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Board May Recommend More Development, Fewer Traffic Solutions

Teaser image link to article Board May Recommend More Development, Fewer Traffic SolutionsTell the Supervisors to implement the recommended and necessary transportation improvements on Route 29. We need adequate infrastructure before more growth and development and before Growth Area expansions. 

VDOT Releases New Blueprint for Rt. 29

Teaser image link to article VDOT Releases New Blueprint for Rt. 29VDOT has just released a preliminary blueprint for the Rt. 29 Corridor. While some of VDOT's recommendations have merit, others would, if built, fuel even more of the low density sprawl that has created transportation problems in the first place. 

How Do We Fix Rt. 29?

Teaser image link to article How Do We Fix Rt. 29?To achieve smart local solutions, we need to coordinate local, state and federal plans. 

Implementing Traffic Calming on Route 231

View PEC's presentation on traffic calming alternatives to road expansions and bypasses through Keswick and the Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District. 

2009 Streamwatch Report Available

Teaser image link to article 2009 Streamwatch Report AvailableAccording to a new report by local the stream monitoring organization Streamwatch, there has been little improvement in the health of area streams. 

Meeting Podcast: The Route 29 Solution – Winning Federal Support

Teaser image link to article Meeting Podcast: The Route 29 Solution – Winning Federal SupportCharlottesville Tomorrow has provided a podcast of the July 13th meeting which updated citizens on future plans for Route 29 in the Charlottesville-Albemarle region and the entire Route 29 corridor. 

Discussion of Buy Fresh Buy Local and Land Conservation on Local Radio

Teaser image link to article Discussion of Buy Fresh Buy Local and Land Conservation on Local RadioListen to Rex Linville and Melissa Wiley discuss Buy Fresh Buy Local and its relationship to PEC's land conservation efforts on WINA. 

Charlottesville City Expresses Support for Albemarle Land Conservation

Teaser image link to article Charlottesville City Expresses Support for Albemarle Land ConservationA recent PEC action alert email detailing the funding challenges facing Albemarle County's land conservation program, called ACE, may have created a new ally, Charlottesville City Council. 

Community Water Supply

Teaser image link to article Community Water SupplyThis community has worked hard to develop water supply plan for the next 50 years. Find out where the plan currently stands and how you can get involved. 

Farming and Forestry's $79 Billion Impact

Teaser image link to article Farming and Forestry's $79 Billion ImpactThe University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center study found that farming and forestry had a total economic impact of $79 billion in 2006 and supported more than a half-million jobs in the Commonwealth. 

Albemarle County Board of Supervisors

The regularly scheduled meetings of the Board of Supervisors are held the first two Wednesdays of the month, in Board Room 241, Second Floor, County Office Building. 

Albemarle County Planning Commission

The Albemarle Planning Commission meets at 6pm every Tuesday night in Board Room 241, Second Floor, County Office Building. 

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