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David Stewart
Middleburg
Leave Well Enough Alone
Not that anyone cares or will be asking, as I don't live in Middleburg or have a say with the Middleburg Town Council, but I believe Middleburg resident Michael Morency has it right in questioning the benefit of Sheila Johnson's proposed resort ["Too Good to Be True," Letters, Loudoun Extra, June 23].
Morency's "too good to be true" rings the correct peal. The proposal went from a 40-room inn to 120 rooms, and an additional 40 sewer taps and incorporation into the town.
Johnson says she is not to be considered a developer but a helper to the town.
From what I can observe, the 200-year-old-plus community is doing quite nicely as a tourist attraction with a sense of place.
A former college roommate recently visited from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., no slight of a tourist destination itself, and pronounced Middleburg totally "charming." We both went home with a cherished object from a shop.
People are friendly in Middleburg, even more so than in our county seat. Why destroy an atmosphere so unique with over-development, which will inevitably come?
Having been a docent at Oatlands and Morven Park and having worked on Loudoun's Tourism Council, I want to forward an idea to the creative, energetic Johnson.
