Good Sunday, everyone. Welcome to this episode of The James Exchange. I am your host, Nancy Gill

In this issue, I spoke with Jordan Miles who is the current chairman of the Buckingham Board of Supervisors. Our conversation took on gold mining issues, how the County can create a zoning ordiance banning the activity, and the Community Rights Ordinace that concerned residents has put before them. We touched briefly on solar farms and will continue our conversation on health initiatives and issues which will be covered in a future podcast.

For those of you who would like to learn more on the gold mining issues, there are links below:

Online articles:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gold_mining_disastershttps://www.hailegoldmine.com/about/history/https://www.friendsofbuckinghamva.org/friends/gold-mine-fined-100000-toxic-air-pollution-found-at-big-mine-near-tiny-town/

More on Jordan Miles:https://milesformaysville.com/about-me/https://www.facebook.com/MilesforMaysville/https://mobile.twitter.com/tjordanmiles3https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-miles-63a50534/

Two organizations concerned with gold mining and the environmenthttps://www.friendsofbuckinghamva.org/friends/https://vacommunityrights.org/

Coming up in future podcasts: Scottsville November ElectionStatus of Tiger FuelGrowth in Scottsville

In the works:A special series that will explore the issues regarding mental health and our jails and will include conversations with groups and individuals that provide services to those released from correctional facilities.

As always, if you have a song, a story, an issue, or just want to have a conversation, contact me.

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