Frequently Asked Questions – 2020

Feb 22, 2020 | Updates

When will the golf course controversy be over? As long as there exists even the slightest possibility that either golf course property could be redeveloped into residential or commercial square footage, speculative developers will try to pillage the land. We can relax...

Vote in the RA Board of Directors Election – March 2 to April 3

Feb 19, 2020 | Updates

Annual Board of Directors Election The Reston Association holds elections every spring to fill vacancies on its nine-member Board of Directors. According to the RA website, the Board of Directors is “responsible to RA members for determining and organizing broad...

Letters to the Hunter Mill District Supervisor Opposing Housing on Hidden Creek Open Space

Feb 6, 2020 | Updates

Greenbriar Circle Resident's Letter to Supervisor Alcorn Hook Road Residents' Letter to Supervisor Alcorn Golf Course Island Cluster Letter to Supervisor...

Update from Rescue Reston North Course Committee

Jan 17, 2020 | Updates

From Lynne Mulston, North Course Committee Chair Hi everyone, Please accept my apologies for the tardiness of this update. I know I have been promising an update since last Thanksgiving, but I can assure you, on this read you’ll find it worth the wait. Wheelock has...

Golf Courses Can Be Environmental Assets in Urban Settings

Dec 16, 2019 | Updates

contributed by Doug Britt For years golf courses have been stereotyped as environmentally unfriendly amenities. But times are changing the way they are being managed. Overall Virginia has 37,000 acres of open space devoted to golf courses, and many of them are...

Op-Ed: Open Space — All of It for All of Us

Jul 25, 2019 | In the Media, Updates

RestonNow.com, July 24, 2019 You’ve probably seen this yourself:  communities that once were charming and lovely but are now car-clogged concrete canyons.  Rescue Reston and other like-minded yellow-shirted citizens associations in Reston are dedicated to preserving...

Rescue Reston Responds to News of Reston National Golf Course Sale

May 20, 2019 | In the Media, Updates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Reston, VA May 19, 2019 – Rescue Reston is disappointed that a developer who fully intended to keep the 18-hole golf course and put the majority of the open space into a permanent preservation trust could not gain traction with RN Golf, majority...

Debunking the “Golf Is Dying” Myth

Apr 27, 2019 | Updates

View Reston Citizens Association press release on meeting with We Are Golf Executive Director Steve Mona Wheelock Communities, owner of Hidden Creek Country Club, is looking to bulldoze another successful golf course, Bardmoor Golf and Tennis Club on the west coast of...

Amendment to raise the population density “indefinitely deferred” by Board of Supervisors

Mar 5, 2019 | Updates

On Wednesday, March 5th, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors “indefinitely deferred” the amendment to raise the population density in Reston’s established residential neighborhoods, which have a unique zoning designation of Planned Residential...

Response from Chairman Bulova on Zoning Ordinance Amendment re Density Provisions

Feb 23, 2019 | Updates

Rescue Reston received the following from Fairfax Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova: February 22, 2019 Subject: RE: Remove from the 3/5 agenda – ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT– ARTICLE 6 – DENSITY PROVISIONS FOR THE RESTON PRC DISTRICT (Hunter Mill...