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Urbanization. It is headed
this way. Whether under the guise of inevitable growth, sprawl, or simply suburban creep, the northern Piedmont of Virginia is facing the prospect of becoming, in its entirety, a physical, economic, and cultural extension of Washington, D.C.
As Federal Government activity and spending inevitably increase in the post911 world; as the related economies of northern Virginia business districts continue to boom; and as close-in, developable land becomes increasingly scarce and valuable, the pressure to intensively develop to the Blue Ridge and beyond is becoming almost unstoppable.
Almost.
Tb an extent far greater than our immediate neighbors, Rappahannock County has been a bastion against the rapid suburban and exurban development spun off by the hyper-growth of the capital city of the free world.
The rugged nature of the land here, its scenic beauty, relative inaccessibility, and the county’s small size (i.e., low * population) inspired and allowed a small group of progressively minded leaders to enact protective ordinances that have dissuaded, so far, developers looking to make large profits by rapidly building
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