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But a common refrain at the meeting - and at a reception and dinner the previous evening - was to attract more tourists but not overdo it.

“You don’t want to kill the goose that laid the golden egg,” as Bailey puts it.

Or as Bob Anderson — chairman of the Board of Supervisors - bluntly put it in genuine country fashion: “Come to Rappahannock, spend your money, then leave.”

But beggars can’t be choosers in this economy, and most county businesses were happy to come away with new resources to help them attract mom visitors.

Sheri Fickel, who with her husband Kevin Kraditor run the Hopkins Ordinary in Sperryville, said the event was "Very well put on and very informative.”

“Just learning about what they have available in terms of advertising” is a big value

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