Current Issues
What's going on and how you can get involved.
February 1, 2010. PEC Press Release.
Loudoun's new Energy Strategy was just approved by the Board of Supervisors and includes potential projects that will help Loudoun's government, residents, and businesses to save money on energy bills. Read more about the plan & proposed projects.
Loudoun is in the process of updating the Countywide Transportation plan to lay out a strategy for the orderly construction, maintenance, and improvement of the transportation system. Learn more about the plan & weigh in on transportation options.
On October 30, 2009, the Newton Marasco Foundation held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Chapman DeMary Trail in Purcellville. Learn more about the effort led by students to preserve this old growth forest & watch the trail dedication ceremony.
Limestone rock is common in the eastern United States. Human activities and new development can accelerate the natural pace of limestone erosion--causing sinkholes, threatening buildings and roads, and contaminating groundwater.
Learn more about Kincora's proposed minor league baseball stadium planned for land along Rt. 7 & Rt. 28 in Loudoun.
The Town of Purcellville has donated an easement on 1,271 acres--which includes three springs and a significant portion of a watershed above Purcellville's reservoir. This property is the largest in Loudoun to be protected by a conservation easement.
Piedmont roads take us through some of the country's most historic landscapes, but their future is uncertain. Read this article to learn how PEC saved a gateway at Gilbert's Corner, saw the Rt 50 traffic calming project to fruition, and more.
PEC is a proud contributor to LoudounPedia, the online wiki encyclopedia focused on Loudoun County and brought to you by the Loudoun County Public Library.
Check out the Buy Fresh Buy Local website and download your 2009 guide to Loudoun farms, farmers markets, wineries, restaurants and more.
The Loudoun Outdoors Guide is now online! In addition to information on hiking and wildlife, water recreation and biking trails in Loudoun County, you can enjoy interactive maps and links to additional information for each park.
Loudoun County has been one of the fastest growing counties in the U.S. since the late 1990s and, was the fastest growing county in the nation from 2000 - 2006, among counties with a population greater than 100,000.
May 21, 2008. PEC News Release.
There is currently a quarantine of Emerald Ash Borer, a beetle that attacks and kills ash trees. Without a permit, live ash material, green wood, chips, or compost cannot be moved out of the quarantine area.
