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Rappahannock, too
SOMEBODY REMARKED, “Rappahannock should have been represented, too. Those people might still have a better chance than the others.”
He was talking about the study trip being taken tor'England by new Supervisors for Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, a trip co-sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Council of Counties.
The thought behind the trip is that perhaps Fauquier and Loudoun officials can gain valuable pointers on how to deal with the pressures for growth emanating from metropolitan Washington, D.C., pressures which have already crushed Fairfax and Prince William Counties, which have made a sizeable dent in Loudoun, and which pose an imminent threat to Fauquier-and Stafford Counties.
And, a threat to Rappahannock as well, according to many planning and growth predictions. Members of the Rappahannock County Citizens Association were told at their annual meeting back in November that it is “inevitable” that their beautiful county will be over-run by the same sort of suburban sprawl, horizon-to-horizon highways and other horrors that have spoiled so much of northern Virginia.
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WE DON’T BELIEVE IT. And if Rappahannock officials were denied the opportunity to look at how England has coped with these problems, then maybe they will be able to benefit from the discoveries made by their brethren in neighboring counties. When it comes to saving what’s left of the Virginia countryside around here, we’re all going to need all the good advice and help we can get. □
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