[Moo] Archery land use

[Karen Miller]

Hello all,
I'm writing to you all to request that the Ponte Alto and Stierbach populace help our archery community.
 
We lost the site that we were using as our outdoor archery range and are in need of another.  What we need is about 1 acre or so of land where we can set up our archery targets and shoot - preferably without shooting into neighbors yards. Traditionally, both Ponte Alto and Stierbach practice together, so we'd like to keep to the west if possible.  It would be helpful if we could keep our targets on the site as well.  We'd like to keep it close in to Fairfax County so that people who work in DCish areas can get to it in a reasonable amount of time for a weeknight practice.   If you know of such a place... PLEASE contact Miles de Lockwood at: milesdelocwode at cox.net or Brigid OHara at: mill3rs at yahoo.com .  
 
The other option we are pursuing is to petition Fairfax County to provide land for us (as 
other counties in the area do have archery targets on county lands).   
In order to be heard that we need use of this land - which we all pay for with 
our taxes, mind you, there is now a way to suggest that Fairfax County put an 
archery range on one of their park lands.  The more people that are heard 
from, the better the chance that the county would provide for us.  So 
please... help us one and all!
 
If you would all be so kind as to go to: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/plandev/greatparks.htm and see the website that they have put up asking for input for the park system.  On the bottom of this page, there is an email link to the planning and development office at:  Parkmail at fairfaxcounty.gov .  If we all send them emails to let them know what we'd like, maybe they'll allow us to use some of the land that they have.

 
There is a list of Fairfax County planning & development meetings on this page - there are only 2 meetings left. I would have gone to an earlier one but I only just found out about it.  It would be nice if we could get at least a few people to go to one or both of the meetings - I could go to either one, so please let me know if anyone else would be interested in helping me!  It would be nice if we could get a place where the archery and fighting practices could be done simultaneously - with safety for both groups!  But that might be asking for too much.  Who knows, we can but ask.

The meetings are:

 
Tuesday, April 8th-Dranesville District - meeting held at Langley High School 
Tuesday, April 22nd-Springfield District - meeting held at West Springfield High 
School  
Or you can email: Parkmail at fairfaxcounty.gov and let them know that the SCA is - a non-profit organization that:
"The SCA is an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe. Our "Known World" consists of 19 kingdoms, with over 30,000 members residing in countries around the world. Members, dressed in clothing of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, attend events which may feature tournaments, arts exhibits, classes, workshops, dancing, feasts, and more."  (from the SCA webpage)
In this spirit, we also do archery.  In the past, we used a member's farm land for our target archery practices.  That member has since moved and we have been unable to find suitable land for our target archery practices.  We are requesting that Fairfax County set aside some of their land for use as a target archery range.

Things to include in the email you send:
When we shoot, our targets are traditionally set at 20, 30 and 40 yards, so we need land enough for this. 
 We can provide our own targets, though would like to be able to store them on site if possible.
We have safety marshals and insurance, which should keep the county's legal people happy and our people safe.

Please take the time to help our archers out and send out an email... Thanks!

Brigid & Miles



 
 



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