After four years of diligent work that included countless hours of community meetings, pop-ups, work sessions, surveys, and public hearings, this Wednesday, Oct. 15, the Board of Supervisors is expected to adopt the Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan.
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 October 13, 2025
This week: Albemarle PC to review removal of properties from ag-forest district; Economic development groups to learn about Innovation Corridor
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 6, 2025
This week: Charlottesville City Council to consider $6.2 million purchase of office building for low-barrier homeless shelter
Fall Updates From Albemarle and Charlottesville
Fall updates: Albemarle Data Center Ordinance, Loop de Ville, AC44 nearing completion, and Ragged Mountain temporarily closes + lots of events.
Fall Orange County Updates
Fall updates on Wilderness Crossing, proposed changes to the county’s zoning ordinance, an upcoming public hearing on PFAS “forever chemicals”, and a reboot of the Town of Orange’s comprehensive plan.
Let’s have fun in the woods!
So many opportunities to get outdoors and advocate for better walking and biking infrastructure are around the corner. Join us!
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 29, 2025
Data center ordinance amendments on hold in Albemarle County while Fluvanna County Supervisors to consider a step to make them harder to build
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 22, 2025
This week: Changes coming to the Rio-29 Form-Based Code; Rivanna River Basin Commission to talk data centers at annual conference
Resources from the Albemarle Data Center Community Meeting — Sept. 16, 2025
Resources for Albemarle County from our Data Center Community Meeting held Sept. 16, 2025 in Charlottesville.
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 15, 2025
This week: Albemarle Supervisors to get update on climate action initiatives; Right-of-way negotiations reach impasse for East High Streetscape