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The Forum
William H. Funk
ing in the face of irresponsible development. Even in the current economic downturn, residential and commercial development around Rappahannock poses a slowed but genuine threat to the green landscapes and agricultural institutions that are the bedrock of the region’s economic identity.
Fortunately we have in place a program which has helped thousands of Virginia’s rural landowners
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