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(Continued from Page 2) dustry, you attract additional people. They need more homes, causing more pressure on farm land," Stambaugh maintained. Thorpe answered that the industry which has located in Fauquier County to date has employed local people and proved to be compatible with agriculture.
Tourism Encouraged “I'm not a farmer...My biggest land use' problem is how to keep' the dog in the yard," commented Frank Raflo. Loudoun Supervisor and former Mayor of Leesburg.
Despite his lack of agricultural ties, Raflo spoke in favor of farm land preservation, noting the "inexorable tie" between the preservation of farm land, the preservation of buildings and the SI.8 billion travel and tourist business in Virginia.
Visitors come to look at open fields—not at subdivisions, he contended, reporting that Loudoun's travel business amounts to $43 million per year.
The preservation of agriculture and open spaces also ties in with industrial growth, he continued. According to Raflo, major industries look for locations where the “quality of life is the greatest...where land is protected.”
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