๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ
Every survey and public conversation about Reston National Golf Course has been framed the same way โ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐น๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐.
๐๐ค๐๐ค๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐.
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐ฉ. The Site-Specific Plan Amendment nomination filed in February 2025 did not include a proposed number of dwelling units; county staff noted that in their own summary.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
If the property were to ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ โ where traffic, school, and infrastructure studies are required, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ โ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ:
- Housing density
- How much land remains public open space
- Who owns and maintains it
- What studies should be required before any approval
๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ โ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ป ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ โ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ - ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐.
๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ
Saving the golf course doesn't create public open space. It's privately held.
That's the part that keeps getting lost. "๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐" ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ.
My submission to the county asks whether the current applications conform to the approved development plans and the Comprehensive Plan. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ, and the property comes back through the Comprehensive Plan amendment process with a plan โ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ. Not to say yes or no, but to say what it should be, how much stays public, who owns and maintains it, and what protections are written in.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ: ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ
๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น is a 25-year Reston resident and life-time Northern Virgnian, HOA Board President of Whitney Park East, and a licensed Virginia real estate agent. This survey is as a concerned resident project.
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๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐น๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐