Village of Porterdale With a granted easement, Porterdale will soon have access to class I and II rapids below the mill dam. It's part of a long-range plan developed when the Porterdale team won a scholarship from the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta to attend the prestigious "Balance Commerce and Nature in Rural Communities" training sponsored by the national office of the Conservation Fund at the US Fish and Wildlife ConservatIon Training Center in Shepardstown, WV.