The beauty of the Route 50 corridor is not an accident. It has taken multi-generational involvement in local decision-making to plan for and preserve this […]

For some time, The Aldie Assemblage property has been under threat of development or uses inconsistent with preserving the historic character and integrity of the […]

The Old Carolina Road Trail at Roundabout Meadows is a half-mile long public trail in Aldie, Loudoun County, VA. In 2021, PEC opened the trail […]

On August 30, PEC submitted comments to the Loudoun County Planning Commission at its first public hearing regarding the draft Zoning Ordinance Rewrite. The post […]

Stewardship, access, and awareness of the National Trails system have been Teresa Martinez’s life’s work. Martinez co-founded the Continental Divide Trail Coalition and currently serves […]

We are happy to announce our accreditation as a land trust was renewed in August, 2022 — a mark of distinction in land conservation. Initially […]

Twenty years ago local artists Camden Whitehead and Matthew Robins were invited to show their work in London in the exhibit “The View”. They were […]

A series of short updates from around the PEC region – Albemarle & Charlottesville, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange & Rappahannock. The post […]

The fall 2022 edition of the Piedmont View features summer fellowship highlights, PEC’s annual virtual auction, climate conversations in Albemarle, a soil health Q&A, upcoming […]

Somehow this week has a lot going on, as listed below. This week I’m going to keep the narrative short because I want to get […]