Albemarle County AC44 Comprehensive Plan

The AC44 Comprehensive Plan update is a guiding document for growth, development and investment for Albemarle County for the years 2024-2044. It provides recommendations for how, where and if the County should grow, supporting the local economy, protecting and enhancing natural resources and conservation, providing accessible housing and transportation options, and much more. The Comprehensive Plan was last updated in 2015; the vision outlined in AC44 will be adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 2024.

Our Vision for Albemarle

PEC envisions an Albemarle County with the majority of its rural lands permanently protected, with intact natural and cultural landscapes, healthy waters, and working farms and forests. The County’s urban areas are vibrant, mixed-use, and walkable, with everyday access to open space, parkland, and recreational opportunities. Equity and climate action are north stars in planning and zoning decisions, and everyone has a chance to help determine the County’s future.

PEC will be monitoring and sharing our perspective on the Comprehensive Plan update process as it moves forward. We encourage you to subscribe to our email alerts so you don’t miss anything!

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Want to join the climate conversation?

To learn more about AC44, visit engage.albemarle.org, where you can also sign up to receive email updates. Also be sure to check out the County’s commitments to equity and climate action, which we hope will be fully integrated into this Comprehensive Plan update.

For information about the climate action work of the City of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia, visit:

Presentation on PEC’s Albemarle County climate action and Comprehensive Plan platforms

On June 20, 2023, PEC’s Senior Land Use Field Representative for Albemarle County presented to the Cville100 Climate Alliance on PEC’s AC44 Comprehensive Plan Update platform, which is informed by our Climate Change Platform and …

July 19, 2023 | Rob McGinnis | AC44, Albemarle Climate Action, Albemarle County & the City of Charlottesville, Combating Climate Change, Comprehensive Plans, Strong Communities, Video

Complete this AC44 Comp Plan survey

The deadline for completing the questionnaire is 6 p.m. on Friday, March 10 …

February 21, 2023 | Rob McGinnis | AC44, Albemarle Climate Action, Albemarle County & the City of Charlottesville, Combating Climate Change, Comprehensive Plans, Strong Communities

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Albemarle Comp Plan Update and Climate

The role of Rural Areas in mitigating climate impacts …

November 10, 2022 | Rob McGinnis | AC44, Albemarle Climate Action, Albemarle County & the City of Charlottesville, Combating Climate Change, Comprehensive Plans

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Continuing the Climate Conversation: An update from Albemarle

PEC is ramping up our activities and role within the broader Comprehensive Plan update process, developing recommendations that we hope, based on our study of climate threats in Albemarle, can serve as a model for …

September 30, 2022 | Kat Imhoff | AC44, Albemarle Climate Action, Albemarle County & the City of Charlottesville, Combating Climate Change, Comprehensive Plans, Connectivity and Public Access, Strong Communities, The Piedmont View

Week Ahead for September 26, 2022: Albemarle Planning Commission to review equity framework for growth management policy; Charlottesville City Council to meet with PC on zoning rewrite next steps

Somehow this week has a lot going on, as listed below. This week I’m going to keep the narrative short because I want to get this posted quickly as I’m a bit behind my schedule …

September 26, 2022 | Sean Tubbs | AC44, Albemarle County & the City of Charlottesville, Greene County