Hampshire Review, May 21, 2025

“I also don’t believe it’s possible to put a dollar value on protecting our landscape so that it’s still beautiful for the generations that come after us, and I don’t think all our conversations need to focus on the dollar values on each side of the equation.”

Logan Mantz is an attorney and Hampshire County Commissioner.

Hampshire Review, May 20, 2025

Legislators looking for upsides from controversial projects

Cannon said of wind farms: "I believe in clean coal. I support the local community down there and their fight against it." "I do respect that it's a private enterprise doing something with a private landowners, but when you are doing something that effects all of your nieighbors, that's a lot different."

Andy Prutsok, Review Staff

Hampshire Review, May 13, 2025

Meeting left wind project opponents unimpressed

“Last night, our family attended the CPV Springs Wind “Meeting. It turned out to be more of a poster board open house — a science fair-style display with cookies and branded Frisbees. Individuals in blue CPV shirts stood by each board, ready to promote the project.”

Andy Prutsok, Review Staff

Hampshire Review, May 14, 2025

Letter to the Editor: Wind project meeting disappointing

“The real disappointment and travesty to our friends and neighbors who attended this session, is that we expected to engage senior project managers from CPV in an open, town hall setting. That was never their intent. This company sent their untrained, unresponsive flacks instead.”

by Jay Donnelly, Capon Springs

Hampshire Review, May 14, 2025

Letter to the Editor: Property rights are not unlimited

“The idea that a private resort can quietly hand over our ridgelines to a multinational energy corporation—without genuine public engagement—is more than presumptuous. It’s reckless.”

by Jacob Kirk

The Highland Voice, May 7, 2025

“Let us not allow corporate greenwashing to drown out common sense. Let us demand thoughtful development that values long-term community wellbeing over short-term profit. CPV’s project does not reflect the values of this community.”

By Jacob Kirk

Hampshire Review, April 9, 2025

Letter to the Editor

“The Bottom Line: Capon Springs isn’t a sacrifice zone for corporate wind portfolios. If these companies can’t prove their project will deliver real, measurable benefits—not just subsidies for them and headaches for us—then it has no place here. Once our mountains are scarred and our quiet nights are gone, no amount of "green" PR will bring them back.”

by Jacob Kirk

Hampshire Review March 25, 2025

The effort began in the wake of renewable energy projects undertaken in the county, including a solar farm in Augusta and a proposed wind farm at Capon Springs Resort. Both projects have spawned intense community opposition.

Andy Prutsok, Review Staff

Hampshire Review, February 26, 2025

"Wind is going to be the next big thing," Ronken says, while noting that the state has not given them many tools to use in setting limits on development.”

Sydney Maurer, Review Correspondent

Metro News, February 17, 2025

Senate Bill 439 ,sponsored by the chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, calls for wind power projects be taxed as real property.

Hampshire Review, February 05, 2025

“Unfortunately, these wind turbines will have a very negative and direct impact on many residents. A substantial decrease in our property values and loss of the peaceful enjoyment of those properties will affect us. Meanwhile, the wind turbines will benefit a privileged few. This is an unjust transfer of wealth from our community to others.“

Andy Prutsok, Review Staff

Hampshire Review, January 29, 2025

Summary of the January 15, 2025 where the wind turbine project was brought up by public comment.

Milda M. Mullins, Review Staff

Hampshire Review, January 28, 2025

“ We genuinely wish Capon Springs and Farms the best in the future, but I think they are shortsighted about their long-term relationship with the community if they force this change on us. So we pray that they reject these wind turbines for the sake of our beautiful County.“

by Jacob Kirk

Hampshire Review, January 01, 2025

“ The aesthetic and social impacts of wind turbines also deserve attention. Towering structures with spinning blades can dominate landscapes, altering the visual character of rural and coastal areas. For many communities, this results in a loss of scenic beauty and cultural heritage.”

by Derek Galardo

Hampshire Review, January 01,2025

“Building on this past foundation, we take very seriously our responsibility to maintain the property and resources bestowed to us. Over the decades, many opportunities have presented themselves and each one has been given careful consideration. This current wind project with CPV is no different. While the economic benefits for resort and the county are real, so are the impacts to viewshed and construction challenges. With any significant project there are always potential risks and downsides.“

by Jonathan Bellingham

Hampshire Review, December 11 2024

Shortly after the community discovered the project and released these plans to the community at large via Facebook and yard signs. This was published and was the first published communication from the partners in the wind farm project since 2021 after a promise to work closely with the community.

“ We’ve reached the point where we have done all we can to vet the project and are at the point where we are ready to engage the community and we are looking forward to hearing their concerns and interacting with them. “

Hampshire Review, December 22, 2021

Obscure article published a few days before Christmas regarding ‘windmills’. This is the only known communication to the public until community members discovered the project in late 2024.

“ Capon Springs [& Farms] says a wind energy project has 3 pluses for the resort - long term economic viability for the family-owned operation… “

“CPV’s well established record of working closely with the communities to create projects that deliver lasting benefits is the reason we chose to work with them… “