Planning, Zoning, and Subdivisions, and to ensure the public knows that they hold an open and vital role with developing the Comprehensive Plan and its recommended policies.

Report On District Information Sessions Of Fall 2021: What Do You Love, What Do You Want To Improve?

Resources shared at the District Information Sessions can be found below:

Imagine The Perfect Place To Live Video

Community Survey

Guide To The Comprehensive Plan (Online)

Guide To The Comprehensive Plan (Print)

CEA Brochure

AFD Rack Card

11 Sessions Were Held At The Following Dates, Times, And Locations:

September 29th District 4 @ Woodstock Brewhouse @ 7:00 PM 123 E Court St, Woodstock, VA 22664
September 30th Districts 5 & 6 @ Toms Brook Firehall @ 6:00 PM 3342 S Main St, Toms Brook, VA 22660
October 4th District 1 @ Mount Hermon Community Center @7:00 PM 3821 Orkney Grde, Mt Jackson, VA 22842
October 6th District 2 @ Conicville Fire Department @ 7:00 PM 763 Conicville Rd, Mt Jackson, VA 22842
October 13th District 2 @ Shenandoah Caverns Cafe @ 7:00 PM 261 Caverns Rd, Quicksburg, VA 22847
October 14th District 1 @ New Market Fire Department @ 7:00 PM 9771 S Congress St, New Market, VA 22844
October 21st District 3 @ Fort Valley Library @ 6:30 PM 6190 Woodstock Tower Rd, Fort Valley, VA 22652
October 27th Districts 5 & 6 @ Strasburg Town Hall @ 6:30 PM 174 E King St, Strasburg, VA 22657
November 17th Countywide @ Virtual @ 6:00 PM
November 18th District 3 @ Ridge Runner Brewery @ 6:30 PM 6895 Back Rd, Maurertown, VA 22644
November 30th District 3 @ Edinburg @ 6:30 PM 200 Stoney Creek Blvd, Edinburg, VA 22824

Community Collaboration Sessions

In the Spring and Summer of 2022 the CAC held a series of 14 community discussions at existing community events across the County as well as in each Town and in other areas of the County through walking tours. These discussions sought to help address improvements, concerns, and ideas on the future that everyone had on the local level as well as the District and County-wide level.

Report On Community Collaboration Sessions Of Spring/Summer 2022: On The Ground And In The Community

14 Sessions Were Held At The Following Dates, Times, And Locations:

Comprehensive Review Sessions

The CAC will return in the Spring and Summer of 2023 with its last set of collaborative events prior to the presentation of the Comprehensive Plan to the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors. In this last set of collaborative events the CAC will mirror its collaboration efforts from 2022 yet this time they will come with a draft of the new plan as well as visualizations to help show the potential future we could have together. The CAC hosts these final Sessions in order to make sure that the vision of the community has been appropriately captured and planned to be implemented.

A complete list of the dates of the Comprehensive Review Sessions will be released in 2023, expect to see us at the following events:

May 6th, 2023 10am – 2pm @ Mount Jackson’s Big Band Bash
June 23rd, 2023 6pm – 8pm @ Crossroads Festival
June 24th, 2023 11am – 3pm @ Woodstock’s ArtFest
July 4th, 2023 10am – 12pm @ Fort Valley Independence Day Parade
July 21st, 2023 6pm – 8pm @ Strasburg’s Front Porch Fridays
July 22nd, 2023 6pm – 8pm @ Orkney Springs’ Shenandoah Valley Music Festival

Share A Future Together Efforts

In addition to the survey and community discussions, we are launching Shenandoah 2045: SHARE A Future Together where anyone can send in letters, emails, notes, recipes, pictures, videos, audio recordings, art, music, and other aspects to describe the history, present, and future of Shenandoah County.

We are accepting submissions here: https://forms.gle/3VhVugBZK7ZK1DAt5 (Requires a Google Email)
Via email to THinkle@shenandoahcountyva.us with the subject line: Shenandoah 2045: SHARE A Future Together
Or by mail or hand delivery to 600 North Main Street, Suite 107, Woodstock, Va 22664 addressed to Shenandoah 2045: SHARE A Future Together

Historical Community Atlas

This mapping tool can be used to see the historical changes that have occurred in Shenandoah County since 1860. Help us find out more about how our County has evolved and see what gaps exist on the map by commenting your memories and memories that have been left out.

Postcards From A Future Together

As we try to solicit more ideas from you, the public, we are sending out postcards that you can share with your family and friends and think about the places that have been, are here now, and the places and ideas that are yet to come to the area. You may see these around and you can write your ideas about the place on the postcard or the future of the County and let us know what you think.