Petition landed nearly 1,000 signatures in 24 hours.
A petition to save a Mount Vernon equestrian facility from closing garnered nearly 1,000 signatures in one day. Save Woodlawn Stables was organized by Mount Vernon residents Shelley Castle, Autumn Clayton and Laura Wainwright. The grassroots organization is dedicated to preserving Woodlawn Stables, whose future might be in jeopardy because of plans to widen Richmond Highway. “We all have this place in our heart,” said Castle, a former riding student at Woodlawn Stables. “I can probably speak for anyone who lives in [the] area.” Castle, Clayton and Wainwright started riding horses at a young age and continued to pursue their passion in adulthood. When they learned about the plans to widen Richmond Highway and its impact on the stables, they…
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Three plans under consideration would enable business to continue.
This is the second in a multi-part series from Patch about the economic and other impacts of the declining equestrian industry in Fairfax County. Part 1: Fairfax County Losing Equestrian-Related Revenue Due to Lack of Planning was published Tuesday, Feb. 21. Part 3: Laurel Hill Equestrian Facility Moves Forward was published Thursday, Feb. 23. Part 4: Fairfax County Equestrian Opportunities was published Friday, Feb. 24. ------------- Woodlawn Stables, a horseback riding institution near Fort Belvoir, may be spared by upcoming road improvements to Richmond Highway after all. The stables, at 8907 Richmond Hwy., have been in continuous operation since 1979, when the area had fewer commercial developments and significantly less traffic. …
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Linda
4:36 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Dave--after reading your comments, I am sure that everyone knows where your intelligence level eminates from--and you happen to sit on it! Cutting a swath through the Woodlawn Stables will NOT lessen traffic in any way, shape, or form, but it WILL destroy historic ground (the Stables sit on Washington's Dogue Run Creek Farm) that he gave as a wedding gift to his nephew and granddaughter It will … more ›