Growth Vs. No-growth On The Eastern Shore

What happens when new development envelopes a small town?

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August 1, 2002, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


"Until now, the little eastern sliver of Virginia has been beyond the touch of most of the populated east -- flanked by ocean and bay and reachable from the north only by a four-lane highway punctuated by traffic lights.But now, development -- like Bay Creek and a dozen or so smaller subdivisions -- is fast pushing in on it, pressed by growing demand from the wealthy for coastal vacation homes and, even more directly, by a big cut in tolls along the 20-mile bridge-tunnel that connects the Eastern Shore to the burgeoning Norfolk-Hampton Roads area to its south."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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