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Aside from sewage, the Woodards talked about a “a change in the market” or a change in the type of people who visit Sperryville. “There’s more of a yuppie (young professional) crowd that wants to spend a weekend and hunt around,” Mr. Woodard said. “There are fewer hard core tourists in town because of Interstate 66,” which allows tourists to bypass Rappahannock. Therefore, people no longer inevitably run into Sperryville as they once did when Route 211 was the main road to the mountains. Because of this, Mr. Woodard said Sperryville needs to attract people specifically to it, for a day or a weekend, rather than count on the flow of casual tourists. He hoped that the new sewer would prompt someone to open up a bed and breakfast in town to accommodate weekenders.
On the weekend of May 25 and 26, the Woodards will host Faith Mountain Country Fare, their second Annual Open House and Festival of American Crafts. They hope the annual festival will develop into something akin to an old fashioned town fair in which all the local businesses take part.
This year the festival will include at least twenty-five crafts people from Virginia and surrounding states, all of whom will be demonstrating their craft, such as basket making, glassblowing, woodworking, stenciling, candlewicking, weaving and doll making. There will be a string band, fresh
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