Current Issues
What's going on and how you can get involved. PEC conducts in-depth analysis of local issues relating the area's natural and community resources.
(Albemarle) The City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission are hosting a series of community outreach workshops to inform citizens of the Charlottesville and Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan.
The Western Bypass just north of a Charlottesville is a $200-500 million road project that prior VDOT studies show wouldn't relieve congestion on 29 north. All the same, proponents are pushing hard to get the road built.
In recent months, one of Albemarle's most cost-effective environmental initiatives, as well as the county's participation in a joint planning effort with the city and UVa have come under attack. Read more in our May 2011 email alert and take action!
Albemarle Supervisors dropped the County's membership in Local Governments for Sustainability, and suspended their own rules, in order to express support for the ill-advised and extremely expensive Western Bypass.
Find out the latest news on the proposed Rt. 29 Bypass and learn about the Charlottesville- Albemarle Transportation Coalition (CATCO), a citizen group opposed to the Route 29 bypass.
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors appears poised to adopt the Places29 plan --learn more about a controversial Growth Area Expansion that some members of the Board are trying to include.
Check out our Buy Fresh Buy Local website and download your 2010 guide to Charlottesville Area farms, farmers markets, wineries, restaurants and more.
Learn how to get involved and lessen the impacts of a transmission line through this historic neighborhood.
During the week of April 12th, 2010, PEC hosted Ian Lockwood, a nationally renowned transportation engineer and designer, who initiated a community discussion on the future of the Rt. 22/231 corridor.
February 9, 2011. PEC Press Release
January 7, 2010. PEC Press Release.
To achieve smart local solutions, we need to coordinate local, state and federal plans.
According to a new report by local the stream monitoring organization Streamwatch, there has been little improvement in the health of area streams.
Charlottesville 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.
Listen to Rex Linville and Melissa Wiley discuss Buy Fresh Buy Local and its relationship to PEC's land conservation efforts on WINA.
A 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.
This 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.
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.
The Albemarle Planning Commission meets at 6pm every Tuesday night in Board Room 241, Second Floor, County Office Building.
