We’ll Stop When Wheelock Stops

Jul 15, 2020 | Updates

Coverage of Rescue Reston’s response to Wheelock’s campaign was featured on the cover of today’s Connection Newspaper. Read the...

Rescue Reston Launches Campaign to Save Hidden Creek Open Space

Jul 3, 2020 | News & Information

New advocacy tools, enhanced social media, and talented volunteers are proof this group should not be underestimated! July 3, 2020: The familiar yellow shirts of Rescue Reston volunteers are busy defending Reston’s open space again. Reston’s leading advocacy group was...

Frequently Asked Questions – June 2020 update

Jun 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...

New Advocacy Tool: Please Read & Update Your Info

Jun 18, 2020 | Updates

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...

Examples of 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...