Recent Updates
We Need You’re Help!
CUMBERLAND COUNTY LANDFILL ALERT NEEDS YOU!!
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
Donate time...finances...ideas!
Ideas - know new ways to help raise funds?
Donate skills to gather a group of like-minded people to help.
Time -have the ability to research?
Donate time to get the word out, emails, media, Instagram.
Money - no need to describe there!
Donate to our GoFundMe account - support monthly or one time, please!
Items - Donate items for our Yard Sale on May 16th at Graceland Baptist Church.
Donate items valued over $40.00 to our Marketplace dump.
No effort is too small; we are nearing the end zone... we just need you!
Contact Sue 804-536-4779 for more info.
Meeting Reminder - March 8th, 2026
Sharing a reminder for the meeting tomorrow on March 8th!
The time for the meeting is 3 p.m. at the Cumberland County Community Center, 71 Community Center Drive, Cumberland, VA (the Luther P. Jackson School). We will be providing updates on various issues and discussing future plans for 2026. Please plan to come and bring a friend or two. See flyer at the Events tab for more information.
February CCLA Update
March 8, 2026 – this is the rescheduled date for the meeting that was to be held in February and was cancelled due to the cold and icy weather. The time for the meeting
is 3 p.m. at the Cumberland County Community Center, 71 Community Center Drive, Cumberland, VA (the Luther P. Jackson School). We will be providing updates on
various issues and discussing future plans for 2026. Please plan to come and bring a friend or two. See flyer at the Events tab for more information.
Legal 2025 into 2026 – CCLA is currently working on two separate legal cases concerning the proposed Green Ridge landfill. The first one filed in September 2024 is still outstanding. The second one was filed in August 2025, as our Appeal of the actions taken by the Cumberland County Board of Supervisors at the Public Hearing on July 28, 2025. This was the date when the Board approved the Second Amended and Restated Host Agreement and conditional use permit 24-01 as related to the proposed landfill.
CCLA is now working with our attorney on these two cases which entails completing documents for both cases and submitting them to the Court, lawyer firm, and two judges.
At this point, CCLA has filed all the necessary paperwork requested and waiting on opposing counsel to take the next action. All the legal filings regarding these two cases, is now located under Legal Filings tab on this website. As of the date of this writing, it is still not known if Green Ridge has signed the Second Amended and Restated Host Agreement. To the best of our knowledge, no date has been set for a court hearing. When this information becomes available, we will post it on this website and use other media avenues to get the word out. Our goal is to have the court room filled to overflowing.
Website
We are in the process of updating and/or making changes to this website. Adding the tab and information is the first of many steps taken to improve our website. Please stay tuned for upcoming changes. If you have any recommendations please email them to us at info@cclava.com. Your input is important to us. We want our site to be user friendly and easy to navigate.
Request for Your Assistance
Do you have a particular talent such as letter writing, advertising, social media, computers, or others where you maybe can assist use? Are you a user or formal user of Mailchimp? If so, we sure could use your assistance as it is recommended for us to do a campaign and get a specific message out to the public. There are so many ways you can help CCLA in our efforts to stop the proposed landfill from coming to realization in Cumberland County.
Although monetary contributions, are always greatly appreciated, there are many other areas where you can volunteer. For example, you can with research, arrange for CCLA to do a presentation before a group or organization, help with manning a site to get people to sign our petition which will be presented to the DEQ when the time is appropriate, write letters, solicit donations from environmental groups or well-known individuals, and many more. Your help could be as simple as an idea for a fundraiser or volunteering to help with social media. The main, most important points to take from all this, your help is needed. Everything counts no matter how minor it may seem to you, it speaks volumes to us.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!!
Petition – CCLA now has a NEW petition circulating for people who oppose the proposed landfill to sign. If you haven’t already done so, please sign it. This one contains a column for Cumberland County residents to indicate their district. It is important for us to do this, so when the time is right, we can present up-to-date information to DEQ. The electronic version is under the “Take Action” tab on this website and you can print it off and circulate to others for their signature and then turn it in to us. Please contact us if you need additional information or how to get the completed forms to the proper CCLA person.
There is strength in Unity and We are United!!
February Meeting Update
CCLA is cancelling our February 8, 2026, meeting due to the poor road conditions, as well as being Super Bowl Sunday.
We will share an updated meeting date/time as soon as possible. Enjoy your Sunday!
Happy New Year! 2026 Updates
WELCOME TO 2026.
CCLA wishes you the very best for the coming year.
Hopefully your holidays were joyful, healthy, and safe.
INFORMATION UPDATE
February 8, 2026 – this is our first meeting for 2026. Location is Cumberland County Community Center (Luther P Jackson School), 71 Community Drive, Cumberland, VA. Start time is scheduled for 3 p.m. or soon thereafter. At this time, we do not have a guest speaker scheduled. We feel it is important to provide updates on what has occurred since the July 2025 Public Hearing and decide on actions for the upcoming year. We will have hard copies of all the legal documents filed for your review at this meeting. We plan to also post the legal documents of this website. Please see the full schedule of meeting dates under the Events Tab.
January 14, 2026 – first day of the 2026 Virginia General Assembly session. Since this is an even-numbered year, the session is 60 days. We ask your help to look for bills that may foster our concerns with protecting our environment. We try to stay alert and let you know of certain bills as they progress through the Senators and Delegates bill procedures. Keep in mind we have new head leaders being sworn in during January 2026. Also, it might be an excellent idea to get a group together and visit the Delegates and Senators in unity. If interested, please contact us by email, phone, or in person.
Legal 2025 into 2026 – CCLA is currently working on two separate legal cases concerning the proposed Green Ridge landfill. The first one filed in September 2024 is still outstanding. The second one was filed in August 2025, as our Appeal of the actions taken by the Cumberland County Board of Supervisors at the Public Hearing on July 28, 2025. This was the date when the Board approved the Second Amended and Restated Host Agreement and conditional use permit 24-01 as related to the proposed landfill.
CCLA is now working with our attorney on these two cases which entails completing documents for both cases and submitting them to the Court, lawyer firm, and two judges. We should note Green Ridge filed legal documents in early December 2025, to intervene in both cases. Needless to say, it has kept us busy during the holiday season. At this point, we are awaiting responses to our latest filed documents. It was announced at the December Board of Supervisors meeting on December 22, 2025, that Green Ridge has not yet signed the Second Amended and Restated Host Agreement. Interesting, since during the time leading up to the Public Hearing, all we heard from Green Ridge was their need to get this landfill operational.
Need Your Help – CCLA certainly appreciates each of you and your continued support in preventing this proposed landfill from becoming a reality in Cumberland County. We hate to ask this of you, especially just after the holidays, but can you spare just a few dollars to donate to the cause. The Leadership Team is doing our best to keep expenses down. We are working closely with our attorney to keep legal costs down, but it is a necessary cost if we want to fight to save our environment. If everyone who reads this message donates just $5, it would be a great help to us and greatly appreciated. Please help us to protect your environment by fighting against the proposed Green Ridge landfill.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!!
Petition – CCLA now has a NEW petition circulating for people who oppose the proposed landfill to sign. If you haven’t already done so, please sign it. This one contains a column for Cumberland County residents to indicate their district. It is important for us to do this, so when the time is right, we can present up-to-date information to DEQ. We closed out the original 2018 petition and sent the forms to the DEQ. Things changed over the last 7 plus years and it is important we keep our information current.
The petition is available in hard copy and in electronic copy. The electronic version is under the “Take Action” tab on this website. If you prefer a hard copy, it is included in this writing. This form gives you the opportunity to take it and ask your family, neighbors, friends to sign. (insert petition form here). Please contact us if you need additional information or how to get the completed forms to the proper CCLA person.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all who have supported CCLA! This is the time of year to reflect back on our journey so far, and we wouldn’t be where we are today in this fight without all of you. Thank you for the countless hours volunteered from everyone who wants to stop this landfill, and rest assured the fight is NOT over!
We look forward to 2026 and all the waves we will make in this process to stop this project from coming to fruition. The fight continues, and we can’t wait to see what 2026 brings!
Happy Thanksgiving!
From the whole team here at CCLA, we wish you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving and want to tell you all how thankful for all of your support over the years!
The fight is NOT over yet, and we look forward to continuing to see this amazing community always come together to protect our environment and stop this landfill.
Get Your Questions Answered!
Please plan to attend this important meeting by DEQ and learn more about the permitting process for the proposed landfill. Thank you AMMD Pine Grove Project for the flyer - it says a lot. CCLA will be joining AMMD for the Protest at 4:30 p.m. - please plan to participate - we have signs or you can bring your own. There is strength in numbers - Let's show that we do not want or need the proposed landfill.
DEQ will have a public information meeting discussing the proposed Green Ridge landfill on October 15, 2025 from 6pm to 8pm at:
Cumberland High School
15 School St, Cumberland, VA 23040
There will be a DEQ presentation, followed by a Q&A.
Please plan to attend!
IT'S TIME TO PROTEST....Again!!!
Protest sign carriers join us in front of Cumberland High School from 4:30pm - 5:30pm!
Let your VOICE be heard!!
Meeting Still Scheduled for Today 10/12
As of now, today’s meeting is still planned to proceed as scheduled at 3 p.m. at the Cumberland County Community Center (Luther P Jackson School, 71 Community Drive, Cumberland, VA. Our guest speaker is Maurice Donikin, an environmental, health and safety professional. You may ask what he does – come out the meeting and find out because his occupation includes things like handling toxic waste, etc. Believe you may find it very interesting what he will share with us. (See full flyer under the Events tab on this website).. If there are any changes or updates, we will notify the media and post an update here.
Upcoming DEQ Meeting on 10/15
Virginia DEQ will hold a public informational briefing to discuss environmental permit applications being processed at the agency. Topics will include the agency’s review of air permit and solid waste permit applications, and public participation opportunities. If approved, these permits would allow Green Ridge LLC to construct and operate the Green Ridge Recycling and Disposal Facility in Cumberland County.
Visit the DEQ website, https://www.deq.virginia.gov/topics-of-interest/green-ridge-landfill.
This website has important information posted by DEQ concerning both Part B application and the Air Permit application. Any questions, please contact us at info@cclava.com
September Updates - And NEW Petition
THANK YOU!
First and foremost, a special “Thank You” to each of you for your continued support to STOP the proposed landfill from making its home in Cumberland County. We would not be as effective as we are without your support – your time, knowledge, or $$ or all three. Kudos to you for supporting the fundraising group and their efforts to collect funds. These efforts are paying off and people have been generous making donations. CCLA was able to pay the legal costs associated with the Appeal filing, and still leave money in the operating account.
PETITION
The petition circulated starting in 2018, was closed out in July and presented to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) with a copy hand delivered to each Board member. CCLA is now in the process of circulating a NEW petition and asking for your show of support by signing it. This one contains a column for Cumberland County residents to indicate their district. It is important for us to do this, so when the time is right, we can present up-to-date information to DEQ. The petition is available in hard copy and in electronic copy. The electronic version is under the “Take Action” on this website. If you prefer a hard copy, it is included in this writing. This form gives you the opportunity to take it and ask your family, neighbors, friends to sign. Download here.
Please contact us if you need additional information or how to get the completed forms to the proper CCLA person.
OCTOBER 2025 CCLA MEETING
This meeting is scheduled for Sunday, October 12 th , at 3 p.m. at the Cumberland County Community Center (Luther P Jackson School, 71 Community Drive, Cumberland, VA. Our guest speaker is Maurice Donikin, an environmental, health and safety professional. You may ask what he does – come out the meeting and find out because his occupation includes things like handling toxic waste, etc. Believe you may find it very interesting what he will share with us. (See full flyer under the Events tab on this website).
DONATE by AUGUST 27th For Our Donation BLITZ!
Dear CCLA Supporter,
As you know, CCLA continues to be strongly opposed to the Green Ridge landfill being built in Cumberland County. We are opposed due to environmental, well and ground water
contamination, property value and traffic issues.
Over the last seven years, our efforts have been instrumental in slowing down this landfill coming to fruition. We intend to vigorously continue this fight. On July 28, 2025, four short- sighted Cumberland Board of Supervisors took a big step backward by voting to approve the Green Ridge Conditional Use Permit 24-01 and the Second Amended and Restated Host Agreement. This was done after the lawyers representing our County all agreed, the Board could walk away from the entire Green Ridge project started in 2018, just by voting NO.
We plan on appealing against this decision but there is a short time frame for doing so. The deadline is August 27, 2025, less than 15 days away. According to our legal team, there is legal merit in our appeal for many reasons to include the possibility that Cumberland’s representatives did not follow the proper and required processes before the vote.
This legal appeal requires legal research and associated attorney fees. CCLA supporters have contributed thousands of dollars and thousands of hours in this ongoing battle, and be assured your support has been greatly appreciated and effective in this endeavor.
Please help us to fund our legal costs and continue the fight. Our fund-raising group is currently holding a “blitz” to ask supporters for help. Visit our website (CCLAVA.com) to find a convenient way to contribute or call 804-308-5748 and leave a message.
Sincerely,
CCLA Leadership Team
NEWS ALERT - CUP Meeting Updates
NEWS ALERT
July 28, 2025 – Board approves CUP 24-01 and the Second Amended Host Agreement.
The meeting started at 7 p.m. and at 9:15 p.m. the first citizen was yet to speak. It took
over 2 hours to listen to the lawyers doing presentations. Many citizens spoke against the landfill and only a very few in favor of it. Those in favor did not provide good reasons, but it was mostly about the $$. Those who spoke against the proposed landfill presented very valid reasons and not just $$, a source of all evil. District 1 Supervisor Byran Hamlet deserves a huge “Thank You” he did his very best to get the support of the other 4 Board members to disapprove the CUP and Host Agreement and listen to us, WE THE PEOPLE. He even had the lawyer for Green Ridge and affiliates take an oath of truthfulness prior to his presentation. John Newman, District 2 Supervisor read this long, immaterial clip prior to making the motion for approval. However, now is not the time to give up, and CCLA will continue to oppose the proposed Green Ridge and affiliates landfill in Cumberland County. It is time to re-group and move forward. The four Board members who voted for the CUP and Second Amended Host Agreement, had the opportunity to completely walk away from this last evening by voting “NO” and revoking the entire deal. Now 4 of the 5 Board members will go down in history as the Board of Supervisors that voted to destroy our environment, our rural way of life, endanger our water, etc, and what for just a few $$$. Note they no longer can say it was the previous Board members who approved this – it is the four of them, John Newman, Eurika Tyree, Paul Stimpson, and Robert Saunders.
The County released another revised conditional use permit (CUP) on July 17th. Along with the revised CUP they also released a copy of the proposed Amended Host Agreement. Here are PDFs of both documents for your review.
Green Ridge CUP Conditions 7.16.25(12753905.1).pdf
2025.07.16 Amended and Restated Host Agreement(12753879.1).pdf
2. July 26th Protest Action - thank you everyone who showed up in the heat for the protest. The largest group so far and a very vocal group. Participants included toddlers and a 96-year-old grandfather. CCLA held a protest in 2019 and here is a then and now photo of Iris who took part in both events.
YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
THANKS TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!! It Is greatly appreciated. give this project to New Jersey – home of Jerry Cifor who wants this proposed landfill as his Legacy. One important thing to remember we are being successful – after 7+ years, the proposed landfill has not found a home in Cumberland County.
Upcoming July Events & Updates
July 28, 2025 – at 7 p.m. at the Middle/High School cafetorium, 17 School Road, Cumberland, VA 23040. Please plan to attend and let your voice be heard!! See flyer under the Events tab.
The County released another revised conditional use permit (CUP) on July 7th. Along with the revised CUP they also released a copy of the proposed Amended Host Agreement. Here are PDFs of both documents for your review.
July 26, 2025 – a protest against the proposed landfill is planned, this is the last one prior to the Public Hearing on July 28th. Start time is 8:30 – until at the Cumberland County District Court area, 1 Courthouse Cir, Cumberland, VA 23040. AMMD Pine Grove Project is organizing this project and requests your participation. It is hoped there will be a large turnout so officials and others will know the proposed landfill is not welcome in Cumberland County. You are urged to attend and bring water and chairs, after all it is July in Virginia.
HELP
Your help is needed to assist with getting the word out to others. One way of doing this is by putting signs in your yard. We currently have 2 different designs of yard signs along with stakes available at no cost to you. Please just contact us by email at info@cclava.com, call 804-308-5748, or mail us at P.O. Box 238, Cumberland, VA 23040.
Help is also needed in other areas such as fundraising, research, advertising, and many other ways. Please help us by sharing your talents and volunteering.
YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
Is vital as this crucial time concerning this proposed landfill. Let your voice be heard at the Public hearing on July 28th – we do not need this proposed landfill in Cumberland County or in Virginia. Let the Board know for them to vote “NO” and give this project to New Jersey – home of Jerry Cifor who wants this proposed landfill as his Legacy.
One important thing to remember we are being successful – after 7 full years, the proposed landfill has not found a home in Cumberland County. THANKS TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!! It Is greatly appreciated.
NEWS FLASH - CUP and Host Agreement
Please see the latest update from Cumberland County:
This contains the latest CUP 24-01 changes and revised Host Agreement.
Newsflash has been modified on our site. Please click on the link below to go directly to the modified posting.
https://www.cumberlandcounty.virginia.gov//CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=208
Call to Action!
There is a scheduled protest against the proposed landfill this coming Saturday, June 28, 2025 from 8:45 – 11:15 a.m. at the Cumberland County District Court, 1 Courthouse Cir, Cumberland, VA 23040, USA.
AMMD Pine Grove Project is organizing this project and requests your participation. Please bring water and chairs.
Hope everyone is doing okay in all of this heat – it has been a scorcher of a week with no real relief in sight. Please be careful and don’t chances in this heat, it has a way of sneaking up on you.
Brief post to keep you updated.
1. As of this writing, we have no updates to share on the proposed landfill. The expiration date of CUP 18-06 is very near, like this weekend.
2. As of this writing, we have no updates to share on the court filing.
3. We urge you to continue to write letters to the editor of papers, federal, state, and local officials. Keep our concerns with the proposed landfill in front of them.
4. Be assured, as we learn any information, we will keep you informed.
HELP
Your help is needed to assist with getting the word out to others. One way of doing this is by putting signs in your yard. We currently have 2 different designs of yard signs along with stakes available at no cost to you. Please just contact us by email at info@cclava.com, call 804-308-5748, or mail us at P.O. Box 238, Cumberland, VA 23040.
Help is also needed in other areas such as fundraising, research, advertising, and many other ways. Please help us by sharing your talents and volunteering.
YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
is vital as we approach new challenges in 2025. One important thing to remember we are being successful – after 7 full years, the proposed landfill has not found a home in Cumberland County.
THANKS TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!!
June CCLA Updates
First of all HAPPY FATHER’S DAY on June 15th!
HOT NEWS
1. As of this date, the Board of Supervisors Public Hearing on the proposed landfill is scheduled for June 10, 2025 at 7 p.m. at the High/Middle School Cafetorium, 15 School Road, Cumberland, VA 23040. At this meeting the public should have 3 times to speak: (1) close to the beginning of the meeting during Public Comments of agenda items; (2) during the Public Hearing; and, (3) toward the end of the meeting during Public Comments.
It is important for everyone to LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!
2. June 8, 2025, is the date for our next CCLA Community Townhall meeting at 3 p.m. at the Cumberland Community Center, 71 Community Center Drive, Cumberland, VA. We will work on presentations for the Public Hearing on June 10 th by the Board of Supervisors. Items include cards with the topics to discuss, latest updates on actions by Green Ridge, to include the new conditional use permit application, Green Ridge’s filing of the Part B application to DEQ shortly after the Planning Commission Public Hearing on April 21, 2025, and many more subjects. See flyer under Upcoming Events tag.
3. As of this writing, we have no updates to share about the Court filing.
4. Continue to write letters to the editor of papers, federal, state, and local officials. Keep our concerns with the proposed landfill in front of them.
HELP
Your help is needed to assist with getting the word out to others. One way of doing this is by putting signs in your yard. We currently have 3 different designs of yard signs along with stakes available at no cost to you. Please just contact us by email at info@cclava.com, call 804-308-5748, or mail us at P.O. Box 238, Cumberland, VA 23040.
Help is also needed in other areas such as fund raising, research, advertising, and many other ways. Please help us by sharing your talents and volunteering.
YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
is vital as we approach new challenges in 2025. One important thing to remember we are being successful – after almost 7 full years, the proposed landfill has not found a home in Cumberland County.
THANKS TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!!
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SETS PUBLIC HEARING DATE
The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors set the date of June 10, 2025, for the Public Hearing on the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the proposed Green Ridge in Cumberland County. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. at the Middle School. This is a time for all to be heard by voice or writing. Help is requested to help us spread the word about this important meeting - if you can, please volunteer by contacting us at info@cclava.com or calling 804-308-5748. Thank You.
Happy Mother’s Day! May Updates
Happy Mother’s Day!
Wishing you a beautiful day filled with the people and moments that make you smile!
HOT NEWS
1. The agenda for the May 13th Regular Meeting of the Board of Supervisors includes the topic of Green Ridge.
The purpose of this agenda item is to set the date for the Public Hearing by the Board on the Green Ridge proposed project. Board meeting time is 7 p.m. at the Courthouse. There is a joint workshop on May 12, 2025, between the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors. 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. at the Luther P Jackson Adult Education Center, 21 Gold Lane, Cumberland, VA 23040. Contact is 804-492-3520.
2. Green Ridge submitted new documents related to their Part B application on the DEQ website.
These documents are located at https://www.deq.virginia.gov/topics-of-interest/green-ridge-landfill. Please note these documents were submitted to DEQ right around the same time of the Planning Commission Public Hearing where the Commissioners voted against the new conditional use permit for Green Ridge.
3. June 8, 2025, is the date for our next CCLA Community Townhall meeting.
More information will be shared as more information becomes available.
4. May 17, 2025, CCLA will participate at the Graceland Baptist Church
Spring Yard Sale. The location is 975 Dorset Road, Powhatan, VA and the time is from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. If you would like to volunteer to help and/or donate, please email info@cclava.com.
5. As of this writing, we have no updates to share about the Court filing.
6. Continue to write letters to the editor of papers, federal, state, and local officials.
Keep our concerns with the proposed landfill in front of them.
YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
is vital as we approach new challenges in 2025. One important thing to remember we are being successful – after almost 7 full years, the proposed landfill has not found
a home in Cumberland County.
THANKS TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!!