There are two seats open on the Wintergreen Property Owners Association board of directors this year. The form used by candidates for the last ten years to apply has been changed. Also new, the application deadline this year is August 15. 

The restaurant in Nellysford on Route 151 is open seven days a week from 7 am to 2 pm.

Nelson County launched a new GIS system in April. It’s the same, but different–and a little better.

Wintergreen mountain’s wastewater plant was reported to beputting “drinking water quality” into Pond Hollow Creek, according to the March 2025 board minutes of the Nelson County Service Authority. The state-of-the-art system using membrane bioreactors that made the high-quality wastewater possible was a long time in coming, and it didn’t come cheap. The groundbreaking for the new $18.5 million plant was in March 2022, but the project began in 2014.

Executive Chief JD Del Rosso says his restaurant can handle these kinds of special requests with 10 days or more advance notice.

Now five years old, Here to Stay in Wintergreen has had tremendous success. The next five years will be telling, however.

The 2024 WPOA annual meeting was held at the resort’s Skyline Pavilion and streamed live on November 9 at 9 am. Here are some screengrabs with notes. See a video of the entire three hour-plus meeting on YouTube here.

In the June 2024 Virginia Congressional 5th District contests, the majority of Nellysford voters voted differently than the majority of Nelson County voters.

“Who killed the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? It depends on who you ask,” the book Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America’s Energy Future says on page 243. One reading from what’s presented is that the ACP would have never worked; it was dead from the get-go. The utility was probably lucky to get out when it did.

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The James M. Cowley Community Playground on the west side of the Rockfish Valley Community Center [map] was installed in the spring of 2024. It includes a multi-level climbing and sliding complex, elaborate swing sets, “musical play features” in the shape of flowers, a play tunnel with a bridge, two twisting slides, climbing swings, and–in the middle of it all–comfortable benches under established shade trees for parents, grandparents, and babysitters.

Aqua Virginia received a copy of the Wintergreen Valley Association’s (WVA)  February 29, 2024 email regarding Aqua Virginia’s application to the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) requesting an increase in water and wastewater utility rates. After review of the WVA email, we would like to share the following information: 

While Virginia requires localities to review their comp plan every five years, this year there was a major overhaul of the Nelson County plan where professionals and county staff attempted to create a current view of what is, and what might be, for the different areas of the county. Here are some of what has been published in the proposed plan about Wintergreen and Nellysford. 

The Wintergreen community again has a pharmacy in Nellysford. The UVA Health Pharmacy Stoney Creek is focused on prescription drugs. It’s not a full-service drugstore.

The Executive Director of the Wintergreen Property Owners Association barely mentioned the proposed Renaissance Ridge development in his initial presentation at the 2023 annual meeting on November 11th. But during the question and answer part of the meeting a property owner voiced concerns about “workforce housing” being part of the development. Jay Roberts was ready to ad-lib the long and detailed answer in the video here.

via the Nelson County Events calendars.

Tuckahoe Clubhouse’s new patio got four large umbrellas for shade in May 2023.

Jay Roberts outlines some of the plans for the new patio at Tuckahoe Clubhouse which should be completed by May. “It will be two or three years before the plantings are mature,” Roberts notes.“This is a work in progress. The flexible layout allows us to adjust seating areas based on how the space is used."

Fire and Frost started serving breakfast and lunch on January 20, 2023, offering made-to-order pizzas from their wood-fired oven along with homemade pastries and quiches for breakfast.