Greene County

PEC serves as an asset to citizens in Greene who seek to protect this traditionally agricultural community from increasingly rapid development.

A man holds a kestrel

Who’s Protecting the Piedmont?

Here, we highlight two of those people, who are protecting the Piedmont with a passion and focus on stemming the decline of our once-abundant grassland birds …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for March 11, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for March 11, 2024

Budget work sessions in most TJPDC localities; Charlottesville’s FY25 plan calls for more funding for non-profits …
beautiful forested landscape with blue mountains on horizon

6,315 acres conserved in nine-county region last year

The Piedmont Environmental Council reports that in 2023, 6,315 acres of land in Albemarle, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties were permanently protected with 52 new conservation easements …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for February 26, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for February 26, 2024

Greene Supervisors to review PC recommendations on implementation …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for February 12, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for February 12, 2024

Places29 group to get briefing on Hydraulic-area projects; Two AC44 meetings in Albemarle this week …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for January 22, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for January 22, 2024

Charlottesville PC to review rules for new Development Code; Albemarle PC to review grant program for affordable housing …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for January 15

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for January 15

Charlottesville pondering $4M million purchase of CRHA property on Avon Street; Albemarle’s 2024 property assessments to be released …