Fall updates: Albemarle Data Center Ordinance, Loop de Ville, AC44 nearing completion, and Ragged Mountain temporarily closes + lots of events.
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.
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
Piedmont Environmental Council Applauds Court Victory in Lawsuit to Protect Wilderness Battlefield
The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) celebrates court rejection of attempts to dismiss a lawsuit against the Wilderness Crossing rezoning proposal in Orange County.
Culpeper Quarterly Update – Culpeper puts guardrails on data centers
I wanted to fill you in on some recent happenings in Culpeper: 1) a big win for Culpeper County as the Board of Supervisors finally starts putting guard rails on data centers; 2) an update on the Town Unified Draft Ordinance; and 3) some information about planned transmission line and substation expansion to serve Culpeper data centers and how you can provide input.
On the Ground Updates – September 2025
A series of short updates from around the PEC region – Albemarle & Charlottesville, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange & Rappahannock.