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exercising its general powers and duties to locate, construct, improve and maintain all highways . . .”
The first speaker, Tom Tepper, said, “I don’t see how you can vote “No.” Bayard Catron, President of the recently formed Rappahannock County Conservation Alliance (RCCA), noted that the organization’s Board of Directors voted unanimously for a resolution supporting the Virginia Byway designation and encouraged the Board of Supervisors fo follow suit. Jeff Light said that he “echoed what we’ve heard,” and also advocated an affirmative vote.
Jim Gannon, President of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP) noted that his organization had sent a letter supporting the Virginia Byway designation to the Board of Supervisors and to the Rappahannock News, and said that “this seems like an easy one—it’s good for the county . . . good for tourism.” Don Audette, also an RCCA Board member, emphasized that the designation could prevent Route 522 from becoming a major truck route. Joy Sloane noted the broad support for the designation from county organizations including RLEP, the Rappahannock Historical Society, the Rappahannck Roads Coalition, the Ragged Mountain Resource Center, and the RCCA, and Doug Ginsburg of the RCCA stressed that the designation would promote tourism.
Ivan Ussach, who initiated the move for the Route 522 Virginia Byway designation, spoke of visualizing Routes
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