Current Issues
What's going on and how you can get involved.
Culpeper County's Planning Commission is considering a new zoning ordinance that would encourage sprawl, lower property values, and dramatically change the scenic character of our rural areas. Take a moment to learn more about this issue.
Learn more about a rezoning application that has been submitted to Culpeper County for 275 homes at Clevenger's Corner (the corner of Rt. 211 and Rt. 229).
Mining speculators want to end Virginia’s ban on uranium mining this year--a move that could bring radioactive and toxic contamination to water supplies throughout the state.
February 9, 2011. PEC Press Release
The long process of forming a plan for water and sewer infrastructure in Culpeper has brought some good news. Read about how the Town and County are cooperating on a far more reasonable plan for water and sewer infrastructure.
Culpeper County is currently updating its comprehensive plan and draft documents are available for review on their website. Learn more and share your comments on the plan during public input sessions in February 2010.
Conservation can help working farmers achieve their goals. Read how a conservation easement was a win-win decision for one local dairy farmer in this article from the Spring 2010 Piedmont View.
The 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.
At a whopping 3.5 million square feet, Willow Run would have ranked as one of largest commercial developments in Virginia—all in the middle of what is now working farmland.
Norfolk Southern has plans to nearly double train traffic on the Piedmont rail line—from fourteen trains a day to approximately twenty-six. Find out more.
The Board of Supervisors meet at the County Administration Building located at 302 North Main Street in Culpeper on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.
