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 …
PEC in Albemarle & Charlottesville – A Local Approach
From soaring mountaintops high on the Blue Ridge to the bustling Downtown Mall, Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville …
Data Centers, Surging Power Demand Take Center Stage
The size, scale, and speed at which applications for data center projects are coming in and being approved is astounding. Just this month, massive proposals moved forward in Culpeper, Louisa, and King George counties, with more being reviewed in Caroline and Stafford counties …
On The Ground Updates – September 2023
A series of short updates from around the PEC region …
Making Biscuit Run Park Available to Everyone
Biscuit Run Park is going to be a magnificent resource, and it wouldn’t be right for people of the Southwood community to be able to see the park, but not get to it easily …
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of September 25, 2023
Charlottesville City Council to begin their review of new zoning code; Water and sewer projects status before Greene Supervisors …
Initial Transmission Proposals – PEC Web Map
Transmission line proposals to serve the explosive growth of data centers in Virginia over the past few years have begun to roll in. On September 5, 2023, PJM, the organization that coordinates electricity transmission in …
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of September 18, 2023
Albemarle Supervisors to get update on on-demand transit pilot; Council to get presentation on CRHA’s plan for sustainability …
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of Sept. 9, 2023
Charlottesville’s Planning Commission to meet twice for public hearings for JPA project, citywide rezoning …
Albemarle County AC44 Comprehensive Plan Policy Platform
PEC’s priorities in supporting our mission and helping inform Albemarle County’s AC44 comprehensive planning process …
PEC Accepting Annual Photo Contest Submissions Through Sept. 30
Now through September 30, photographers are invited to submit their best images of the Virginia Piedmont to PEC’s 12th Annual Photo Contest …
