Transmission line proposals to serve the explosive growth of data centers in Virginia over the past few years have begun to roll in.
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 Update: Week of September 18, 2023
Albemarle Supervisors to get update on on-demand transit pilot; Council to get presentation on CRHA’s plan for sustainability
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of Sept. 9, 2023
Charlottesville’s Planning Commission to meet twice for public hearings for JPA project, citywide rezoning
Albemarle County AC44 Comprehensive Plan Policy Platform
PEC’s priorities in supporting our mission and helping inform Albemarle County’s AC44 comprehensive planning process.
PEC Accepting Annual Photo Contest Submissions Through Sept. 30
Now through September 30, photographers are invited to submit their best images of the Virginia Piedmont to PEC’s 12th Annual Photo Contest.
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of Sept. 4, 2023
Charlottesville to adopt framework for strategic plan; Louisa to endorse agreement with Amazon for data centers
Case Study in Breaking Ground: An Affordable Housing Resource Guide for Land Trusts
PEC’s take on the intersection between affordable housing and land conservation.
Copper Ridge Data Center Campus Heads to Town Council
On Tuesday, Aug. 15, the Planning Commission vote on Copper Ridge was tied 2-2, with one of the commissioners having recused himself. The data center campus rezoning now heads to the Town Council on Sept. 12 without a recommendation either way, and we are writing to ask you to weigh in with the Town Council before it votes.
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of August 28, 2023
Nelson County’s draft Comprehensive Plan subject of open house; Charlottesville zoning adoption subject of work session
Upcoming Mickie Gordon Park Community Meetings
Tell Loudoun staff what you’d like to see in the park given the rural character of the surroundings, its history, and the community’s needs.