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cluster of homes, businesses, and community spirit.

Starting in 1984, Culpeper County began a concerted effort to save its villages. They were divided into three categories called Village Centers, Village Convenience Centers, and Cultural Centers. Each had a role to play based on its character, how big it might get, and its environmental and historic setting.

Public hearings were held and villages were shifted from one category to another until most everyone was happy.

Clevenger’s Comer turned out to be a Village Center. Its role was to provide a neighborhood of residential, commercial, and civic development for a population residing within a five-mile radius of its center. Maybe 600-800 jobs would be created.

It was never intended to become a mega-mall. Residences were to shade off from

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