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The article in last week’s
Rappahannock News concerning the Amissville Commercial Plan, reported that I submitted an “unsolicited” draft plan to the Planning Commission. This is not accurate and the following background information is submitted. Other Amissville citizens and myself were involved with community activities long before AACA was formed.
I became a member of the Amissville Community Preservation Committee (ACPC) in December 1997 to help save the Post Office from being relocated to Culpeper County. After many letters, phone calls and petition gathering, the USPS met with us and the community at the fire hall on Feb. 5, 1998 and agreed to keep the post office in Amissville with our help in finding a site.
This effort resulted in the USPS purchasing the Ring property on Route 642. Construction will be starting this month and the new post office should be opened by this fall. Citizen involvement and actions made the difference.
After we were assured that the Post Office would remain an integral part of the community we proceeded to conduct a survey of home locations served by roads in Amissville to determine areas that could be considered as part of the village. On Dec. 30, 1998 a letter was sent to the Board of Supervisors and Mr. Raymond Brown, our Planning Representative, with survey results.
We suggested that the boundaries for Amissville should be established in coordination with Amissville residents. Also in this letter they were advised that the new water system in the Wildwood Forest development adjacent to Amissville was capable of serving up to
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