It takes about eight hours to produce this newsletter each week and when I start work I’m not sure if there will be a theme or not. Local government touches so many aspects of our lives, and when you look at all of the meetings in the Thomas Jefferson Planning District each week, patterns for […]

LTV celebrates a passing of the baton from Executive Director Sally Price to Director of Conservation and Stewardship Ashton Cole MIDDLEBURG, Va., May 16, 2022 – Land Trust of Virginia (LTV) is pleased to announce several staffing changes. Executive Director, Sally Price who joined the organization in 2017, plans to retire at the end of […]

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA —  Some 51 acres of in Chesterfield County will now be protected thanks to a conservation easement recorded by the county and the Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) in order to preserve the site of a key battle that took place there during the Civil War. The conserved land will be added […]

This Wednesday, May 11 at 6 p.m., the Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing about the related Route 15 North Comprehensive Plan Amendment, which calls for: Widening the road to four lanes between Montresor Road and the village of Lucketts, Building a bypass (on one side or the other) around Lucketts Adding a median […]

So far there have been 18 weeks in 2022. What significant things have happened already? This regular weekly newsletter is only concerned with what’s coming ahead ahead in the next several days, and always, there’s a lot. The post Week Ahead for May 9, 2022: Charlottesville PC to review 390-bedroom building on Jefferson Park Avenue; […]

In partnership with James Madison University, and with funding from the Madison County Historical Society, The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) has completed the digitization of thousands of legal documents related to the Commonwealth’s 1930s-era condemnation of private lands in Madison County for the creation of Shenandoah National Park (SNP). The post Madison County plans May […]

During the month of May, when you shop at your local Orvis store in Arlington, Leesburg or Tysons Corner part of your purchase goes to support local land and water conservation efforts! For every purchase over $10, Orvis will donate $10 on your behalf to The Piedmont Environmental Council as a part of their Giveback […]

On May 1, PEC joined 34 other groups around Virginia, D.C. and Maryland in signing on to a joint letter from the Coalition for Smarter Growth (CSG) to make necessary and feasible changes to the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TBP)’s Visualize 2045 plan. The post PEC Signs Letter Asking National Capital Region Transportation […]

On Saturday, May 21, at 2:45 p.m., internationally renowned author, environmentalist and activist Terry Tempest Williams will share her perspective on conservation, restoration and generational change in her keynote address, “The Open Space of Democracy,” as part of The Piedmont Environmental Council’s annual meeting celebrating the organization’s 50th anniversary. The post Renowned author and environmentalist […]

A recently proposed data center would force new transmission lines to Warrenton. Learn more >> The post Amazon and Dominion Set Sights on Warrenton appeared first on The Piedmont Environmental Council.