Central Virginia local governments plan budgets, transit, data centers

Local governments in Central Virginia are announcing a week of meetings focused on transportation funding, school capital projects, housing assistance, data center development, land use, and environmental planning across Albemarle, Charlottesville, Louisa, and Fluvanna.

• Albemarle County will brief legislators on its 2026 legislative program, highlight how its investment helped secure a $4.5 billion AstraZeneca plant at Rivanna Futures, seek support for transportation funding and a one-cent sales tax referendum for school capital, and later in the week hear a School Board five-year CIP request including $215.3 million for a new high school by 2031 plus multiple school additions and road projects.
• Charlottesville, Louisa, and Fluvanna will address transportation and mobility investments, eminent domain for the Barracks–Emmet Streetscape, updates to school zones and rental assistance, a mutual aid public safety agreement, a $42 million Edgecore data center performance agreement at Shannon Hill, higher funding for fire/EMS equipment, a 450-acre landfill expansion purchase, a countywide reassessment contract, and public engagement on the 24‑mile Three Notched Trail and natural heritage, conservation, and biosolids issues.