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Like many topics of conversation in a
tough economy, even the subject of hospitality
- of inviting, say, a few thousand friends over to your jurisdiction this year for dinner and a hike - can take on an edge.
In Rappahannock, it appears that some of the friction and worry surrounding the Board of Supervisors almost-blessing of a visitor center at The Link reflects a longstanding undercurrent of competition among county tourism-related businesses. This often belowthe-surface competitiveness - largely between the North (Washington) and the South (Sperryville) - is, of course, a shining example of independent thinking, community pride, and so on and so on.
In the context of setting goals for tourism promotion in Rappahannock County, however, it’s counter-productive and outmoded.
Worry that an “official” county visitor center would be sited £t Sperryville’s Link, and thus nowhere else, turns out to be unfounded, or at least unnecessary. As far as we can tell, there is nothing stopping the Rappahannock Non-Profit Center (RNPC), operators of The Link, from creating what looks and acts like a visitor center - brochures and maps on the walls and shelves, a computer for searches and reservations, volunteers on hand weekends to help send people to the restaurant or winery or hiking trail of their choice - and doing so
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