Next week, both will have the opportunity to choose: does Culpeper want to better protect residents from the impacts of data centers?
Our Region
PEC focuses on nine counties and one city in the northern Piedmont of Virginia: Albemarle, Charlottesville, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock.
We also team with local organizations to promote thriving communities and healthy natural resources in a much larger region, including the Shenandoah Valley, the central Piedmont, and the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Corridor. In addition, we are proud to serve as fiscal sponsor of the Coalition for Smarter Growth, an organization that focuses on land use and policy in the greater Washington D.C. area.
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for March 3, 2025
Charlottesville considering plan to move from trash stickers to monthly service payments; Public hearing on Albemarle’s recommended budget
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for February 24, 2025
This week: Albemarle unveils its recommended 2026 budget, Fluvanna holds a meeting to update its comprehensive plan, and Greene County looks at the possibility of an ice park and a technology district.
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for February 17, 2025
This week: Charlottesville City Council to review how opioid settlement money will be used; Albemarle Supervisors to resume AC44 discussion
Cville Area Week Ahead for February 10, 2025
This week: Public hearing in Charlottesville on parks and recreation master plan; Nelson Supervisors to consider Flock Safety cameras
Take Action: Show Support for These Data Center Reform Bills
As we move to the final days of this year’s General Assembly session, a few very important pieces of legislation related to data center reform are still being considered by conference committees and voted on.
Fauquier County 2025 Updates
We hope you had some time to relax and recharge during the holidays. It seems 2024 blew right by, and 2025 shows no sign of slowing down. Below, you will find the highlights of the biggest land use issues that transpired last year.
Join Us for the Fifth Annual Mobility Summit March 6 & 7
Join us for the 5th Annual Charlottesville / Albemarle Active Mobility Summit!
Loudoun Proposes Changes to Get a Handle On Data Center Development
We hope you’ll join us in supporting the proposed comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance amendments in person on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. at the County Building, 1 Harrison St., Leesburg.
A Historic Opportunity: Help Make Oak Hill Virginia’s Newest State Park
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create an expansive new state park in Loudoun County, a proposed park that will protect a National Historic Landmark and offer easy access to the outdoors for millions of visitors to and residents of Northern Virginia.