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BY JAMES P. GANNON
Rappahannock News Writer
One of the defining characteristics of Rappahannock County is its historic villages. Few areas along the Eastern seaboard of the United States have a collection of little towns like Washington, Flint Hill, Sperryville, Woodville and Amissville. Visitors come from far and wide to take a step back into time and enjoy a glimpse of the old America, before sprawling suburbs turned most metro areas into a homogeneous blob of housing developments, franchised stores and pavement.
As suburban growth presses toward Rappahannock County, there’s a threat that these historic, quiet communities could be overrun by sprawl.. Can such reminders of the 18th and 19th Centuries be preserved in the booming 21st Century? If so how?
Those questions will be explored next week in a public forum sponsored by the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection. “Preserving Our Historic Villages” is the theme of the RLEP Town Meeting N planned for Friday, June 16, at The Theatre in 'Washington, at 7:30 p.m. v The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will feature two speakers with expertise in this area of historic preservation. The first is Peter Brink, vice pres
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