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The Rappahannock Community has had much to be grateful for this holiday season, but perhaps most important are those enduring assets and values which carry on into the years ahead, and which too often go unnoticed. As our County prepares to enter a new decade, it is timely that we take notice of some of today’s resources that we will increasingly rely on in the future.
First, we need to give thanks for our very special environment—the heritage of unique natural resources and generations of careful stewardship. Few places in our country can match the beauty of Rappahannock’s landscape or the vitality and sense of community in its rural way of life.
Second, we need to give thanks for the active concern which Rappahannock residents have for community issues.
For years, public participation at government hearings and meetings has been increasing, especially when land use and environmental topics are discussed.
Increased public participation in community issues did not come about
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