Christopher Parrish P.O. Box 1 Fled in Clerk’ Office Viewtown, VA 20106 Sn ro4" a January 1, 2024 tape Rappahannock Circuit Court clo Kaitlin R. Struckmann, Clerk 238 Gay Street P.O. Box 517 Washington, VA 22747 Dear Ms. Struckmann: By this letter | am applying to fill the vacancy on the Rappahannock County Board of Zoning Appeals per the notice in the Rappahannock News of December 21, 2023. lam a lifelong resident of Rappahannock County and have held a variety of positions within the County that | believe will make me well suited to fill the vacancy on the Board of Zoning Appeals. | served for 12 years on the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors, having been elected for three consecutive terms as Supervisor for the Stonewall- Hawthome District. In that role | served on various boards including the Rappahannock County Planning Commission. | served for 27 years on the Rappahannock County Electoral Board, and was a member of the Board of Assessors of Rappahannock County for five County re-assessments. | was also President of the Rappahannock County Farm Bureau for 17 years. From 1967 — 1971, | served in the U.S. Army Security Agency as a Radio Intercept Operator and Russian Translator. | graduated from the University of Virginia in 1974 with a major in Linguistic Anthropology, and in 1975 | attended Virginia Tech as a Special Graduate Student in Animal Science. From 1976-1977, | exported dairy cattle toCosta Rica, and in 1978 | took over the running of our family farm in Castleton (Rappahannock County). | have been a full-time farmer in Rappahannock ever since. 1 am deeply familiar with the issues facing our County, and am well-versed in our County Code and Comprehensive Plan. Rappahannock is my home, and its future is very important to me. | would be glad to serve the remaining open term for the current vacancy on the Board of Zoning Appeals and hope that you will favorably consider my application for this position. Please let me know if you require additional information. Sincerely, 1 Chee top (anniek Christopher Parrish