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Current discussion at BlogWilliamsburg.net: Welcome to town From an article in The Daily Press Opinion, by Carol Capo, Associate Editor Welcome to town - Higher density would be right at home in parts of Williamsburg February 26, 2007 With make-believe towns popping up everywhere from Newport News to rural Suffolk, it’s helpful to remember that there are, among us, real towns. In addition to - or instead of, in some cases - building imitations, which are really subdivisions in town garb, we need to be doing everything we can to protect these real towns and help them not just survive, but thrive. The city of Williamsburg is a case in point. It has been a town, a center of population, commerce, education and government, for more than 300 years. Today, thanks largely to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, it has reclaimed much of its once-tarnished charm and once-neglected history. It is alive and flourishing, if imperfect. It’s going about its business of being a town, as well as a tourist destination. Read the full discussion: http://blogwilliamsburg.net/index.php/wcp/discussion/121/