After deferring action on the proposed text amendments to the Transfer of Development ordinance and changes to the Comprehensive Plan at it’s September meeting, on October 15, 2013, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 3-4 against implementing and expanding Stafford’s Transfer of Development Rights ordinance. (Read the news story.) Save Crow’s Nest supported this… Read More

After deferring action on the proposed text amendments to the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) ordinance and changes to the Comprehensive Plan at it’s September meeting, on October 15, 2013, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 3-4 against implementing and expanding Stafford’s Transfer of Development Rights ordinance. (Read the news story.) Save Crow’s Nest… Read More

Planning Commissioner and school board candidate Scott Hirons (Falmouth) is urging Stafford constituents to contact the Board of Supervisors to oppose the TDR ordinance. Referencing the news story in yesterday’s Free Lance Star, Mr. Hirons said: “The first sentence of this article says it all “developers are considering how they could use Stafford County’s newest… Read More

Tuesday, September 17, 2013, at 7 pm, the Stafford Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on amendments to the Transfer of Development Rights ordinance. The proposed amendments will: increase the number of potential development rights for transfer to 1,236; expand the size of the area to which the development rights can be transferred;… Read More

Wednesday, August 28, 2013, in a split 5-2 vote, the Planning Commission recommended approval of amendments to the TDR ordinance. Planning Commissioners Scott Hirons (Falmouth) and Darrell English (Hartwood) opposed the amendments. The majority on the Commission failed to act on recommendations of Save Crow’s Nest to reduce the number of development rights and create… Read More

On March 22, 2013, owners of properties in the Crow’s Nest Harbour subdivision, located within the Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) sending area, filed a lawsuit against the Board of Supervisors and the County of Stafford. The lawsuit claims that advertisement of the TDR ordinance was inadequate; the ordinance violated Virginia law by making significant… Read More

On Tuesday, February 19, 2013, the Stafford Board of Supervisors approved a Transfer of Development Rights ordinance on a 5-2 vote, with Chair Susan Stimpson (R-Falmouth) and Supervisor Cord Sterling (R-Rock Hill) opposing the ordinance (read the news story). The ordinance allows some property owners to transfer development rights off of the “sending” area”–an area… Read More

As part of Department of Conservation and Recreation Natural Heritage Program 25th Anniversary Field Days, DCR plans a Crow’s Nest Field Day on Saturday, October 8, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Guided hikes and a natural history interpretation by DCR Natural Heritage and Stafford County staff are planned. Please call DCR’s Neil Gunter at… Read More

Save Crow’s Nest held it’s annual spring trash pick-up, as part of our participation in VDOT’s adopt-a-highway program. Eighteen bags of garbage, along with large trash items such as tires, were collected from the right of way along Raven Road (which runs through Crow’s Nest). Special thanks to our super volunteer that coordinated this effort!… Read More

  Save Crow’s Nest held it’s annual spring trash pick-up, as part of our participation in VDOT’s adopt-a-highway program. Eighteen bags of garbage, along with large trash items such as tires, were collected from the right of way along Raven Road (which runs through Crow’s Nest). Special thanks to our super volunteer that coordinated this… Read More