Planning Resources

Looking Ahead… FRLP believes that investing in improvements to the safety and capacity of the local transportation network and attracting new businesses to the community and the Happy Creek Technology Park are vital to improving quality of life and maintaining the level of services that residents have come to expect.·

Happy Creek Community Resources:

FRLP - The Local Transportation Network - R1A Hearing, Town Planning Commission, August 2009
Town - County Urban Development Area Designation(s), 2010-2011
FRLP - Fiscal & Environmental Impacts of Growth, Commission on Local Government, Sept. 2012
Town - Existing Conditions (Maps), Virginia Commission on Local Government, Dec. 2013

Town-County Community Resources: Looking Back...

FRLP - The Local Transportation Network - R1A Hearing, Town Planning Commission, August 2009
Town - County Urban Development Area Designation(s), 2010-2011
FRLP - Fiscal & Environmental Impacts of Growth, Commission on Local Government, Sept. 2012
Town - Existing Conditions (Maps), Virginia Commission on Local Government, Dec. 2013
Town of Front Royal - Envision FR: A Vision for the Town of Font Royal, December 2013
Warren County, State of the County - Warren County Presentation, March 2014
Town of Front Royal, 2013 Year in Review, February 2014
Town of Front Royal, 2014 Year in Review, February 2015
Town of Front Royal, 2015 Year in Review, February 2016
FRLP Public Hearing Comments & Handout: Growth in Virginia, Town P.C., Jan. 20, 2016
United Way, "Northern Shenandoah Valley: ALICE Report", Spring 2017, #MeetALICE
Warren County, W.C. Planning Commission,Annual Report - 2017

Community Planning & Economic Development Related Articles & Resources:

Clancy Mullen, "National Impact Fee Survey", Duncan Associates, December 20, 2009
Tyler Craddock, "So, You Want to Build More Affordable Housing", J. Policy Journal, 2010
Ross Elliott, "Are Developers Greedy, Or Just Misunderstood?", New Geography, Dec.. 2010
Ashley Halsey, Decaying infrastructure costs U.S. billions each year", W-Post, July 27, 2011
Steve Mouzon, "Patient urbanism: Build neighborhoods without high debt", March 5, 2013
Fuller, "The Commonwealth of Virginia Economy is at a Turning Point", GMU, May 22, 2014
J. O’Connell, "With zero GDP growth, Virginia’s economy flatlines", W-Post, June 11, 2015
N. Timiraos, "Why WH Economists Worry About Land-Use Regulations", WSJ, Nov. 20, 2015
FRLP Public Hearing Comments & Handout: Growth in Virginia, Town P.C., Jan. 20, 2016
J. McManus, "... American Dream of Earned Opportunity is Elusive", Builder, April 7, 2016
John H. Cochrane, "Ending America’s slow growth tailspin", WSJ, May 2, 2016
Paul Emrath, "Government Regulation in the Price of a New Home", NAHB, May 2, 2016
Timiraos, "How City Hall exacerbates the entry-level housing squeeze", WSJ, May 5 , 2016
John McManus, "Government overreach is out of hand… Is it only going to get worse?", Builder/HousingEconomics.com, May 5, 2016
Lombard, "Out-migration from Virginia continues for a third year...", UVA, January 2017
Juday, “Virginia Population Shifts, Localities face challenges..”, Virginia Newsletter, Jan. 2017
Anna Merod, "Best Small Places for Business and Careers", Winchester Star, Jan. 3, 2019

Historical Community Planning/ Development Resources: Looking Back...

Town of Front Royal - Envision FR: A Vision for the Town of Font Royal, December 2013
Warren County, State of the County - Warren County Presentation, March 2014
Town of Front Royal, 2013 Year in Review, February 2014
Town of Front Royal, 2014 Year in Review, February 2015
Town of Front Royal, 2015 Year in Review, February 2016
United Way, "Northern Shenandoah Valley: ALICE Report", Spring 2017, #MeetALICE
Warren County, W.C. Planning Commission,Annual Report - 2017

Happy Creek Community Resources:

FRLP - The Local Transportation Network - R1A Hearing, Town Planning Commission, August 2009
Town - County Urban Development Area Designation(s), 2010-2011
FRLP - Fiscal & Environmental Impacts of Growth, Commission on Local Government, Sept. 2012
Town - Existing Conditions (Maps), Virginia Commission on Local Government, Dec. 2013
FRLP Public Hearing Comments & Handout: Growth in Virginia, Town P.C., Jan. 20, 2016

Community Heritage

“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation. ... The power to create implies the power to preserve... That the power to tax involves the power to destroy; that the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create." - John Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice - 1801-1835.

James Markham Marshall & John Marshall:

John Marshall was born in Fauquier County, Va., the eldest of fifteen siblings, and the Marshall family relocated to present day Markham when John was a boy. After the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, John joined the Continental Army, serving in numerous battles.* His father became Colonel of the 3rd Virginia, while his brother, James Markham Marshall, served in the 1st Virginia under Alexander Hamilton. After the war, John was elected to the House of Delegates and played a major role in Virginia’s ratification of the U.S. Constitution, in 1788.

In 1797, at the request of President John Adams, John and two other diplomat's traveled to France to help bring an end to attacks on American shipping. In what became known as the ‘XYZ affair’, the French demanded bribes and a loan before formal negotiations could begin. Although not uncommon in European diplomatic relations at the time, the American's were so offended by the demands for bribes that they left France without ever engaging in formal negotiations.

President Adams would appoint John James Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1801. He remains the longest serving Chief Justice in history and is considered the founder of Constitutional Law and one of the most influential justices to ever sit on the Supreme Court.

Learn More: Donation of Happy Creek Manor Property to Warren County, Sept. 18, 2018