Every picture tells a story 

Dear Editor:

When you drive around the Town of Purcellville including Hatcher Avenue and around certain developer-owned properties, these are the signs you see.

The signs on Hatcher Avenue of this “team” are in front of a home that is not occupied. This home is owned by the representatives/developers of Vineyard Square on 21st Street, and this house along with the two others next to it are proposed to be demolished and a large building put up in its place. Is this what we want for our “small town feel?”

This “team” speaks of “small town charm” and “small town feel.” Really?

The other picture is in front of a property where the owners are not happy with the current uses proposed for their property, which today has the Agricultural Commercial designation. 

The Agriculture Commercial designation comes with limited uses but the owners want full commercial zoning. They would get increased millions of dollars with this zoning, as it comes with much denser uses. To heck with the additional traffic around the traffic circle at Main Street and 287, not to mention the increased demand for town services commercial zoning would generate. 

They want a higher “retirement” income.

Running for Mayor and Town Council for the Town of Purcellville is serious business.  Development pressure is relentless, and it is imperative that we elect a team that has been, and is committed to protecting the small town feel we have all come to love about Purcellville – our town. 

That’s why I am voting for Stan Milan for Mayor, Ron Rise, Carol Luke, and Boo Bennett for Town Council.

Debbie Bernard

Purcellville