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By Gerald Ochs x \
Rappahannock News Writer \
In the face of impending unanimous opposition from the Board of Supervisors that accurately reflected the tenor of the public hearing, David Cole announced that "the applicant would just as soon withdraw" and he added that "... we will look elsewhere to meet the needs of our business."
Mr. Cole appeared surprised that the Board of Supervisors' hearing on Sunnyside Farms' application for "an education facility and conference center" met with a radically different response from that received at the Planning Commission hearing on July 17, and he suggested that another county might better support his plans for an institute that would advance the tenets of sustainable agriculture and related practices. The Planning Commission had recommended that the Special Exception application be approved, and they voted overwhelming to do so—by a six-to-one margin.
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The only negative Planning Commission vote was by Hampton District Commissioner A1 Henry who expressed concerns about the intensity of the use and its effect on the viewshed and on traffic at the proposed 61 acre location on Harris Hollow Road just outside of the Town of Washington. Jackson District Supervisor Ron Frazier, who also
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