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A significant percentage of Rappahannock residents want to keep the county the way it is today, according to a survey conducted here during August, 1979, by the VPI Department of Sociology.
Under the supervision of Dr. Donald Shoemaker, director of a Rural Multiple Jobs Study, six graduate students from VPI’s sociology department interviewed 138 households in Rappahannock on a random sample basis.
At the request of extension agent Rap Owings, Dr. Shoemaker added four questions that reflected concerns of local government officials.
Those surveyed were asked what they wanted to see the county be like in S, 10 or 20 years. Thirty-two per cent replied they wanted Rappahannock to “stay the same...stay rural and agricultural.”
Approximately 25 per cent, however, wanted commercial growth, including industrial development, more jobs, more business, shopping centers and a small industry.
Slightly more than seven per cent called for better schools while 5.7 per cent of the households surveyed wanted recreational facilities to improve in the next 5, 10 or 20 years.
Three per cent wanted the county to grow moderately during that time period and the same percentage favored some housing development.
Other areas cited for improvement in the future included “cleaner government” (2.8 per cent), “planned growth” (2.1 per cent), “better roads” (2.1 per cent), “less on welfare” (1.4 per cent) and “more friendliness” (1.4 per cent).
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