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If agriculture were really a core economic sector, then why are there hardly any orchards left with former packing facilities now housing antiques?
“You have to be very cautious when you say commercial growth because people expect the worst,” said Leake. But the flip side of that is no economic growth and a declining base with which to support county services.
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