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and the stiff price in taxes anc livability of carving oiit roads sewer systems and housing lotf across the woodlands and fields of such ecologically sensitiv* areas as northern Fauquier anc western Loudoun.
Experience teaches that w< can economically grow best b' marketing our rural assets as an ecotourism destination foi visitoi*s and creating within ou growing towns a place for nev business, homes and jobs.
A rugged lot
The essential issue here is not to help the farmer or to fig ure out if land can be most prof itably used by the farmer or the developer. Farmers are i characteristically rugged anc self-sufficient lot.
They have not come whining for help and should be given nc more consideration than anj other business people.
The public policy issue here is how to lock down tough zon ing safeguards for timber, agri cultural and conservation lane to protect watersheds and wood lands in sections of the region’! ecosystem which can no longei be economically farmed bu which serves to clean the aii and like a great sponge to soal up and release drinking watei
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