We’re in the last stretch of 2022, a year that has been filled with lots of action at local government meetings. We are definitely moving closer to holiday mode with meetings shifting to avoid Thanksgiving. For instance, the Rivanna authorities meet this week instead of the fourth of the month.
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.
Albemarle Comp Plan Update and Climate
The role of Rural Areas in mitigating climate impacts.
County seeks input on prime soils and cluster subdivisions
The Planning Commission is hosting a public hearing on a new Prime Soils and Cluster Subdivision Zoning Ordinance Amendment.
Wilderness Crossing Town Hall Recap and Next Steps
It was great seeing so many folks at our Wilderness Crossing town hall late last month in Locust Grove. Below you can find a recap with some of the key takeaways from the event and an update on where things stand in Orange County’s approval process.
Getting Around Cville: Mobility Assessment Findings
A new report from The Piedmont Environmental Council and the Move2Health Equity Coalition sheds light on how people get around Charlottesville and recommendations from residents about how to make it safer and more practical to walk, bike and ride transit.
Resources from Wilderness Crossing Town Hall
PEC and partners from the Wilderness Battlefield Coalition held a community town hall on October 25, 2022 at the Locust Grove Middle School to share information about the proposed Wilderness Crossing rezoning and development in Orange County, VA.
Week Ahead for November 7, 2022: Greene Supervisors to consider capital projects; Zion Crossroads developer seeks more units; Major industrial zoning in Fluvanna
This time next year, I hope to be very busy preparing for Election Night coverage when local and state races will dominate the cycle. My career has always been in Virginia, where there’s an election every year. In the weeks to come, there could very well be the first announcements of who will be running. I will be here to help tell those stories.
Week Ahead for October 31, 2022: Southwood rezoning back before Albemarle Supervisors; Fluvanna property values up 10.6 percent in reassessment
It is strange to start a week off with the last day of the month, but that’s where we find ourselves at the end of this very spooky month. We’re now in the holiday season, with Diwali earlier this month and Halloween on Monday. This time of year affects the gravity of government meetings quite a bit.
PEC celebrates its 50th anniversary with Ridgeline: A collaborative art experience by ET Projects at Oak Spring Garden Foundation
Early in October, as part of its 50th Anniversary Celebration, The Piedmont Environmental Council welcomed several hundred schoolchildren, their families, and other community members into a two-night extraordinary collaborative performance, produced by ET Projects, at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation’s Rokeby Runway.
Resources from Warrenton Town Hall About the Proposed Amazon Data Center
After a successful town hall meeting in August, the local citizen group Protect Fauquier and nonprofit organizations Citizens for Fauquier County and The Piedmont Environmental Council hosted a second community town hall on October 26, 2022, on the impact the proposed Amazon data center could have on the Town of Warrenton and Fauquier County.