With people moving out of parts of Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads, more rural counties are now see an increase of people moving into the area, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.
Culpeper continues to experience a healthy rate of growth as new housing keeps going up and new residents arrive, according to the Weldon Cooper Center.
A pair of General Assembly bills, one in the House of Delegates and the other in the Senate, propose allowing the state to overrule county-level rejections of new solar farms. House Bill 636 would create an approval process for projects capable of generating 50 or more megawatts, which would be overseen by the State Corporation.