"The End of the Great Recession" ?

From Fredericksburg.com:

"The end of the Great Recession must be close at hand.

After about a five-year absence, a developer came before the Culpeper Planning Commission last night with plans in hand."

This is unusual:

"Some units would have detached 'accessory' units (apartments over garages), which owners of the main houses could rent."

More:

"If the proposed rezoning is approved, the new subdivision will have homes that vary in width from 24 feet to 60 feet and sell from $250,000 to about $450,000."

This area is out Route 211 to Luray - it's farm-friendly and while the road is adequate, it's rather sad to see it developed in this way. I hope it turns out to be a self-sustaining neighborhood and not just a commuter neighborhood. I'm not even sure why this will work -- there are other developments on hold much closer to Northern Virginia.

True story: six years ago, in 2005, I ran into a man who worked for a car rental place. He told me how excited he was to be so prosperous -- in just few more years, his house near this neighborhood would be worth a million dollars. They're selling for less than a third of that now, of course.