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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Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for June 23, 2025
This week: Greene Supervisors to see reduced scope for water supply plan implementation …
A Conversation on Trails and Connectivity
While conserving the verdant landscapes of Virginia’s Piedmont is foundational to The Piedmont Environmental Council’s mission, making the outdoors accessible to everyone has become an equally vital goal. Over the past few years, we have …
On the Ground Updates – June 2025
A series of short updates from around the PEC region – Albemarle & Charlottesville, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange & Rappahannock …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for June 16, 2025
This week: Student housing building planned in Fifeville; Albemarle and Charlottesville to consider permanent financing for renovations at regional jail …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for June 9, 2025
Albemarle PC to get update on county’s affordable housing efforts; Charlottesville PC to consider special exceptions for 24-unit apartment complex on Barracks Road …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for June 2, 2025
Charlottesville City Council to hold public hearing on utility rate increases, $12M in spending from CIP contingency fund …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for May 26, 2025
This week: Charlottesville PC to review proposed amendments to new zoning code; Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority to hold public hearing on $550 million capital program …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for May 19, 2025
This week: Charlottesville City Council to get updates on efforts to assist the unhoused; Two Albemarle bodies to review updated economic development strategic plan …
U.S. Route 29 Slated to Become an “Innovation Corridor”
This text was taken from an email alert sent out on May 15, 2025. Sign up for email alerts → U.S. Route 29 looking into Charlottesville. Photo by Hugh Kenny/PEC. Dear Supporter, U.S. Route 29 …
Cville Area Land Use Week Ahead for May 12, 2025
This week: Albemarle PC to hold public hearing for permit for private school on Dudley Mountain Road in the rural area …

