Where We Live | Fauquier County town has preserved modest way of life
Near the tiny downtown of Virginia’s Fauquier County town The Plains is an unusual gathering spot for residents: the town U.S. Postal Service office, matching the look of its historic surroundings with its light stucco walls and facade. It remains a popular spot to chat with neighbors, Mayor Lori Sisson said, because door-to-door mail delivery has only been available in The Plains for about a decade.
“We have people moving into the community, and we try to welcome them just like we do anyone,” she said. Coffee and pastry shop Doppio Bunny, a favorite haunt for cyclists who seek out Fauquier County’s hundreds of miles of gravel trails, offers patrons a chance to “pay it forward,” with a wall offering free drinks for “a tired mom,” “a cyclist recovering from a knee injury” or “a multiple myeloma patient.”
For Joyce Heflin, a fourth-generation resident of the two-story home her great-grandfather built in 1913, it can still feel that the town is changing too quickly. Her house, she said, didn’t even have plumbing, central heat or a telephone line until she bought out her other local family members and moved into it in 1995. She mourns the recent closure due to attrition of her longtime church, St.
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