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tabush a base of land for agricultural and forestal use. “People would treat land as a resource, rather than a commodity,” Reynolds said.
Already, 275,000 acres in the Piedmont have been “voluntarily preserved,” Reynolds said. PEC’s goal: To encourage people and county governments to set aside a million acres.
Agricultural land is the key to low taxes, Reynolds explained. According to a PEC study of land use and taxes, rural lands require service costs ranging from only 10 to 21 cents for each dollar of taxes generated - even with reduced use-value taxation.
Conversely, Reynolds said, costs per tax dollar in developed residential areas in Northern Virginia run from $1.19 to $1.33. Reynolds said the additional costs are directly related to the need for more schools, police, water and sewer systems and other services. According to Reynolds: “There’s never
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