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they wiU also begin to be felt in Rappahannock. How does runaway growth impinge on us in this cocoon of Rappahannock?
While it may seem slightly afield, the contemplated 600-acre mall adjacent to the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Prince William County will have such an effect. This 1.2 million square foot mall which is proposed to include residential and office space is to open in 1992.
Then there’s Fair Oaks, eight miles to the east, and Manassas Mall along Sudley Road, Tysons I and II beyond these to the north and Potomac Mills to the south. All these suburban shopping centers generate a sea of traffic which will virtually swamp the farmland as well as the historic battlefield just north of 1-66.
Where then will the disgruntled commuters turn? To our neighbors and to us?
Rappahannock is still viewed as an “unspoiled rural county” but that makes us most attractive to the disenchanted escapees from burgeoning Metro D.C.-Northern Virginia, with its phalanxes of condominiums and attendant comr muter gridlock.
In 1968 there were 1,061 subdivisions of record in this county. Many have not been built upon. With new purchasers appearing daily these are being released.
Similarly, if holders of large parcels seek to do so, they may legitimately subdivide to the extent permitted by the county’s ordinances, thus creating a larger market for the resulting smaller parcels. Especially since the October stock market debacle, prices have escalated as demand for a “secure investment,” real estate, has been frequently recommended.
In surrounding counties subdivision has
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