Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 2 · column 1 of 7 · from the scan, no model involved
Housing
From Page A1
acres of agricultural land. By contrast, Rappahannock code allows for only pne house per 25 acres. In certain areas, the uneven elevation means even less than that.
That means developers have little chance of recouping their investment in Rappahannock. Theoretically, the local supervisors could rezone the property to allow more housing. But they seldom da
“You could not run for election in this county on the let’s open the county to development’ platform,” McCarthy said. “It won’t sell. Whether you’ve been here for five generations or five months, people generally agree.”
How do you build a house in Rappahannock? Quite simply, you don’t.
Years after a housing boom hit the Piedmont region, Rappahannock has barely changed. The county has no fast food joint, no big box stores, no Wal-Mart and no supermarket. It remains one of two counties in Virginia without a stoplight.
“I think it’s scary to us to see that (growth) happening to Culpeper and other counties,” Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection President Paul Farmer said. “One of the reasons some peo
82.2%