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the town,” said Swindler. “It will mak it much easier for businesses to develop.” He predicted that expansion will come in about two years when the system is completed. Already, though, “things are picking up, tourism is good, because the economy is good-it has been for about three or four years.”
Swindler didn’t think commercial success would bring anything so garish as a water slide to Sperryville. He thought that Sperryville was heading in the right direction by cleaning up some of its messy spots and encouraging some development.
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