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2007 RRRC Living
Towns: Village of Sperryville
"Gateway
to the New Economy"
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Old Schoolhouse
Sperryville, VA
8:30 am to 3:30 pm
The sixth annual RRRC Living Towns Planning
Workshop, held this year in the beautiful Village of Sperryville in Rappahannock
County was yet another information-packed and enjoyable, well attended
proceeding. The theme of this year's workshop, Sperryville: Gateway
to the New Economy, featured a broad range of experienced and knowledgeable
presenters on topics applicable to community leaders from both the public
and private sectors, together with well-known author and Washington
Post reporter, Joel Garreau, as keynote speaker, with a presentation
entitled: "The Santa Fe-ing of the Piedmont." Another highlight
was a lunchtime bus tour of Sperryville and surrounding vicinity led by
longtime Rappahannock County Administrator and RRRC Board Member John
McCarthy. Our thanks to all for a most informative day!
But most of all, our thanks to the following
for their first-rate presentations and invaluable insights:
Panel #1
Moderator: Tom Tepper, Member,
Rappahannock Cnty Planning Commission
- Claire Collins, City Mgr, City of Covington & former Bath
County Administrator
- Ann Heidig, President, Virginia Wineries Assn & Owner, Lake
Anna Winery
- Todd Christensen, Deputy Director of Community Development, DHCD
Panel #2
Moderator: Jim Gannon, Owner and Publisher, Rappahannock
Voice
- Sarah Cohen, President, Rt. 11 Potato Chip Company
- Catharine Gilliam, Virginia Program Mgr, National Parks Conservation
Assn
- Chris Thompson, Policy Analyst, Dept. of Housing & Community
Dev.
Opening Comments and Bus Tour narration:
- John McCarthy, Rappahannock County Administrator
Keynote Speaker:
- Joel Garreau, author of Edge City and Radical Evolution,
and Washington Post reporter
Panel #3
Moderator: Todd Benson, Fauquier Cnty Field Officer,
Piedmont Env. Council
- Caroline Wilkinson, Program Mgr, VA Natural Resources Leadership
Institute
- Wirt Confroy, Director, Electronic Marketing, Virginia Tourism
Corporation
- Kim Hart, Contract Manager, Windy Hill Development Foundation
- Jeff Trollinger, Watchable Wildlife Program Mgr, VA DGIF
Wrap-Up:
- Jim Gannon, Owner and Publisher, Rappahannock Voice
Copies of the Agenda, Powerpoint presentations
and pictures from the Workshop can be found below.
Once again, our thanks to all who helped
to make this year's workshop a success; we look forward to seeing everyone
again next year!
Attention PD9 member jurisdictions--
If you would be interested in serving as a host community for next year's
2008 RRRC Living Towns Planning Workshop, we would be interested in talking
with you! Please contact Executive Director Jeffrey Walker for details.
Note: All files are in .pdf format.
Powerpoint presentations are in handout format with two slides per page.
Agenda
(85 KB)
Area Identity
• Agriculture
& Rural Character Preservation (401 KB)
• Virginia
Wine Tourism (2.5 MB)
• Crooked
Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail Case Study Example (4.8 MB)
Community Development
• Partnering
with the National Park (1.5 MB)
• Broadband
Infrastructure Development (234 KB)
Keynote
• The
Santa Fe-ing of the Piedmont (6.5 MB)
Planner's Tool Box
• Community
Visioning (1.2 MB)
• Next
Generation Electronic Marketing (13.4 MB)
• Workforce
Affordable Housing (4.5 MB)
• Virginia's
Birding & Wildlife Trail Initiative (79 KB)
Wrap-Up
• Jim
Gannon in the Rappahannock Voice (45 KB)
Click on any picture below for a larger version
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| Above:
Participants check-in at the Old Schoolhouse (Courtesy Mike Flynn) |
Above:
Historic Sperryville, from the collection of Charles "Pete"
Estes (Photo Courtesy Mike Flynn) |
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| Above
Photo courtesy Mike Flynn |
Above:
RRRC Executive Director Jeff Walker and Sue Hromyak handle some last
minute preparation (Courtesy Mike Flynn) |
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| Above:
RRRC Executive Director Jeff Walker welcomes participants to the 2007
Living Towns (Courtesy Mike Flynn) |
Above:
Rappahannock County Administrator and RRRC Commissioner John McCarthy
(Courtesy Mike Flynn) |
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| Above
(l - r): Moderator Tom Tepper with panelists Claire Collins, Ann Heidig
and Todd Christensen |
Above:
2007 Living Towns Workshop participants in Sperryville's Old Schoolhouse
building. |
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| Above:
Participants discuss Workshop proceedings (Courtesy Mike Flynn) |
Above:
The Schoolhouse in Sperryville, site of the 2007 Living Towns Workshop |
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| Above:
Moderator Jim Gannon with panelists Sarah Cohen, Catharine Gilliam
and Chris Thompson |
Above:
2007 Living Towns Workshop participants. |
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| Above:
Rappahannock County Administrator John McCarthy led participants on
a Sperryville area bus tour (Courtesy Mike Flynn) |
Above:
A sample of the available views in the Sperryville vicinity (Courtesy
Mike Flynn) |
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| Above
(l-r): Jim Gannon, Keynote Speaker Joel Garreau and RRRC Executive
Director Jeff Walker |
Above:
Keynote Speaker Joel Garreau discusses the Santa Fe-ing of the
Piedmont |
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| Above:
A beautiful day outside the Old Schoolhouse greeted Living Towns participants (Courtesy Mike Flynn) |
Above:
RRRC Commissioners Bob Coiner, Bob Miller and John McCarthy outside
the Old Schoolhouse (Courtesy Mike Flynn) |
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| Above:
The post-workshop reception was held at Sperryville's Long View Gallery |
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