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Loudoun Update – Rt. 15 North & Zoning Ordinance
The following text was sent out as a PEC email alert. To sign up for alerts visit pecva.org/signup. Local Land Use Update Dear Supporter, I can’t believe it is already May...it's been a busy spring! A number of important local ...
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PEC Signs Letter Asking National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board to Reduce Transportation Emissions, Sprawl
Sprawling highways in Loudoun County, Virginia. Photo by Hugh Kenny/PEC On May 1, The Piedmont Environmental Council joined 34 other groups around Virginia, D.C. and Maryland in signing on to a joint letter from the Coalition for Smarter Growth (CSG) ...
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Lessons from Loudoun: What can Albemarle County learn from Loudoun County’s Rural Roads Program?
Albemarle County (Virginia) has a well-defined boundary between its residential and commercial area, which is organized as neighborhoods (surrounding the independent City of Charlottesville), and a much larger distinctly rural area. That preserved countryside is a significant part of the ...
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Now through June 30, Solarize Piedmont 2022 simplifies process of going solar
Contact:Katie VanLangen, LEAP Solarize Program Managerkatiev@leap-va.org; 201-506-7377 Bri West, PEC Director of Outreach and Communicationsbwest@pecva.org; 540-347-2334 x7020 Virtual Information Sessions for April, May and June WARRENTON, VA - (April 13, 2022) – Just ahead of Earth Day on April 22, ...
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Rivanna Bridge Update
Rendering: VBH via VDOT As you may know, the Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Policy Board voted last week to pursue VDOT SMARTSCALE funding for a pedestrian bridge connecting Pantops and Woolen Mills at the end of Market Street (the Wool Factory) ...
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