On Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, Albemarle County opened its newest and largest park: Biscuit Run. Photo by Peter Krebs/PEC. At nearly 1,200 acres, Biscuit Run is twice the size of the County’s next largest park, …

Albemarle Supervisors to review land use chapter in Comprehensive Plan update; Fluvanna Supervisors to consider meals tax …

Oak Bluff rezoning in Crozet to go before Albemarle PC; Charlottesville City Council to review preliminary Parks and Rec master plan, $3M for Salvation Army …

Nelson Supervisors to hold public hearing on first utility-scale solar facility; Public hearing in Charlottesville for $185.7M capital improvement plan …

City Council to resume discussion on overnight parking rules; Louisa Supervisors to be asked for direction on future of household hazardous waste week …

An overview of the topics that PEC has its eye on this session: data center reform, land conservation and public access, solar implementation, housing and local land use authority …

Without strong regulatory and legislative intervention, the risks and costs of the immense infrastructure supporting data centers is destined to be passed on to all ratepayers, including other businesses and residents …

This year, we made a concerted effort to better inform the Culpeper community about local events. We have some good news to shhare with you about decisions that were only achieved through strong community engagement …

PEC’s dedicated staff work relentlessly to advance land conservation, sound land use planning, the protection of natural resources and better climate and energy policy …

That’s why we successfully advocated for HB206—legislation that requires solar developers to offset the negative impacts of large solar projects on water quality and agricultural and forested lands. Since that legislation passed in 2022, PEC …