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Support Commonsense Subdivision Limits to Protect Farmland

Help stop the loss of farmland in Orange County by supporting this proposed zoning amendment to place limitations on subdivisions that are increasingly utilizing valuable resources …
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Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 30, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 30, 2024

Transportation projects are focus of Albemarle Supervisors meeting; Public hearing for rezoning for 165 units on U.S. 29 …
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Town of Orange Comprehensive Plan Community Meeting

This text was taken from an email alert sent out on Sept. 16, 2024. Sign up for email alerts → Share how you’d like the Town of Orange to look in the future at a …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 23, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 23, 2024

Greene County Supervisors to talk mandatory utility connections with Planning Commission …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 16, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 16, 2024

Council to finalize loan agreement for Carlton Mobile Home Park purchase; Greene County PC to hold public hearing on expansion of Ruckersville Mobile Home Park …
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PEC Accepting Annual Photo Contest Submissions Through Sept. 30

Now through Sept. 30, professional and amateur photographers alike are invited to submit their best images of the beautiful Virginia Piedmont in The Piedmont Environmental Council’s 15th Annual Photo Contest …
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Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 9, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 9, 2024

Greene County to consider limits on farm wineries and breweries; Nelson County changing locations for new Department of Social Services building …
Jessica Edington

Jessica Edington

Jessica joined PEC in August 2024 as the Publications Assistant. Her work includes the production of the Piedmont View, and she has a passion for telling the stories that help people connect to the vital …
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Act Now to Support Common Sense Planning for Solar in Orange County

Act Now to Support Common Sense Planning for Solar in Orange County

On Sept. 10, the Orange County Board of Supervisors will consider a zoning ordinance to ban any solar facility that produces power primarily for off-site users. This extreme approach is contrary to good planning practice, …
| | Orange County, Solar
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 2, 2024

Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for September 2, 2024

Memory Project to deliver report on role of Court Square in slave trade; Council to consider sidewalk waiver for private development on Ivy Road …