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By Gerald Ochs
Rappahannock News Writer
No one in the audience responded to Chairman Tom Junk’s call for comments in favor of Sunnyside Farms’ application and a , number of Washington and Washington-area residents expressed concern about traffic increases likely on Harris Hollow Road, but in the end the Planning Commission voted six-toone to recommend approval of a Special Exception for a “Sunnyside Institute, Micro-CiderJ, and. Conference Center.” •, -1 -C ■'
The lone “nay” voter,^Hampton \ District Commissioner A1 Henry, said that he had no problem! with the building, but was concerned about the intensity of the use and its effect on the viewshed and on traffic at the proposed 61 acre location just outside of the Town of Washington.’
Mr. Henry suggested that he would support the conference center if it were located on the 425 acre Sunnyside Farm or, alternatively, that he would support the proposed location if the intensity were reduced by halving the number of conference attendees (from 90 to 45). and the days of use per month (6 instead of 12).
Sunnyside’s first attempt at the facility was made in December of last year. At that time their plans called for “a non-profit educational facility and a country inn with a cooking school” that would also include a restaurant and a micro-cidery. The restaurant proposed would seat 100, with an additional 20 seat “counter/bar,” and all, except for the micro-cidery, would be housed in an 11,100 square foot building.
Mr. Henry was the most vocal opponent of that first application as well. He expressed strong reservations
See SUNNYSIDE, Page A8
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