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d.d. Mitcneu, president 01 tne Brandy Station Foundation, disagrees. “Our aim is to protect the rural integrity of the area,” he said. Mr. Mitchell explained that the foundation clearly supports the National Park’s move, even though the land' will never be a national park.
“Those who don’t like it are those who would like to sell it at a greater profit than what it’s worth,” said Mr. Mitchell, adding that the land is only limited in its use when federal money is used.
“It is just making sure that your discretionary in your uses of it,” he said. The Brandy Station Foundation, which boasts more than 1,000 members nationwide, opposes the Sammis project.
Mr. Mitchell said that although the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors approved the project, it was opposed by the county’s planning commission. “It will destroy what’s here. He wants to develop six million square feet of industrial park,” he said.
“He hasn’t told us what that would consist of, whether it would be strip malls like Potomac Mills in Prince William or what. He hasn’t said what he’ll do with the rest of his 5,000 acres,” said Mr. Mitchell.
“We aren’t against growth and development as people said. We just don’t approve of the magnitude of the project,” he said.
Regardless, the Citizens for Land Rights has started lobbying heavily against the foundations
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