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porations or outside developers, “it’s an indication the seeds of change are being sown in your community.” The county’s governing body must keep the “pulse of the community” by knowing who is buying land, Mr. Lee maintained. “If you don't know what’s happening, it’s too late to respond.”
Clarke’s tracking system was begun as a means of determining whether assessments were accurate, but the focus shifted when the supervisors noticed that farms were being sold for three and four times the assessed value. “If you have this level of investment and then start clamping down to limit development rights, you’re probably going to be involved with a taking," should government’s action be challenged in court, Mr. Lee advised.
Rappahannock is in good position to combat development pressures.
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anonymous inspectors have made a dozen visits in the last six months, there may be more accolades in the offing. “We have four stars now’, and they’ve said they’d like to make us their first five-star inn in America,” said Mr. O’Connell, adding that if The Inn doesn’t pass the rigid tests — which include checks for dust underneath beds and even in air conditioning vents — this time, it’s an award to aim for next year.
“It’s all been a great surprise for us,” said the chef. “We didn’t dream we’d get AAA’s Five Diamonds. And the Relais et Chateaux's Red Shield: they're so cautiously given. Then to have Phyllis Richman, w ho’s one of the severest of restaurant critics, say we’re worth any price — you can’t hope for more!”
In the Washington Post's annual dining guide, Ms. Richman included The Inn among the metropolitan area’s eight most romantic restaurants — “the quiet alcoves and festive cafes where dining and love go hand in hand.”
“Dinner is like sifting through a jew’el case,” Ms. Richman wrote. “No description of the menu tells nearly enough about The Inn. It meshes a dining room of personal distinction, a service staff that treats its work like a calling, a garden that packs into half a block as much charm as an English country house does in countless acres and a lais et Charteaux and visits from European epicures who will cross
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