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New Town Workshop Draws Mixed Response
Just nine people dropped by during the first five hours of a community workshop for a new town proposal near Bealeton.
By the end of the nine-hour open house, about 30 had visited the Remington Lions Club to comment on Mintbrook, a 1,000-home project that would include shops, restaurants, offices and an array of recreational opportunities.
The proposal drew mixed reactions.
I just have a problem with 1,000 homes, Virginia Dorkey, who lives near Remington, told Frank D. Cox Jr., one of the project's architects and planners. I don't think anybody wants 1,000 homes. I don't think the [county] board of supervisors will approve 1,000 homes.Fauquier is not an urban area, Dorkey told Cox, as the two studied two maps on an easel that showed existing and proposed land-use changes that Mintbrook developer Bealeton Gateway LLC wants. This is a rural area.Cox politely but firmly disagreed.
Most of the proposed 350-acre Mintbrook site at the southwest quadrant of U.S 17 and Route 28 lies within the Bealeton Service District, a designated growth area.
You're county comprehensive plan says this is an urban area, Cox said. It clearly says it.
The comprehensive plan serves as a long-range blueprint for development.
Dorkey and Matthew Smith of Midland worry that dense residential growth will turn Fauquier into Prince William County.The design reminded them of Bristoe Station, a dense mixed-use community in Prince William that Smith called the ugliest damn place because it doesn't have any trees.
He believes the proposal needs to be scaled way back, by at least half, he said. And I don't think they should amend the comprehensive plan.
For the full story, read the March 25 Fauquier Times-Democrat
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