PEC serves as an asset to citizens in Greene who seek to protect this traditionally agricultural community from increasingly rapid development.
Conservation Easement Enables Farm To Remain in Family for Fourth Generation
Thanks to creativity, collaboration, and a conservation solution put together by The Piedmont Environmental Council and American Farmland Trust, 226 acres of a cattle farm operated by Dustin Watson in Greene County will remain in …
On the Ground Updates – April 2026
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 January 5, 2026
This week: Charlottesville to begin 2026 with two meetings, direction on affordable housing spending …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for December 8, 2025
This week: Charlottesville PC to hold public hearing on proposed $201.5 million capital budget; Albemarle PC to review how the county measures effectiveness of growth area …
Wild & Connected: Shenandoah Borderlands property conserved
Nestled on the eastern slope of Saddleback Mountain, a small cottage in the woods has been a family retreat for sisters Gayle and Cathy Soloe for decades, since their father first purchased the 89-acre parcel …
On the Ground Updates — December 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 October 27, 2025
This week: Greene Supervisors to hold work session on further restrictions on agritourism events …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 13, 2025
This week: Albemarle PC to review removal of properties from ag-forest district; Economic development groups to learn about Innovation Corridor …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 6, 2025
This week: Charlottesville City Council to consider $6.2 million purchase of office building for low-barrier homeless shelter …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 22, 2025
This week: Changes coming to the Rio-29 Form-Based Code; Rivanna River Basin Commission to talk data centers at annual conference …
