REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING 5:00 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARINGS – 7:30 P.M.
WORK SESSIONS WILL BE HELD QUARTERLY
Regular meetings of the Board are held at Metompkin Elementary School in Parksley on the third Wednesday of each month. Meetings will begin at 5:00 PM with public session and will go until 7:00 PM, followed by a dinner break from 7:00 PM until 7:30 PM. Public Hearings will begin at 7:30 PM. A closed session will follow the regular session.

Meetings are available via live streaming
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Wednesday, January 6
Organizational Meeting
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15
REGULAR MEETING
Board Chambers

ESVBA Board Meeting - Accomack Airport
Start: 03/10/2010 - 15:00
End: 03/10/2010 - 17:00
Monthly Meeting of the Board of Directors

ESVBA Board Meeting - ESVBA Office
Start: 04/14/2010 - 15:00
End: 04/14/2010 - 17:00
Monthly Meeting of the Board of Directors

ESVBA Board Meeting - Accomack Airport
Start: 05/12/2010 - 15:00
End: 05/12/2010 - 17:00
Monthly Meeting of the Board of Directors

ESVBA Board Meeting - Accomack Airport
Start: 06/09/2010 - 15:00
End: 06/09/2010 - 17:00
Monthly Meeting of the Board of Directors

The Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority has been formed to bring improved broadband and telecommunications services to the businesses and residents of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The Authority is a public not for profit company created under the Virginia Wireless Service Authorities Act, Chapter 54.1 §15.2-543.1.1 et seq. and by a resolution of the Counties of Northampton and Accomack.

The Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Initiative is made up of three main projects:
1. The Southern Portion of the fiber backbone
2. The Northern Portion of the fiber backbone
3. The Last Mile (Community Networks)

The backbone will be an open access network allowing public companies to provide services to the businesses and residents of the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

The main goal of the first project within the initiative is to plan, design and construct a fiber backbone from Norfolk in the South to Cape Charles across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. This project is funded by NASA and will be installed by Mid Atlantic Broadband.

The second major project is to plan, design and construct the Northern Portion of the fiber backbone from Cape Charles to Wallops connecting with Maryland Broadband in the North. The backbone will follow the Railway ROW in this project. The Northern Portion project is funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and the US Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA).

The third project is known as "The Last Mile". This project is the creation of the Community networks will be done in several phases and will be the construction of the access and distribution networks from the backbone to the Communities, Government, Hospital, Schools, Businesses and Residences. Priority will be given to our largest customers such as our schools, hospitals and government.

It is a regional and local effort that includes both Northampton and Accomack County and all the communities of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The counties are providing project funding for the planning process of the Initiative.

The Eastern Shore of Broadband Authority Board is comprised of five (5) members from Accomack and Northampton Counties. The current Board members are:

Katie Nunez, Chair (chair@esvabroadband.net)
Mike Zodun, Vice Chair
Joseph Caffrey, Treasurer
Steven Miner
Dimitri Plionis

The project manager for the Broadband Initiative is Cheryl Tyson, MBA PMP. Cheryl can be contacted at ctyson@esvabroadband.net. General inquiries can be sent to info@esvabroadband.net.

The Accomack Northampton Planning District Commission is also providing project support for the initiative. Please visit there website for more detailed information about the Broadband Initiative including the Community Planning Study, Final Report Maps, a Fiber Speed Demonstration and Minutes at www.a-npdc.org/broadband.html.

Mailing Address: Post Office Box 449, Wachapreague, Virginia 23480
Physical Address: 36272 Lecato Road, Unit #21E, Belle Haven, Virginia 23306
Office Numbers: (757) 787-1390 / (757) 414-0304

Assateague Lighthouse is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The following excerpts from its nomination as submitted to the US Department of Interior, National Register of Historic Places, provide an overview of the historic site and its significance. For more information, read the full nomination which is available in the "Downloads" feature of this website.


The Assateague Liehthouse rises from a marshy peninsula at the south end of Assateague Island. Its round brick tower supports a metal and glass cupola that encases the nautical warning light. The height from ground level to light is 129 feet. The exterior surface of the brickwork is running bond and the interior is all header bond. The thick brick walls, vertical inside and taper in: on the exterior, are pierced by rectangular windows. Arched openings behind the windows allow sun-light to penetrate to the stair. The circular cast iron stair winds upward around a central post which bears its factory identification plate: "Barbier and Fenestre, Paris, 1866".

Shepherd's Plain is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The following excerpts from its nomination as submitted to the US Department of Interior, National Register of Historic Places, provide an overview of the historic site and its significance. For more information, read the full nomination which is available in the "Downloads" feature of this website.



Shepherd's Plain, an Accomack County residence, is situated on an inlet overlooking Nandua Creek and Kusian Cove off Route 178 near Pungoteague. Completed in the third quarter of the 18th century, Shepherd's Plain is a formal, two-story Georgian residence built for Edward Ker, a prominent Accomack County planter and politician. The house stands on land patented in the mid-17th century by William Andrews, an earlier settler of the Eastern Shore.