UPCOMING: - Wednesday, October 5th - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' ZONING WORK SESSION 6:00pm at the Courthouse - Wednesday, October 5th - RURAL NELSON MEETING 7:30pm at the office at 622 Front Street - Thursday, October 6th - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 3:00pm The Nelson Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPPORT RURAL NELSON: - Sunday, October 9th 1:00pm-5:00pm - Harvest Festival and Wine Tasting at Cardinal Point Winery in Afton. Proceeds BENEFIT RURAL NELSON. Music provided by TigerLily and Mongrel. $20 admission includes wine glass and wine tastings plus all-you-can-eat barbeque pork, baked beans and cole slaw. Local crafters, silent auction and more. Bring lawnchairs. Directions: Take Rt. 151 north to a right on Avon Road (Rt. 638) - Avon Road is across from the Exxon/Small's Grocery. Stay on Avon Road for 0.9 miles to a right on Batesville Road (Rt. 636). Go 0.6 miles and Cardinal Point is on the right. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Jubilee House Steeplechase at Oak Ridge on Sunday, October 23rd. Rural Nelson will earn a donation for our work. Volunteers needed from 9am-1pm and 1pm-dark to park cars and work the gates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Wednesday, September 28, 2005 Present: Ms. Proulx, Ms. Russell, Mr. Harman Absent: Ms. Hunt, Mr. Bruguiere Meeting canceled for lack of a quorum. All agenda items transferred to the October 26th regular Planning Commission meeting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOTE! In order to be eligible to vote in the November 8th General Election, you must register to vote by Tuesday, October 11th by 5:00pm. The Nelson Voter Registration Office will be open Monday-Friday from 9am - 5pm for voter registration. The office will also be open on Saturday, October 29th and Saturday, November 5th from 9am - 5pm for voting by absentee ballot. Call the Registrar at 263.4068 if you have questions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- OF INTEREST: - Second Tuesday of each month - Business consulting at no charge to entrepreneurs at the Library in Lovingston. Contact Nora Gillespie at 434.295.81998 or email sbdc@cstone.net for an appointment. - Saturday, October 8th 9:00 am - 3:30 pm - Virginia Environmental Forum: Making Connections to Strengthen Our Community. The Sierra Club and several other organizations will sponsor a conference with concurrent sessions examining energy and air quality, water resources, forestry and agriculture, and transportation and sprawl. From 10:10 to 11:00 am ASAP will present a session titled "Local Population Growth and Sustainable Communities." At UVA's Clark Hall. The $10 fee for the conference includes lunch. For more information contact Elena Day (ElenaDay@aol.com) or John Cruickshank ( john-c@k12albemarle.org). - Tuesday, October 11th 12:00Noon-2:00pm "Marketing Basics for the Service Business" conducted by the Small Business Development Center in the meeting room at the Library in Lovingston. $20 fee for materials. Contact 434.295.8198 or sbdc@cstone.net to register. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This report, sent to over 600 Nelson County citizens, was made possible by the generous donations of Rural Nelson members and supporters. We need your help to continue this service. Please consider donating. Kim T. Cash Field Officer Rural Nelson, Inc. P. O. Box 401 (622 Front Street) Lovingston, VA 22949 434.263.5000 Email: info@ruralnelson.org www.ruralnelson.org