…and many other partners to make sure the County and the people who call it home are prepared for the climate impacts we are currently experiencing and the ones we…
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Investing in Virginia’s Heritage and Future
…resources and the related impact on some segments of the population, most notably native peoples and more broadly people of color. Addressing conservation needs and opportunities presents a vivid demonstration…
Case Study in Breaking Ground: An Affordable Housing Resource Guide for Land Trusts
…neighborhoods and creating sprawling housing and commercial developments. In central Virginia, these pressures threaten the farmland, wildlife habitat and waterways that give the region its character and people their livelihoods….
Albemarle County AC44 Comprehensive Plan Policy Platform
Contact: Rob McGinnis – rmcginnis@pecva.org, (434) 962-9110 Introduction The AC44 Comprehensive Plan update will serve as a guiding document for land and resource conservation, development, and investment for Albemarle County…
The Environmental Footprint of the Digital Age
…in Virginia. All the world’s on-demand computing takes place in colossal data center facilities, full of computer servers with very few people, that use massive amounts of electricity and water….
One Approved, Another on the Horizon
…and one abstention) to approve the highly speculative Copper Ridge data center rezoning. Many people spoke at the hearing or wrote to the Town Council, including veterans who expressed concerns…
Meet PEC: Fall 2023
…for a resilient future. “It’s daunting. But the good news is that there are a lot of really smart people and organizations doubling and tripling down on fighting climate change….
Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative offers financial incentives for delayed haying and summer pasture stockpiling
…Greenfield/PEC Harlequin Farm in Loudoun County was the program’s first participating horse farm. Owner Paula Bliss trains and coaches people and horses for competitive carriage driving at the farm. “I’ve…
2024 General Assembly: Building Bipartisan Support for Conservation
…the Commonwealth has effective land conservation programs already in place, such as the Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Historic Preservation Fund, and the Land…
Cville Area Land Use Update: Week of October 16, 2023
…Provider Council. This comes from The Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS/H.I.V. program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (staff report) Next up is the City Manager’s…