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business, but also have a good local trade. Tourism helps places like Roys and Jenkins Orchard, but local customers are their mainstays. (Yes. builders are hurting in the county as they are everywhere, hut tourism isn't going to help).

Businesses that fail, fail for the usual reasons—they are undercapitalized, have a bad business concept or bad execution. Tattoo parlors and body oil shops are not likely to succeed in Rappahannock, or bookstores, or musical instrument repair shops. The answer is not “more traffic" to compensate for a bad idea.

I suspect too many people start a business in the county because they are overwhelmed by the beauty, want to move out here and think, gee. 1 would like to

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