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ones with new demands for public services and competition from new commercial development.
Issue #1: Property Development
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and American Farmland Trust estimate that the amount of land being consumed for development within the Washington, DC metropolitan area
Bureau. Yet even these three,
Culpeper, Winchester and Orange, demonstrate evidence of strong residential growth among metropolitan Washington commuters seeking lower house prices or better value for money, just as they do in Berryville, Manassas and Warrenton. Rapid population growth presents challenges for all six of these historic communities, and others like them, as they transition from rural trade centers to exurban