Historic Virginia Land Conservancy 2016 Annual Report 1

ANNUALREPORT 2016

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The Historic Virginia Land Conservancy (HVLC) had much to celebrate at the end of 2016, and the first half of 2017. If there is one word that can be used to describe the year, it is growth. Paramount to the year’s success were growth in the land protected; growth in the donor base; and growth in the HVLC’s future financial stability.

Land ProtectedThe HVLC grew its portfolio of conserved land to 6,560 acres with the preservation of two parcels, one in James City County (JCC), and one in Suffolk; both had been slated for residential development. The 88-acre parcel in Suffolk is situated adjacent to the Great Dismal Swamp and is important for the protection of two Tier Ia endangered species, the Canebrake Rattlesnake and Mabee’s Salamander. The 8-acre parcel in JCC’s Season’s Trace subdivision is situated adjacent to another easement held by the HVLC. Expanding the footprint of conservation through the protection of property that is contiguous to already eased land is always a good thing for the flora and fauna!

Donor BaseA targeted campaign to neighborhoods located near the HVLC’s existing conservation easements yielded positive results. In 2016, the HVLC gained 39 new members. Membership recruitment efforts in 2017 are already showing an increase in supporters joining in with our mission.

Future Financial StabilityWith the goal of establishing an Endowment for the HVLC, a very generous anonymous donor set up a $50,000 match. Jack Haldeman, former HVLC Secretary/Treasurer, serves as chair of the Endowment Committee, and through the group’s efforts, $32,000 of the $50,000 match was raised in 2016. The matching grant sunsets at the end of 2017, and the HVLC is confident that the remainder of the match will be raised during 2017. A $100,000 endowment is a great start to help to ensure for the financial future of the HVLC.

The HVLC also received a significant $82,500 bequest from The McVearry, Jr. Trust. Bequests are always received with mixed emotions. There is sadness for the loss of a life, and gratitude for being remembered in one’s will. The HVLC was honored to have been remembered by the McVearrys.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” The HVLC Board and Staff agree! There is great excitement for the work that is being done to protect and preserve land in the lower James, York and Rappahannock River watersheds. Thanks to the generous support the HVLC received, along with the cadre of enthusiastic volunteers, 2016 was another banner year. With many conservation opportunities on the horizon, look for additional great things to happen during the remainder of 2017!

Travis Crayosky, Chair of the Board Caren Schumacher, Executive Director

A Message to Our Friends and Supporters2016 Board of Directors

Executive CommitteeTravis Crayosky, ChairRick Batten, Vice ChairSusan Chamberlain, Secretary/ TreasurerMarc Sharp, Member, Executive CommitteeTom Powers, Member, Executive Committee

DirectorsFred BoeltDan CristolPatrick DuffelerTom FosterKathy KammerDavid LaughlinJon LieblerArch MarstonBernard NgoAaron RossMatt SlyeHenry StephensJohn Tarley, Jr.

2016 Advisory BoardDonald BakerDavid BushRobert CaseyTucker EdmondsBruce HornsbyKathy HornsbyBob KeithJudy KnudsonKimber Smith

StaffCaren Schumacher, Executive DirectorPatrice Sadler, Office Administrator

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Historic VirginiaLand Conservancy Easements

1 inch = 5 milesAugust 1, 2017

ID Name Acres1 Brown Easement 12 Carr's Hill 2303 Church on the Main 14 Claxton Creek Property 85 Cornell Property 1286 Curtis Farm 757 Ford's Colony 18 Ford's Colony Country Club 109 Governor's Land 20110 Greensprings Trail 9911 Greenswamp Farm 16812 Hankins 4313 Hotwater Cole Tract 414 Longhill Swamp 815 Piping Tree Farm 49916 Powhatan Secondary 1 3417 Rock Springs 34718 Route 5 Buffer 1219 Rte 132 8220 Scott Trust 721 Shady Banks 3722 The Preserve at Uncle's Neck 19223 The Retreat 7924 The Williamsburg Winery 27425 Vineyard/Conservancy 4426 Virginia Capital Trail 4227 Powhatan Secondary 2 1628 York River Preserve 1,62129 Poplar Springs Farm 10330 Chelsea Plantation 56831 Custis Pond 15132 Edgewood Farm 84533 Mainland Farm 21434 Netick 10735 Boothe 4636 Kime Property 937 Black Creek (Mapledale) 4838 Brewers 11139 Warner 8840 Autum West 8

Total 6,560

Where We Work - What We Protect

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STEWARDS OF THE LAND SOCIETY$2,000+Mr. and Mrs. David AllenMr. and Mrs. Donald BakerDrs. Robert and Mary Ellen Cullom, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Jack HaldemanMr. and Mrs. Bobby HornsbyLois HornsbyMr. and Mrs. Robert KeithMr. and Mrs. Mark McGarvieDr. and Mrs. Thomas PowersMr. and Mrs. Marc SharpMr. and Mrs. Ray WileScott and Missy Zimmerman

CONSERVERS OF THE LAND SOCIETY$1,000-$1,999Mr. and Mrs. Craig CanningRev. and Mrs. Robert CaseyLoretta ConenDr. and Mrs. George CornellMr. and Mrs. Travis CrayoskyMr. and Mrs. Charles DixonMr. and Mrs. Frederick MalvinMr. and Mrs. Bernard NgoMr. and Mrs. Kimber Smith

GOLD LEAF DONORS$500-$999Frederick BoeltNanci BondCharles Britt and Julie LeverenzLawrence CummingPatricia EdenMr. and Mrs. Thomas C. FosterMr. and Mrs. Thomas GajdaMark and Kathy HowellBruce and Kathy HornsbyMr. and Mrs. Duryea MortonMr. and Mrs. Jack SchmidtCharles Wolfe Mr. and Mrs. Daniel WhittenMr. and Mrs. Bill Williams

SILVER LEAF DONORS$250-$499Mr. and Mrs. Samuel BowlinSusan BritcherDr. Camilla Buchanan and Ms. Debra HillMr. and Mrs. F. Prince ButlerDr. and Mrs. Mitchell ByrdMr. and Mrs. Tim ClearyLoretta Conen Mr. and Mrs. Charles CroneMr. and Mrs. John CurtisMr. and Mrs. John EsseryMr. and Mrs. Peter Foster

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon GeddyJim Geiger and Mary Beth MurphyScott and Cheryl Furlong GrossRev. and Mrs. James HenryDr. and Mrs. Thomas JamisonMr. and Mrs. Reginald NgoMr. and Mrs. David TetraultMr. and Mrs. Louis VosteenMr. and Mrs. Carl Zangardi BRONZE LEAF DONORS$100-$249Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth AdamsGeorge AndersonMr. and Mrs. W.C. AndrewsMr. and Mrs. Tony AnnoniMr. and Mrs. Robert ArchibaldMr. and Mrs. R. Wesley BattenMelanie Rapp BealeCarolyn BeckhoffArthur BelangerMr. and Mrs. Rodney BencksMr. and Mrs. Robert BirneyJerry BledsoeAnn BoehmMr. and Mrs. James BowersJudy BrownMr. and Mrs. David BushMr. and Mrs. Robert CarboniMr. and Mrs. Carlton CaseySusan ChamberlainMr. and Mrs. Arthur ChoateMr. and Mrs. Dan CristolMr. and Mrs. W. Stuart DarlingMr. and Mrs. Joseph DellingerMr. and Mrs. Daniel DesmondSallie DievendorfMr. and Mrs. James DorseyMr. and Mrs. Jim DoublesTrent DoyleTony Esler and Cam WalkerMr. David Feldman and Dr. Susan LontkowskiElizabeth FennVictor FlangoMr. and Mrs. Robert FrielMr. and Mrs. James GoldenMr. and Mrs. David GussmanLesslie HallMr. and Mrs. James HardyM. D. HeilesonMark HoltThomas HouseMary HumelsineEllen JaronczykMr. and Mrs. W. Melville JonesMr. and Mrs. Ronald KienlenStephanie and Bob KingMr. and Mrs. Fred KirbyMr. and. Mrs. KoppeMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey KosteliniMr. and Mrs. Gary KrullMr. and Mrs. James Lesnick

Mr. and Mrs. Brad LloydDr. and Mrs. Thomas LuckamDorothea MatthewsMr. and Mrs. Terry MeyersMr. and Mrs. Brian McNelisMary NormentDr. and Mrs. Robert PiascikMeredith and Joe Poole IIIRobert RamseyDr. and Mrs. Charles RathkePhilip ReedMr. and Mrs. Joe RickettsMr. and Mrs. John SadlerHeinz SchillerMr. and Mrs. Ed SchumacherDaniel ShayeMr. and Mrs. John ShumateFrederic and Ellen SimonThomas SinnottMr. and Mrs. Brett SmithMr. and Mrs. Craig StambaughDorothy TeubnerRobert ThalerMr. and Mrs. Tom TingleEric Van ChantfortGeorgianna WannDr. and Mrs. Peter WendellMildred WestStewart WetchlerMr. and Mrs. Edward WhitingMr. and Mrs. Charles YerkesMichael Youngblood and Leslynn TwiddyRoger Zoccolillo

OAK LEAF LEVEL$40-$99Mr. and Mrs. Norman BealCarolyn BeckhoffMr. and Mrs. Richard BestRoger BestMr. and Mrs. Ed BlanksMr. and Mrs. George BrushMr. and Mrs. William BuchserMr. and Mrs. Douglas CampbellMary CampbellMr. and Mrs. Edwin CarboniChristiana ClarkeDeborah Corkey-CorberAnnie DavisMr. and Mrs. Steven DevanMr. and Mrs. Jack EdwardsBarbra FasanellaMr. and Mrs. Forrest FenstermakerMr. and Mrs. William FetskoMr. and Mrs. K.J. FogartyMichael FoxMr. and Mrs. John GeislerMr. and Mrs. Roger GuernseyHelen HamiltonMr. and Mrs. Randall HawthorneMr. and Mrs. John HummelMr. and Mrs. Louis Hunt

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Syliva HuntHeather JahnesKathy KammerRobert KaplanMrs. Arthur KimballMr. and Mrs. Richard KrapfMargaret KwiatkowskiMr. and Mrs. William LammertzMr. and Mrs. William LancellottiRobert Leek and Deanna Rote Mr. and Mrs. Doug LiaBruce LongThomas MahoneMr. and Mrs. Francis McRickardMr. and Mrs. Peter MelletteMr. and Mrs. Philip MerrickBrenda MitchellKathleen MorganSharon MoserMr. and Mrs. Alain OutlawMr. and Mrs. Ronald PalmerPhilip Paschall and M. Elizabeth CoxBarbara PhiefferJane RandallMr. and Mrs. C. Howard RobinsMr. and Mrs. Michael RockBell-Jo RogersMr. and Mrs. Aaron RossSarah RouseCarol Sherman-WallaceMr. and Mrs. Jodie SmithMr. and Mrs. Herbert SpannuthAnn SymroskiMr. and Mrs. Philip TaheyDr. and Mrs. Richard TheisMary VoorhessEdward WigleyCarol WilliamsJ.K. and Mary Ann WittleEdward YouhasAnn Booth YoungJanice Zeman

BUSINESS SPONSORSHIPSLEADERSHIP LEVEL$2,500+BB&T BankCitizens & Farmers BankHowell Creative GroupThe Tide/ WYDaily/ BACHfm PATRON LEVEL$1,000-$2,499AA Conscientious Carpet CareAES Consulting EngineersChesapeake BankChesapeake Wealth Management (formerly Chesapeake Investment Group)LaRS Group, Inc.

Middle Peninsula Insurance & Financial ServicesTowneBankWilliamsburg Event RentalsWilliamsburg Landing SPONSORING LEVEL$500-$999StantecWine Seller

SUSTAINING LEVEL$300-$499KJR, LLC

CIVIC CONTRIBUTIONSDogwood Garden Club of Queens LakeWilliamsburg Bird ClubWilliamsburg Area Council of Garden ClubsWilliamsburg Garden Club

IN KIND DONATIONSAdvanced Aero Drone Services- AADS The Cheese Shop Center Street Grill Colonial Heritage Club Corner Pocket El Tapatio Food For ThoughtFord’s Colony County ClubGolden Horseshoe Golf Club Harry’s TavernHelen’s Place PhotographyHoney Butter’sKingsmill Resort Kiskiack Golf ClubTraditions Golf ClubTwo Drummers SmokehouseWaypoint Seafood & GrillWilliamsburg National Golf Club IN-MEMORIUM: Carolyn Beckhoff for Dutch BeckhoffMr. and Mrs. F. Prince Butler for Andrew Joseph GettingsMr. and Mrs. Tom Gajda for Bertie SmithJim Geiger and Mary Beth Murphy for Otis

BEQUESTThe McVearry, Jr. Trust gifted the HVLC in the amount of $82,500. Patrick J. Carmody, trustee, hand-delivered the gift to the Board of Directors.

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of

intelligent people and the affection of children...

to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to

have succeeded.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Historic Virginia Land Conservancy is dedicated to protecting and preserving significant natural, scenic, agricultural, and historical land in the lower James, Rappahanock & York River watersheds.

Our Mission

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Marketing, Education, & Outreach 13%

Special Projects23%

Development11%Office Expenses 18%

Management & General 18%

Land Protection/Stewardship17%

Bequests30%

Grants2%Membership &

Sponsorship27%

Land Stewardship25%

Special Projects13%

Other3%

2016 Financial Snapshot

Cash Balances $495.646.55 Cash Stewardship and Legal Defense Funds Endowment

Operating Income $276,093.40 Grants Membership & Sponsorship Land Stewardship Special Projects Special Projects Bequests

Operating Expenses $185,047.00 Marketing, Education,& Outreach Special Projects Development Office Expenses Management & General Land Protection/Stewardship

Cash: 36%

Stewardship & Legal Defense Funds: 51%

Endowment: 13%

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Together We Are Making a Difference

Thanks to the ongoing and generous

support of individuals and businesses in our region, at the

end of 2016 the HVLC permanently protected 6,560 acres in the lower James, York and Rappahannock River watersheds. The dividends on your investment in the HVLC’s work cannot be calculated in dollars,

but in the knowledge that future generations will benefit,

because you cared.

“Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish

the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children.”

-Theodore RooseveltFather of American Conservation

5000 New Point Road, Suite 3101Williamsburg, VA 23188Phone: 757-565-0343

www.historicvirginialandconservancy.org

Upcoming EventsOCTOBER 14th

Conservancy Creekside Celebration with oysters, New Orleans cuisine, and jazz at

beautiful Nettles Creek.Information and tickets available at

www.historicvirginialandconservancy.org

NOVEMBER 16th Annual Meeting at

Williamsburg Landing

NONPROFITU.S. POSTAGE

P A I DWILLIAMSBURG, VA

PERMIT NO. 113