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It is part ox a nationwide report, recently released.- entitled “County Business Patterns.”
For each section of the country it presents comparable figures on the number of local businesses engaged in retail trade, wholesale trade manufacturing, finance, services and other branches of industry. The figures show that Rappahannock County's business population is at a high level. New enterprises are constantly being launched in the area by local residents who are eager to be their own bosses.
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