Agriculture is Virginia’s largest industry by many metrics. It also represents the largest source of nutrient and sediment pollution reaching Virginia’s local streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay. Fortunately, addressing these pollution loads offers an opportunity to improve the Commonwealth’s natural resources while also enhancing working farms and forests.
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 June 13, 2022
Greene PC to consider Wawa at U.S. 29/33 intersection; Albemarle PC to review 490-unit Old Ivy Residences
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of July 5, 2022
Fluvanna to ponder new name for Palmyra district; Louisa to further discuss library name-change, how to celebrate America’s 250th in four years
Wilderness Crossing, RSA Withdrawal Permit, Elections
A brief update on Wilderness Crossing and some related Orange County happenings.
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of August 14, 2023
Fluvanna Supervisors to consider more density in R-4 zones; Public hearing on water extension to warehouse in Albemarle on U.S. 250
Town Planning Commission to Vote on Copper Ridge Data Center Campus on Aug. 15
The public hearing is still open for public comment!
Webinar: Solarize Virginia
In this webinar, Local Energy Alliance Program’s (LEAP) Solarize Virginia director Katie VanLangen and Solar Energy World Vice-President of Sales Brian Hacker explain everything you need to know about the Solarize campaign and the nuts-and-bolts of residential solar.
The Fifeville Community Trail
Nestled in an urban forest, the Fifeville Community Trail makes it possible for neighborhood residents to travel safely to Cherry Avenue, Tonsler Park and into the heart of Charlottesville without the company of fast-moving traffic.
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of August 7, 2023
Rezoning of former IGA goes before city PC; Albemarle PC to review growth area expansion “toolkits”
Sources of Conservation Funding Workshop Resources 2023
If you were unable to attend our recent Sources of Conservation Funding Workshop and Social at Powers Farm & Brewery in Midland, VA, PEC and our fantastic conservation partners are here to help you explore your conservation options.