Albemarle County & the City of Charlottesville

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

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On the Ground Updates – March 2020

A series of short updates from around the PEC region – Albemarle & Charlottesville, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange & Rappahannock …
Week Ahead for March 8, 2021: Charlottesville PC to take up New Hill's vision for Starr Hill

Week Ahead for March 8, 2021: Charlottesville PC to take up New Hill’s vision for Starr Hill

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the “before times” when meetings were held in person in greater Charlottesville. We still don’t when we’ll be able to return to administrative buildings, but for now, many …
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Summit Mobilizes Collective Action

Representatives from several dozen organizations, businesses, agencies, and a handful of passionate individuals came together for a virtual gathering on Friday, February 26, to strategically plan for better walking, biking, running, everyday access nature and …
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Premier Circle Rezoning in Albemarle County

Affordable housing non-profits (Piedmont Housing Alliance, Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless, and Virginia Supportive Housing), in collaboration with the current landowner (Tiota, Ltd.), with support from the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, submitted a …
Week Ahead for March 1, 2021: Budget season, public hearing for 370-unit RST rezoning and more

Week Ahead for March 1, 2021: Budget season, public hearing for 370-unit RST rezoning and more

For now, meetings in Albemarle, Charlottesville, and some other localities continue to be held virtually in order to halt community spread. It’s too early for a return to City Council Chambers or Lane Auditorium, so …
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RST Residences Rezoning Application in Albemarle County

Virginia Beach developer, RST Development LLC, requested a rezoning (Residential-1 to Planned Residential Development) for 19.51-acres along Route 29 in Places 29 North …
Week Ahead for February 22, 2021: Batesville solar project, Charlottesville's future land use, and more

Week Ahead for February 22, 2021: Batesville solar project, Charlottesville’s future land use, and more

The final week of the second month of 2021 is here, and is slightly less hectic than last week. Or is it? The pandemic seems to have made everything busier than in years before with …
Week Ahead for February 15: Presidents' Day Edition

Week Ahead for February 15: Presidents’ Day Edition

Today is Presidents’ Day, and what better a time to get this newsletter out to you than on a national holiday! In these times when it may seem powerless to affect what happens in federal …
Week Ahead for February 8, 2021: No Slow Week Edition

Week Ahead for February 8, 2021: No Slow Week Edition

So far, 2021 has moved at a fast pace. Somehow this week, it appears as if there might be a small break. Yet, each week I put this newsletter together, I find there’s always enough …