The staff in PEC’s Charlottesville office work with residents and communities to address land use and conservation challenges and opportunities facing the Charlottesville and Albemarle area. Learn more about our local approach in this interactive story map →
Albemarle County AC44 Comprehensive Plan
The AC44 Comprehensive Plan update is a guiding document for growth, development and investment for Albemarle County for the years …
Albemarle/Cville Greenways
We’re working with communities in the Charlottesville and Albemarle urban core to envision and implement a comprehensive network of bicycle …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 2, 2024
Memory Project to deliver report on role of Court Square in slave trade; Council to consider sidewalk waiver for private development on Ivy Road …
Take Action Sept. 4: Cell Tower Ordinance Changes Loom
Next Wednesday, Sept. 4, the Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to vote on the updated ordinance. PEC is supportive of some of the changes that the Board has proposed, but concerned about …
Make Conservation an AC44 Priority
PEC is advocating that, as part of the AC44 Comprehensive Plan update, Albemarle County should strengthen its land conservation programs …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for August 26, 2024
This week: Beard Mountain Vineyards request for event venue to go before Greene Supervisors; Albemarle PC to consider rezoning of residential land on Rio Road to commercial …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for August 19, 2024
This week: Ranked choice voting up for approval in Charlottesville and up for a briefing in Albemarle; Albemarle Supervisors to get update on zoning modernization …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for August 12
Charlottesville considering new commission to review public art; Albemarle Supervisors to meet with Economic Development Authority …
Albemarle Comprehensive Plan Stopped Engagement for Four Months
After months without public communication, County staff say AC44 will undergo a “refinement,” but have given little clarity on what it means …
What’s Going On with AC44?
After nearly four months of noncommunication to the public, County staff have announced that the Albemarle Comprehensive Plan, nearly three years into the update process, will undergo a “refinement” …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for August 5, 2024
Council to vote on new lease agreement with Charlottesville Parking Center for Water Street Garage; Eastern Avenue goes before Albemarle Supervisors …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for July 29, 2024
A look at economic development in Nelson County; Public meeting for Court Square and Market Street parks in Charlottesville …
