When a PEC staff member recently posed the question “what does the farm mean to people beyond just donating to food pantries?” I remembered my first farming experience, when I…
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PEC Accepting Annual Photo Contest Submissions Through Sept. 30
Contact: Hugh Kenny, Multimedia Communications Specialist The Piedmont Environmental Council hkenny@pecva.org; 540-347-2334, x7024 Virginia Piedmont, Va. (Sept. 6, 2024) – Now through Sept. 30, professional and amateur photographers alike are…
Enter PEC’s annual Virginia Piedmont photo contest now through Sept. 30
…visit pecva.org/photocontest. For questions about the contest, photographers should contact Hugh Kenny at photos@pecva.org. 2024 photo contest winners (downloadable links included): Beautiful Landscapes: Luke Christopher of Little Washington in Rappahannock…
Mobility Summit galvanizes community for better walking, biking and outdoor access; unofficially launches Three Notched Trail plan
Contact: Peter Krebs, Community Advocacy Manager The Piedmont Environmental Council pkrebs@pecva.org 434-977-2033 x7065 Charlottesville, VA. (Feb. 18, 2025) – Area residents, organizations and leaders who want better places to walk,…
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for June 17, 2024
We’re close to the middle point of 2024 and my intuition tells me there will be fewer people reading this newsletter this week than usual. That’s okay. This is to…
Reasons to Get Outside: Loop de Ville and a New, Central Greenway
…will include options for people of all ages and abilities. That is the kind of sustainable infrastructure for active transportation and access to fresh air close to where people live,…
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 28, 2024
…Thomas Jefferson Planning District and this is another write-up of what people can expect at meetings. This week features three days that are the fifth version of themselves for this…
Cville Area Week Ahead for February 10, 2025
…there is a need for people to know things and have made a bet people will pay to cover the costs of producing all of my work. So, I hope…
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 13, 2025
…seek them? Can Greene, Orange, Madison, and other localities to the north handle residential growth? Do people who live there want that? For that matter, do people who live here…
Halloween Costume Bike Promotes Safety on the Roads
…being outdoors. You can learn more about PEC’s work to promote walking, biking and access to the outdoors at www.pecva.org/cvillegreenways. Sign up for walk/bike/access updates and action alerts at www.pecva.org/mobilityadvocate….