The staff in PEC’s Charlottesville office work with residents and communities to address land use and conservation challenges and opportunities facing the Charlottesville and Albemarle area. Learn more about our local approach in this interactive story map →
Albemarle County AC44 Comprehensive Plan
The AC44 Comprehensive Plan update is a guiding document for growth, development and investment for Albemarle County for the years …
Albemarle/Cville Greenways
We’re working with communities in the Charlottesville and Albemarle urban core to envision and implement a comprehensive network of bicycle …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for November 25, 2024
This week: Charlottesville’s draft capital improvement plan to go before city planning commission; Albemarle’s PC will review details of moving water protection into the zoning …
Free Bridge Lane is Closed to Cars, Open to the Public
As a result of longtime advocacy, Free Bridge Lane is now officially closed to cars in order to provide a free activity space to promenade, bike, skate, etc. along the riverside …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for November 18, 2024
This week: Greene County to hold work session on proposal to seek more control over events at farm wineries and more …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for November 11, 2024
This week: Public hearing in Greene County on water and sewer projects; Design public hearing for Berkmar Drive extension in Albemarle …
AC44 Phase 3 Begins in Full Force
The following text was sent out via email on Nov. 15, 2024. Sign up for PEC email alerts → Dear Supporters, The Albemarle Comprehensive Planning process is once again underway, this time with a robust agenda …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for November 4, 2024
Charlottesville Council to get update on transportation projects, hold public hearing on pedestrian bridge; Albemarle Supervisors to continue discussion on growth area …
Fall Updates From Albemarle and Charlottesville
This text was taken from an email alert sent out on Sept. 26, 2024. Sign up for email alerts → Dear Supporter, There are so many ways one can engage with the environment in the …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 28, 2024
This week: Albemarle and Charlottesville Planning Commissions to meet for first time in six years …
Cville Area Land Use: Week Ahead for October 21, 2024
Greene County planning for a recreation center; Zoning code rewrite meeting in Nelson; Albemarle PC to continue AC44 process …
On The Ground Updates – September 2024
A series of short updates from around the PEC region – Albemarle & Charlottesville, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange & Rappahannock …