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Preservation group plans community meetings Date published: 2/10/2004 By RUSTY DENNEN The fledgling Save Crow's Nest group will hold the first of a planned series of community information meetings later this month. "We're trying to build some awareness of where things stand," said David Croteau, spokesman for the organization, which formed last month to fight a developer's plans to build homes on the environmentally sensitive Stafford County peninsula. "It's gotten to the point where it's not at all clear what's happening" with the land that's been proposed to become a state natural area. The group doesn't know "whether it's a stalemate or whether development is inevitable," Croteau said. "A big part of our job is to make people aware." The meetings, and a new Web site: savecrowsnest.org, should help, he said. The first session is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 28, at 10 a.m. at the Brooke Fire and Rescue Station, at the intersection of Brooke and Andrew Chapel roads. The group formed after news reports that negotiations between the state and the owner of the property, K&M Properties of McLean, had fallen apart. The company then approached the county about reviving development plans on the nearly 4,000-acre tract. Croteau said preservationists want to get the word out that houses springing up on Crow's Nest is a possibility. "We want to let people know that the threat of development is real. And we want to make sure that people know they can do something about it." Kamel Tabbara, one of the owners of K&M, said last month that there are no immediate plans to develop the property. But the company has been exploring its options. Stafford attorney Clark Leming, who represents K&M, has discussed a cluster development plan with county officials. Houses would be grouped in one area, while the rest of the land would be left in its natural state. Leming said yesterday that he's still waiting to hear back from the county on that proposal. Such a plan would require rezoning, which would mean some hefty proffers on the part of the developer. There may be another possibility. "I'm optimistic that something can be worked out that would permit the landowner to proceed in part in Crow's Nest, or somewhere else," Leming said.
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