Current Issues
What's going on and how you can get involved.
At the Board of Supervisors meeting on Dec. 8, 2011 the Village of Catlett proposal was finally turned down and a vote on the Mintbrook proposal was delayed for 90 days. Read more in a quick update from Diana Norris.
Learn about two sprawling developments proposed in Southern Fauquier from PEC's new Fauquier Field Officer Diana Norris. Send a letter to the Board of Supervisors before the Dec 8th public hearing.
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).
A 225+ home development has been applied for in Catlett. The proposed subdivision would increase congestion and sprawl on Rt. 28. Find out more.
Tri-County Feeds is generously donating a portion of proceeds from their new line of horse feed to the Goose Creek Association and PEC. Learn more about the special feed and how it will benefit both horses and conservation efforts in the Piedmont.
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.
Learn more about this costly and unjustified road proposal in a May 2011 PEC email alert and use the Take Action links to write to the Governor!
The Fauquier County Planning Commission will consider proposed changes to the sign ordinance at their work session on Thursday, March 31, 2011 in the Warren Green Building in Warrenton.
February 9, 2011. PEC Press Release
Join Fauquier County on October 5 from 7-9pm to review the proposed Opal Service District Plan and provide recommendations for changes given investments being made to the US 15/29 and US 17 interchange and surrounding roadway network.
As part of the Sesquicentennial, the Library of Virginia will be electronically recording historic documents related to the Civil War. Find out how you can participate in this project to digitally record history in Fauquier County.
(Fauquier) Seven cell towers have been proposed along the railroad track along Thoroughfare Gap and into The Plains. Learn more about the towers proposed for this historic area and attend the information meeting on November 29th at 6pm.
(Fauquier) The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on September 30th at 6:30pm to consider an updated draft of the plan and is seeking public comments.
Learn more about the proposed changes to the Village of Catlett, Calverton & Midland Comprehensive Plan to be addressed by the Board of Supervisors at their meeting on October 14, 2010.
As part of a plan to increase water quality across the state of Virginia, DCR and DEQ seek public participation at public meetings beginning May 4 for the development of a Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan for Browns, Craig, and Marsh Runs.
Learn more about the proposed cell tower extension on a a tower near Delaplane. This item is scheduled to appear before the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors at a public hearing on February 18, 2010 at 7pm.
PEC has retained the services of a national expert on access management to help Fauquier County improve traffic flow on Route 29 from Warrenton to Prince William County.
A conservation easement recently finalized on 26 acres of Civil War Battlefield--will now become a public park in Remington.
As proposed, Cannon Ridge would create 280 lots behind the Marshall Diner. Read more about the proposed 58-acre subdivision in the Comprehensive Plan Amendment and application, currently being reviewed by the County.
A development of up to 675 homes is proposed for the Bealeton Service District, expanding the district by 125 acres. Learn more about the Proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment proposed for Mintbrook Farm subdivision, and attend the BOS meeting on July 9.
Learn more about the 310-home White Marsh Development proposed for 97 acres north to Liberty High School in Bealeton.
Read more about a proposed 117 ft cell tower on Elmores Lane, near Dumfries Road in Warrenton. The Fauquier County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on this proposal on Thursday, May 28, 2009.
This proposed 50-bed drug and alcohol treatment center would be located off of Crest Hill Road in Marshall. Read more about the Fauquier County Special Exception Proposal for this 96-acre property.
As part of a multiyear project to protect and restore water quality in the Goose Creek watershed in Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, PEC recently sponsored a workshop in Leesburg on how to design building sites in ways that are good for water quality.
February 1, 2010. PEC Press Release.
Learn more about three historic districts in Fauquier County that were recently nominated & approved for listing on the Virginia Landmarks Register.
Learn more about available federal grant money to help evaluate and make repairs to onsite sewage disposal systems within Thumb Run, Deep Run, Great Run, and Carter's Run watersheds.
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.
