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Growth
pushing
at our
borders
Will impact fire,
police, and
other services
By Nicholas M. Horrock
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Even with Centex Homes’ temporary withdrawal of its Clevenger Village application last month, Rappahannock County is beleaguered by the growth at its borders and unable to directly assert its influence on the projects.
At all but one of the major entrances into Rappahannock Countyj) Warrenton, Culpeper and Front Royalb there are plans of major development or valid concerns land will be sold for development.
Percy Cabot of the Concerned Culpeper Citizens, a bipartisan think tank, estimated that in Culpeper County and the Tbwn of Culpeper there are some 8,500 dwelling units either under construction, planned or proposed under county zoning laws. The county now has 15,000 dwelling units and this would increase density by half.
In Warren County, the possibility of the sale of the old Army Remount Station, now a breeding facility for the Department of Interior, could mean major developments in that direction as well.
Even though these developments are outside of Rappahannock, they will have impact on police, fire and rescue and water supply across county lines and jurisdictions. They also will clog the few remaining routes to Northern Virginia and Washington.
No regional platform
Yet, according to Cabot, there is no mechanism in Virginia for a county to deal with these developments on a regional basis.
“You don’t have a platform for dealing with these issues on a regional basis,” which allows the developers in some cases to “overwhelm” small local jurisdictions, he said.
Centex is exploring the possibility
See GROWTH, Page A5
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