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FARMING, the statistics show us, is no longer the major economic activity in Rappahannock County—nor is it in too many neighboring counties. Real estate sales top the list. People want to move out dnto the county, and what more beautiful country than that found in Rappahannock? * The irony is that in making jGarm land more valuable for Tbal estate development than it is for farming, the very
of what makes the coso
attractive is being destroyed.
*niere is renewed talk of drawing up a Master Plan for /Rappahannock County. The Rappahannock League for Envirohmental Protection has called attention to the vast number of building lots already platted in the county, suggesting that a temporary moratorium be placed on further subdivisions until the people of the county—both new and old—have time to plan for what { they want their co. unty to be, how much growth it should pr can absorb with«/-^/-:.out losing its identity as a ^ ;'beautiful rural coiihty.
the Supervisors ^-.- and the planningcommissioni-S
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