Letter from perhaps the county's leading historian William Howard Adams. it reads: Dear Commissioner Noland and neighbors, It is now some fifty years that Margaret and Dr. John Washington invited my wife and I to Jefferson County and Harewood for a visit....
Major news outlets report that supporting Rockwool is a losing idea for candidates in Jefferson County. See below for a round up of quotes and links from this week’s election headlines. “‘I had been hearing that there was a lot...
Rockwool is a global-scale insulation factory with 21 story smokestacks that will produce toxic emissions. The state and local government are sponsoring Rockwool with tens of millions of dollars in direct funding, infrastructure deals, and special tax breaks. Rockwool is...
Download the Statement (.pdf)STATEMENT TEXT:To: Senator ManchinFrom: Potomac Valley Audubon SocietyRe: Opposition Statement on Rockwool Plant proposed for Jefferson County, WVThe Potomac Valley Audubon Society (PVAS) has served Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties in West Virginia since its founding in...
Rockwool is grabbing $2.2 million in our tax dollars directly from the West Virginia treasury.The public didn't know about this agreement until it was provided in response to a Freedom Of Information request. Its existence was specifically held as “secret”...
From a FOIA response, Jefferson County Vision has discovered our state government is giving Rockwool $2.2 million in direct taxpayer funding. This is beyond the generous infrastructure funding and Rockwool’s multimillion dollar local tax breaks. The West Virginia Department of...
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, WV. The West Virginia chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics released a letter yesterday challenging the proposed Rockwool insulation factory located near schools in Jefferson County.READ THE LETTER (.pdf)The American Academy of Pediatrics is one of the...
RESOLUTION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION OPPOSING THE ROCKWOOL PLANT CONSTRUCTIONDULY ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2018WHEREAS, ROCKWOOL plans to build a large industrial manufacturing plant on the former Jefferson Orchard Property off Old Route 9;WHEREAS, ROCKWOOL’S plant will have two...
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