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county’s tax revenue.
“We’re a great location to be; we’re not a great location to get to," McCarthy quipped.
But the county administrator also highlighted citizens’ resolve in shaping Rappahannock as they want it to be. That means focusing on an agricultural, tourismbased economy and the 25acre lot requirement for new houses, which applies to some 90 percent of the county’s area.
“The political will in this county for the past 40 years has been, “We don’t want to be a bedroom for someplace else,’ “ McCarthy said.
Rappahannock residents comprised roughly one-third of the total Living Towns attendance. They were attracted to the workshop for a variety of reasons, but everyone interviewed for this article said the sevenhour gathering was interesting and useful.
Barbara Adolfi, who owns The House on Water Street in Sperryville and helped organize the workshop, said Rappahannock needs to turn local assets into revenue by organizing what the county has to offer.
“We have so much here that all of us appreciate," she said. “The ideas presented here are so applicable because they’re coming from communities like ours.”
Amissville resident Paul Erlenborn was interested in housing solutions and suggestions for economic development.
“I see the county is in crisis," he said.
Erlenborn has lived in Rappahannock for 17 years. He previously worked for Sunnyside at The Schoolhouse and also also sells
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