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SUMMARY:Nature Journaling Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join the Piedmont Environmental Council and Botanical Artist Lara Call Gastinger at Montfair Resort Farm for a nature journaling workshop. PEC will lead participants out into the grasslands to speak about their importance as habitat before they begin their journaling. \n\n\n\nWe will sketch grassland species (including plants\, birds and insects) to get better acquainted with this unique ecosystem. Whether you’re an experienced artist or a curious beginner\, this workshop will give you the tools to see nature in a whole new way. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to all but space is limited so registration is required. \n\n\n\nLearn more about the Piedmont Environmental Council’s work with the Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative to bring back our grassland bird population at vagrasslandbirds.org.
URL:https://www.pecva.org/event/nature-journaling-workshop/
LOCATION:Montfair Resort Farm\, 2500 Bezaleel Drive\, Crozet\, Virginia\, 23932
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T090000
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SUMMARY:History Hike at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook
DESCRIPTION:A previous hike at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook. Photo by Hugh Kenny/PEC.\n\n\n\nJoin The Piedmont Environmental Council and Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association (VPHAA) for a History Hike at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook on Saturday\, September 13! As we walk along the trails at overlook\, Travis Shaw and Ian MacDougall from VPHAA will share a variety of stories on the history surrounding Ashby’s Gap. The stories will range from a brief overview of the landscape\, to Native American uses of the mountain gap\, to Ashby’s Gap in the context of the American Revolution and the Civil War. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\nThe land encompassing the Piedmont Memorial Overlook was historically part of a territory occupied by Siouan-speaking people that spanned more than half of the present-day state of Virginia. The rolling green hills of field and forest\, dotted by historic towns and villages\, and crisscrossed by gravel roads have earned the area a well-deserved reputation for its scenic beauty and historic significance\, from pre-colonial times to European settlement\, through the Civil War and development of modern agriculture. A verdant agricultural landscape stretches 17 miles between the Bull Run Mountains to the east and the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west. To the south lies the Crooked Run Valley\, extending toward Delaplane. To the north lies Clarke and Loudoun counties. \n\n\n\nPEC’s Plantings for the Piedmont Program Coordinator Linnea Sherman and Wildlife Habitat Program Manager October Greenfield will share information about the native plants\, birds and other wildlife we see during the walk\, as well as more background on the PMO. \n\n\n\nThe event is free but registration is required on Eventbrite. Space is limited. \n\n\n\nAbout the Overlook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Piedmont Memorial Overlook sits within a large block of privately and publicly protected land along the Blue Ridge Mountains that is a patchwork of forest\, livestock pasture\, and mountainous fields. The land was actively farmed from the late 18th century until the recent past\, and was heavily grazed by cattle. \n\n\n\nIn 2012\, PEC began an extensive restoration effort on the 50-acre parcel with funding from the USDA\, first eliminating fescue and other non-native plants from the pasture\, and then seeding native grasses and wildflowers. The property now serves as an active demonstration site for landowners who are interested in viewing habitat restoration practices. \n\n\n\nThe 15+ acre native meadow is home to songbirds\, butterflies\, raptors\, bees and black bears. It was planted with 16 native wildflower species that provide forage for pollinators and habitat for grassland and shrubland birds. PEC manages the meadow using prescribed fire\, late winter mowing\, and invasive species monitoring.
URL:https://www.pecva.org/event/history-hike-at-the-piedmont-memorial-overlook/
LOCATION:Virginia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T180000
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SUMMARY:Albemarle Data Center Community Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a community meeting Tuesday\, Sept. 16 from 6-8 p.m. to hear from Julie Bolthouse\, PEC’s Director of Land Use and one of the leaders of the Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition\, about data centers’ environmental impacts and how advocating for regulations at the state and local level and transparency can achieve better outcomes for communities. PEC’s Albemarle County Senior Land Use Representative\, Rob McGinnis will talk about Albemarle County specifically\, the ongoing Data Center Ordinance update\, and how you can get involved this fall. \n\n\n\nThere will be an opportunity to ask questions of staff who are working on the ground in Loundoun\, Culpeper\, Orange and Albemarle Counties\, where data center development and proposals are heaviest. We will also have detailed maps around the room of the proposal Data Center Overlay Districts in Albemarle County and increased and larger transmission lines. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public but registration is required. Register here. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVideo Explainers: \n\n\n\n\nHidden Cost of the Cloud: Data Centers in Virginia (Piedmont Environmental Council)\n\n\n\nAlbemarle Board of Supervisors considers draft data center ordinance (29 News)\n\n\n\nAlbemarle County officials hear opinions on data center proposal (CBS19)\n\n\n\n\nBackground: \n\n\n\nConversations about data center development have made their way steadily down PEC’s service region — from the “data center capital of the world” in Loudoun County to historic and environmentally significant sites in Culpeper and Orange counties\, and now down to Albemarle County and Charlottesville. PEC has been there every step of the way. \n\n\n\nLast year\, PEC and the Southern Environmental Law Center successfully advocated that larger data centers (those over 40\,000 square feet) must go through the local legislative review process of a Special Use Permit\, which requires opportunities for public feedback. Now\, as the county further develops the existing Data Center Ordinance\, PEC is focused on ensuring the county’s new ordinance includes responsible regulations and transparency to protect Albemarle County from potential adverse impacts from data centers. \n\n\n\nFollow us on Instagram\, LinkedIn\, and Facebook and sign up for PEC email updates to stay up to date on Albemarle County and Charlottesville and our local- and state-wide work.
URL:https://www.pecva.org/event/albemarle-data-center-community-meeting/
LOCATION:The Center at Belvedere\, 540 Belvedere Boulevard\, Charlottesville\, Virginia\, 22901
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T080000
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SUMMARY:Loop de Ville Trail Fest + 3 Mile Walk
DESCRIPTION:Take part in the annual celebration of the beloved Rivanna Trail in Charlottesville (and National Public Lands Day). There are a wide-variety of hikes\, runs\, and bike rides of various distances\, including the full 20-mile loop or half-loop. All activities will begin and then conclude with a finish line celebration at the Rivanna River Company. View the full schedule at loopdeville.org for more details and to register.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, PEC will be co-leading a up to 3 mile riverside stroll for people of all abilities along with Charlottesville’s forester\, Steve Gaines.  \n\n\n\nOur goal\, along with other organizers\, is to put on a fun event free of barriers so community members from all backgrounds and abilities can join and have a good time. So\, if that means just spending time at the Rivanna River Company in community with others (starting at 12 p.m.)\, that’s great!
URL:https://www.pecva.org/event/loop-de-ville-trail-fest-3-mile-walk/
LOCATION:Rivanna River Company\, 1520 East High Street\, Charlottesville\, Virginia\, 22902
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SUMMARY:PEC Farm-to-Table Dinner and Virtual Auction
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for PEC’s annual farm-to-table event and virtual auction! \n\n\n\nEvent seating is very limited. Find sponsorship information at pecva.org/woodside. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact Montana Lanier Ruffner at mlanier@pecva.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChairs \n\n\n\nAnne Clancy\, Leslie Cockburn & Gertraud Hechl \n\n\n\nClark County Committee \n\n\n\nKatherine Berger\, Sarah Brennan\, Barbara Ferrari\, Sisi Gallagher\, Cleo Gewirz\, Joe McKenna\, George Ohrstrom II\, Alice Rogoff\, Laurie Louise Volk\, Cabell Williams \n\n\n\nCommittee \n\n\n\nLisa Abeel\, Mimi Abel Smith\, Lauria Ambrose\, Laura Bickford\, Cheryl Lynn Boland\, Gail Clark\, Penny Denegre\, Kitty Dove\, Susan Grayson\, Betsy Kleeblatt\, Susanne Lamb\, Lena Scott Lundh\, Eleanor Morison\, Jean Perin\, Margrete Stevens\, Stephanie Spytek\, Holli Thompson\, Jeanne-Marie Tufts\, Dana Westring\, Erica Wiley\, Lynn Wiley\, Mark Winchester\, Melissa Winchester \n\n\n\nNext Generation Committee \n\n\n\nLouise Chapman Cook\, Sloan Coles\, Malcolm Dilley\, Will Driskill\, Matilda Reuter Engle\, Annie Everett\, Emily Wilkins Howell\, Christina Mangano Mackenzie\, Selina McPherson\, Caitlin Slater\, G. Fletcher Slater\, Maxine Janes Symes\, Caroline Wilkins\, Torrey Wilkins\, William Wilkins\, Isabella Wolf\, Stirling Harrison Young\, Jr.
URL:https://www.pecva.org/event/pec-farm-to-table-dinner/
LOCATION:Woodside Farm\, White Post\, Virginia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T160000
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SUMMARY:Piedmont Mobility Alliance Meeting / Social
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about local efforts to improve walking\, biking\, trails and transit in the area and mingle with fellow activist at the bi-monthly Piedmont Mobility Meeting / Social! \n\n\n\nThis session will highlight the local Week Without Driving (Sept 29 – Oct. 5) and begin discussions about our annual Active Mobility Summit\, which happens in the early spring. \n\n\n\nThere will be happy hour prices from 4 – 6 p.m. and plenty of fellowship! \n\n\n\nThe Piedmont Mobility Alliance is a coalition of organizations\, agencies\, businesses and groups who share a vision of a better-connected community for walking\, biking and other forms of active transportation in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. We gather every two months to share updates and work collaboratively on projects that none can accomplish alone.
URL:https://www.pecva.org/event/piedmont-mobility-alliance-meeting-social/
LOCATION:Three Notch’d Craft Kitchen & Brewery\, 520 2nd St SE\, Charlottesville\, Virginia\, 22902
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