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On the other hand, open space land generates far more in revenues than It requires in public service expenditures. The surplus, then, is used to cover the deficit created by residential land use.
Those conclusions are intended to dispel the widespread belief that residential growth will contribute to the overall fiscal health of the community. A portion of the study reads: “Though residential development means ‘improvements’ that raise the assessed value of real estate (and thereby revenues from real estate taxes), it simultaneously increases demand for public service expenditures.”
The PEC hopes that its efforts will encourage policies that protect agriclutural and open space land, because such uses “bring net tax benefits to the county...”
There is more to the study than was presented here, and so we encourage citizens to read it themselves. For a copy of the study, write: Piedmont Environmental Council, Box 46, Warrenton, Va., 22186.
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