Current Events and Issues
What's going on and how you can get involved. PEC conducts in-depth analysis of local issues relating the area's natural and community resources.
Two proposed commercial developments jeopardize Orange County's rural landscape. The Walmart Supercenter and Wilderness Crossing developments would sprawl out over 1,000 acres and are located directly across f...
(Orange) Explore the "Big Woods" just behind the back lawn of James Madison's Montpelier. This 200 acre forest is recognized as the best example of an old-growth forest in the Piedmont.
Potential development threatens rural and historic resources adjacent to the Wilderness Battlefield. Find out more about potential impacts and what you can do.
Walmart at The Wilderness? Read this story and more in the Fall 2008 Clarion newsletter.
November 10, 2008. PEC Press Release.
January 24, 2008. PEC Press Release.
While the number of proposals has slowed, some large development proposals continue to resurface every year.
Board of Supervisors meetings are conducted on the second Tuesday of each month beginning at 4:00 p.m. and on the fourth Tuesday of each month beginning at 7:00 p.m. with all public hearings beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Changes being considered include creation of Agricultural Conservation, Mixed Use and Economic Development zoning as well as changes to our minimum lot size in certain agricultural areas of the County.
