The keyword for this week is “budget” with four out of the six jurisdictions holding meetings about their key financial documents. Charlottesville residents will see […]

The 2022-2024 biennium budget is an opportunity to make historic investments in the preservation and enjoyment of Virginia’s natural lands. The post 2022-2024 Virginia Budget […]

Loudoun County has proposed installing athletic field lighting at Scott Jenkins Memorial Park in Hamilton off of East Colonial Highway. The post Concerns About Proposal […]

This is another strange week that takes place in two different months. No week is quiet in a community as dynamic as the metropolitan area […]

PEC hired an archaeological firm to undertake a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey of the James-Brown Cemetary in Madison County. The post Update on the […]

The Piedmont Environmental Council is seeking to hire a Senior Land Use Field Representative to work on land use issues in Albemarle County and Greene […]

Today is Presidents’ Day and I celebrated by doing a different newsletter on Sunday, when I usually write this one up. There is only one […]

Wyatt Burttschell joined PEC in February 2022 as a land use coordinator. He was born and raised in Pensacola, FL. The post Wyatt Burttschell appeared […]

The Virginia House of Delegates has advanced HB 206, a bipartisan bill to improve the utility-scale solar permitting process in Virginia. The post HB 206 […]

St. John School in Albemarle County was one of thousands of Rosenwald-funded schools built and operated for the purpose of educating Black children across the […]