To the Editor:
Many thanks to our supporters - and we still need your help! Please make a difference with a donation to ensure we can maintain legal strength and backing to preserve designated open space at Reston National Golf Course, a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program Golf Course.
We had a momentary victory on Friday, Nov. 6, when a Fairfax Circuit Court judge told the owner-investors of RNGC that they must follow established County zoning procedures in any effort to convert this tract of land to other uses.
The golf course owner’s attorney had balked at following the County process.
We will find out in the next few weeks whether the owner-investors will appeal that decision to the Virginia Supreme Court, but even without an appeal we expect them to continue their battle against us through other avenues.
Rescue Reston has helped fund the neighborhood petitioners’ legal fees. They play a critical role in the recent decision by the Court that may help protect Reston’s open space. Donations have come from all over the U.S. - as far away as Utah, Colorado, and Illinois. But the fight is not over.
It’s simple: donations help Rescue Reston continue its work. Our news announcing the Court ruling reached more than 4,000 people on Facebook. Just $5 from each reader means $20,000 toward legal defense. We have strength in numbers.
Please donate $5 or more, regardless of your address. Some day your community may need the legal precedent that is being set in Reston.
Rescue Reston’s community activism strengthens our elected officials' determination to stand with us. We have brought national attention to this fight to uphold Reston’s planned community vision in opposition to unplanned development.
Please send your check to Rescue Reston, 2198 Golf Course Dr, Reston, VA 20191. You can also contribute by using the donate link on our web site, www.rescuereston.org.
When you shop on Amazon, start at http://amzn.to/1ObkG1. A percentage will go to Rescue Reston, at no cost to you and with complete anonymity. Starting at this link every time you shop will show your appreciation the one way that really makes a difference: a donation to assure that we continue to have the legal strength and backing to fight efforts to change the open space use of these 166 acres.
Bob Simon, Reston’s founder, said this past August, “The Reston National Golf Course area should remain as open space forever." With your donation, we can make this a reality.
Connie Hartke
President, Rescue Reston