Albemarle may take up Ragged Mountain Natural Area uses
Albemarle County & the City of Charlottesville
The staff in PEC's Charlottesville office works with citizens to solve the many land use and conservation challenges facing the Charlottesville and Albemarle area.
Fourth Annual Active Mobility Summit Celebrates Community Wins and Launches New Collaborative Efforts
Fourth Annual Active Mobility Summit Celebrates Community Wins and Launches New Collaborative Efforts
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week Ahead for March 25, 2024
March goes out with budget work sessions in Albemarle and Charlottesville
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for March 18, 2024
Albemarle Supervisors to weigh in on rural land use and transportation goals
On the Ground Updates – March 2024
A series of short updates from around the PEC region.
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
Budget work sessions in most TJPDC localities; Charlottesville’s FY25 plan calls for more funding for non-profits
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for March 4, 2024
Fluvanna may eliminate use of rural land for utility-scale solar projects; Local contractor wants Albemarle to pay more for Ivy Road project
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.
The Piedmont Environmental Council announces new board officers
The Piedmont Environmental Council Board of Directors has a new board chair, David Aldrich, and new board officers: Leslie Cockburn, vice chair; Margrete Stevens, secretary; and Chris McLean, treasurer.