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Greene County sent four local officials to “convey a sense of urgency" to the subcommittee, noted Stan Powell, vice chairman of that county's Hoard of Supervisors. "We can afford incremental growth — that which comes naturally. But twithout impact fees and proffers) we can't pay for expansive ■growth" from the influx of people who are looking for less costly housing than is available in neighboring Albemarle, he said, adding that Greene's debt service for new schools alone will double and double again in the next decade.
Jean Blakely, Greene County Planning Commissioner and mayor of the Town of Stanardsville, reported that her county is experiencing a 14 percent growth rate. With new development primarily low- and middle-income residential, there has come very little industrial or commercial growth to broaden the tax base; therefore, the costs of new public facilities will have to be met by higher property taxes, and the burden of those higher taxes will be heaviest on current residents, she said. “ We’d like to maintain our ru
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