Current Issues
What's going on and how you can get involved.
November 10, 2008. PEC Press Release.
The University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center study found that farming and forestry had a total economic impact of $79 billion in 2006 and supported more than a half-million jobs in the Commonwealth.
August 12, 2008. PEC Press Release.
There is currently a quarantine of Emerald Ash Borer, a beetle that attacks and kills ash trees. Without a permit, live ash material, green wood, chips, or compost cannot be moved out of the quarantine area.
July 28, 2008. PEC Press Release.
Learn about the proposal for expanded water and sewer infrastructure and how the plan will affect Culpeper residents.
At a whopping 3.5 million square feet, Willow Run would have ranked as one of largest commercial developments in Virginia—all in the middle of what is now working farmland.
Learn where to find and enjoy local foods in the newly released Buy Fresh Buy Local guide --now for the Northern Piedmont & Charlottesville area.
Norfolk Southern has plans to nearly double train traffic on the Piedmont rail line—from fourteen trains a day to approximately twenty-six. Find out more.
PEC's presentation from June 17th in Culpeper about the Norfolk Southern Railway Expansion.
Residential development in Culpeper has grown significantly leading to a 29 percent increase in population since 2000.
January 24, 2008. PEC Press Release.
The Board of Supervisors meet at the County Administration Building located at 302 North Main Street in Culpeper on the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.
