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A group of seven residents known as the Rural Chesapeake Preservation Committee are pursuing the ballot referendum to ask voters whether the City Council should make environmental and rural land preservation a priority in southern Chesapeake.
Once rezoned, uses for the land could include research and development facilities, e-commerce and distribution centers, environmentally appropriate manufacturing, medical campuses, corporate headquarters and higher learning centers.