LIGHTFOOT, Va. (WAVY) — In a move that at one time would have been deemed unthinkable, county leaders have given the go-ahead for a church to take over one of the vacant buildings of the Williamsburg Pottery.
In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the James City County Board of Supervisors approved a request from Coastal Community Church to allow Sunday services to be located on land that, for nearly a century, was known as one of the community’s major money makers.
In the 1980s, the Williamsburg Pottery spanned 200 acres, occupied 32 buildings and grossed $60 million a year, according to the Washington Post. Often, the grounds could see more visitors in a year than Colonial Williamsburg and Busch Gardens combined…