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By Don Audette
Special to the Rappahannock News
The leadership of Concerned Culpeper Citizens (CCC) challenged some statements made by Centex Homes on its proposed development of Clevenger’s Comer at a public forum Sept. 15 at the Culpeper Depot.
In a question and answer period afterwards, Rappahannock County citizens and those from Fauquier and Culpeper counties queried Centex officials on their controversial plan.
The public forum, hosted by The Culpeper Citizen ,drew some 80 persons. Lou Emerson, editor of the newspaper, moderated the event and handled written questions from the audience.
Stephen Plescow of Centex Homes made a presentation on how Centex was mitigating the impact of its 766 homes and 398,00 square feet of commercial space at Clevenger’s Comer. His talk was similar to one he made to a group in Amissville on Sept. 9.
Plescow said Centex’s “smart growth” proposal was the right plan, in Hie right place, at the right time.
CCC’s pitch began with Robert Burnett noting that Centex Homes was one of the largest homebuilders in the United States, having sales of over $10 billion in 2003. He stated they had built over 30,000 homes last year, more than all the homes in Culpeper County. He said each dollar paid to local builders, such as Corbin and Jefferson, was spent in Culpeper County an average of three additional times before it left the county, with tax revenue being generated each time for the county. He said all of Centex’s profit will leave the county and noted that these were hidden costs to Culpeper County as far as revenue was concerned.
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