It’s solar season! Solarize Piedmont, our annual campaign with the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP), is running now through the end of August.
Greene County
PEC serves as an asset to citizens in Greene who seek to protect this traditionally agricultural community from increasingly rapid development.
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of July 24, 2023
Rezoning sought to add more residential density at development near South Fork Rivanna Reservoir; 600-unit development near Stanardsville seeks access to U.S. 33
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of July 17, 2023
500 homes proposed near Stanardsville; CAT to provide update on transition to alternative fuels
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of July 10, 2023
New City Manager to be announced this week; Fluvanna County PC to review solar regulations
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of June 26, 2023
Greene Supervisors to take action on 600-unit Woodpark rezoning
PEC Presentation on Data Centers & Virginia’s Clean Energy Future
On June 10, 2023, The Piedmont Environmental Council hosted our annual meeting in Loudoun County and featured a workshop on data centers and Virginia’s clean energy future. The presentation, given by PEC’s Senior Energy and Climate Policy Analyst Ashish Kapoor and Director of Land Use Julie Bolthouse, is available to view and download below.
On the Ground Updates – June 2023
A series of short updates from around the PEC region.
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of June 12, 2023
Charlottesville PC to review two rezoning requests for tall buildings near UVA
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of May 22, 2023
Equity / Climate Lens to make debut at Albemarle PC meeting; CRHA purchasing another property.
New local food guides printed and mailed region-wide
From veggies and fruit, to meat and dairy, to beer, wine and more, you’ll find your favorite local food in our recently released 2023-2024 guides for the Northern Piedmont, Loudoun County and Charlottesville Area.