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ter in 1951. The property included plantings of fruit trees for research. As the years went by, the city of Winchester expanded and grew around the research property.
The Frederick County Fruit Growers Association purchased a farm 10 miles southwest of Winchester on Route 629 in the community of Relief. They leased the property to the research station until 1974 when Virginia Tech purchased the property.
In 1972 the station began plantings at the new location. In 1988 they had to stop using the orchard of the Valley Avenue site for research because they couldn’t use sprays with houses and other businesses so close. So, for years the research station has had to operate with offices in one location and the actual plantings that were being studied at another location 10 miles away.
Plans were made to build offices, laboratories and greenhouse space at the new location, but with the state’s budget crunch the plans have been on hold for years. If voters approve the bond referendum for higher education the new offices and other facilities will finally be built. Funds from the bond will be supplemented by funds from the sale of the property at Valley Avenue to pay for the new facilities.
Linda Mock, counselor with Family Guidance Services, notes that several of the facilities scheduled for improvement or replacement if the referendum for mental health facilities passes are being used or have been used in the past for Rappahannock residents.
Seven million is included for replacing the DeJamette Center for Children. Ms. Mock said that this is the only facility that will take mentally ill children and adolescents who have no insurance coverage.
Also Rappahannock residents with Alzheimer’s disease have been cared for at the Piedmont and Catawba geriatric hospitals. These institutions are scheduled to get $2.8 and $1.5 million respectively under the bond proposal.
The third bond referendum is for state parks and recreation facilities. Included in that $95 million proposal is $26.5 million to purchase land for new parks. Of that, $8 million is set aside for a new park on the Shenandoah River.
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