
Close your eyes and try to picture the ideal community in which to live and work. What kind of place would you imagine?
Undoubtedly it would have great primary schools and colleges with top-notch faculty and administrators – like University of Mary Washington and Germanna Community College. A wide array of cultural and recreational activities to stimulate the mind and body would be a must. A variety of beautiful housing options, easy access to other areas and shopping choices for your teenagers would also be necessities.
You’d want a job close to home to allow for more time with the family, deli employees who know you by name and friendly neighbors ready to strike up a conversation at the end of a sunny summer day.
You’d probably also imagine good stewards of the area’s quality of life – prudent community leaders who care about both preservation and the economy, and a powerful, progressive business community.
If you conjured all of that and then added the beauty of a scenic river and historic treasures such as Civil War battlefields and George Washington’s boyhood home, you’d have created your own slice of paradise.
Fortunately, such a place isn’t just a flight of fancy. It exists right in the middle of the Washington, D.C.-Richmond Corridor. It’s name – “The Fredericksburg Region.”