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Town may
get its own
website
By Galen C. McBride
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Washington Town Council took its first serious steps into cyberspace last Wednesday night, Jan. 14, by voting Unanimously to commit money to the exploration and development of a Washington, Va., website on the Internet. 1
Council member Ray Gooch solicited help from fellow member Charles Tompkins to get the site underway. Initially, Tompkins envisions the website as “being a pretty simple affair” with town maps and references to local landmarks, and hyperlinks to all the other businesses or tourist attractions in town that already have their own websites.
Treasurer Louise Van Dort registered the town’s name several montSs ago to ensure that it could be used when new phone lines are installed. The planned website’s URL will be www.town.washington.va.us.
Gooch also heads the town’s 'Visitors’ Center Committee. He sees the proposed center and the website as key features of the council’s continuing efforts to promote tourism. So far, says Gooch, it is a “committee of one,” but he hopes that other people in the community will volunteer to participate.
Last month’s town council coverage in the Rappahannock News asked residents to contact Kaye Kohler with suggestions for the Visitors’ Center. “There were some responses that we want to consider,” said Gooch.
Mayor Stewart Willis “followed up on a telephone call from Marc Malik, a county resident retired from the park service. There is a program or possible financial assistance to communities in
See COUNCIL, Page A2
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