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The Northern Shenandoah Valley enjoys a high quality of life. The quality of our region's air has a great impact on the health of our regional citizens, and our community's economic development. Air pollution is no longer a problem solely experienced by huge metropolitan areas.

Meteorological conditions, coupled with a growing population, increases the opportunities for air pollution to be a problem for the region. As we look at our region's future, we can do something to sustain good air quality. 

Who we are

Valley AIRNow is a unique public education and outreach program developed by the Northern Shenandoah Valley Air Quality Improvement Task Force (AQITF, or Task Force) to help reduce air pollution. The Task Force is a coalition of local governments, businesses, educational institutions, and civic and environmental organizations committed to improving air quality in the Northern Shenandoah Valley area through voluntary actions. 

Valley AIRNow seeks to inform the public about the link between their lifestyle choices and air pollution by emphasizing simple measures they can take to improve the overall air quality of the Northern Shenandoah Valley area.

The Valley AIRNow Outreach Team was created in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) imminent designation of the City of Winchester and Frederick County as being in non-attainment with the 8-hour ozone air quality standard. In lieu of being designated a non-attainment area, the governments of Winchester and Frederick County entered into a proactive, voluntary agreement, an Ozone Early Action Plan, with EPA to work to improve air quality in the region. The Outreach Team develops and coordinates activities that hope to achieve the goals of the Ozone Early Action Plan for 2005-2007. The mission of the Task Force is seeking to accelerate the improvement for our community's and region's air quality for long-term vitality and prosperity for the entire community, governments, businesses and citizens alike.  

Our Mission

The mission of the Valley AIRNow Air Quality Outreach Team is

1. To improve overall air quality of the Northern Shenandoah Valley area.

2. To increase knowledge of air quality issues in the Northern Shenandoah Valley population.

3. To coordinate with our environmental and funding stakeholders (Task Force, EPA, Economic Development Commission, Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission, Winchester City Council, Frederick County Board of Supervisors) and other area outreach teams.

4. To assess effectiveness and continuous improvement of our overall mission efforts.

Northern Shenandoah Valley Air Quality Improvement Task Force
Air Quality Hotline: 540-450-2207 | | info@valleyairnow.com

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