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September 2022

Mount Vernon Gazette - Save River Farm Committee Wins Award For Conservation

November 2021

Alexandria Living - American Horticultural Society Names New Executive Director

Washington Post - American Horticultural Society’s River Farm receives $1 million gift

October 2021

Mount Vernon Gazette - River Farm is Still Part of the Mount Vernon Family

Save River Farm Committee Chair/ NVCT Executive Director Alan Rowsome Save River Farm Update

Patch Alexandria - River Farm No Longer For Sale By American Horticultural Society

Alexandria Times - River Farm no longer for sale

Alexandria Living - River Farm Taken Off Market

Washington Post - River Farm is off the market, American Horticultural Society says

September 2021

Alexandria Gazette - Offer to buy River Farm inches up, but declined by seller

Alexandria Living - AHS Votes Against Purchase Offer from NOVA Parks for River Farm

Alexandria Patch - Latest River Farm Offer From NOVA Parks Rejected By AHS Board

Washington Business Journal - Former Trump official wants to assemble River Farm, other expensive riverfront properties for redevelopment

Mount Vernon Gazette - County goes for bat on River Farm in Mount Vernon

Washington Post - Fairfax County approves new measure to protect historic River Farm

Alexandria Living - Fairfax County Officials Put Additional Protections Around River Farm

Mount Vernon Gazette - Opinion: Save River Farm, NVCT Executive Director/Save River Farm Committee Member Alan Rowsome

Alexandria Living - Commercial Developer Reportedly Interested in River Farm and Nearby Properties

Email Update NVCT Executive Director/Save River Farm Committee Member Alan Rowsome provides an update on River Farm

Mount Vernon Gazette - Opinion: Open the Gates by Anne Wilson Fafara, Save River Farm Committee

July 2021

Alexandria Times - Pathways to success for River Farm

Alexandria Times - NOVA Parks pledges $800K to maintain River Farm, if sale goes through

Washington Post - Fight over River Farm sale provides public look at nonprofit's private workings

June 2021

Washington Post - Opinion: The American Horticultural Society is selling River Farm. Its future looks brighter.

Mount Vernon Gazette - Don't Sell Us Down the River

May 2021

Alexandria Gazette - The River Farm Deal, Moving Closer to Reality?

Alexandria Times - Negotiations over River Farm advance, amid looming investigations and boardroom strife

Washington Post - American Horticultural Society to pursue talks with NOVA Parks on sale of River Farm

Washington Business Journal - The stage is set for a River Farm sale, but not to a private buyer

DCist - Virginia And D.C. Investigate The Sale Of River Farm For Potentially Breaking State Law

Patch.com - Save River Farm Momentum Builds With State, Local Support

Connection Newspapers - River Farm Preservation Efforts Gather Momentum

Alexandria Living Magazine - Officials Investigating River Farm Sale by AHS

Washington Post - Virginia attorney general says state aims to protect historic River Farm as donor wished

Washington Business Journal - Virginia could block controversial sale of historic River Farm, attorney general warns

Preservation Virginia - Virginia's Most Endangered Historic Places 2021

Alexandria Times - Letter to the Editor: AHS Needs to Listen

April 2021

Mount Vernon Gazette - Dissenting Board Members Told to Be Quiet

Alexandria Living Magazine - NOVA Parks, Northern Virginia Conservation Trust Make Another Offer for River Farm

Washington Business Journal - Controversial effort to sell River Farm just got a lot more complicated

Washington Post - American Horticultural Society board rift could complicate proposed sale of historic River Farm

Washington Post - Opinion: The American Horticultural Society should keep River Farm open to the public

Connection Gazette - Board Approves Historic Zoning for River Farm

Washington Post - Fairfax County tightens regulations to preserve history of George Washington’s River Farm

Washington Post - George Washington’s historic River Farm is worth saving for reasons beyond the president, historians say

Alexandria Living - Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Approves River Farm Historic Overlay District

Past Event April 17, 2021 - Save River Farm Plein Art Show & Sale

Past Event April 13, 2021 - Public Hearing on Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment to Establish the Wellington at River Farm Historic Overlay District

Connection Newspapers - Heirs of River Farm

Zebra Papers - Do Your Part To Save River Farm

March 2021

Alexandria Living Magazine - River Farm One Step Closer to Historic Overlay District Status

Washington Post - Fairfax County’s planning commission backs new rules to preserve River Farm 

Washington Post - Letter to the Editor, Opinion: Let's save River Farm

Alexandria Times - Letter to the Editor AHS must do the right thing

Mount Vernon Gazette - A Few More Efforts Made To Save River Farm

Connection Newspapers - Letter to the Editor: How Sad

Washington Post - Urgent efforts underway to preserve historic River Farm as public land

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Alexandria Times River Farm to remain closed this spring

Washington Business Journal - Efforts to preserve River Farm as a public park are gaining steam...

Alexandria Times - American Horticultural Society Declines River Farm Offer.

Connection NewspapersMount Vernon’s River Farm Offer Falls Short of Asking Price

BREAKING NEWS A Statement From NVCT's Executive Director Alan Rowsome On River Farm

Patch: Greater Alexandria - Historic Overlay District considered for River Farm

February 2021

Alexandria Times - Community heartened as effort to preserve River Farm advances

Alexandria Times - Funding for River Farm advances

Connection Newspapers -Virginia Assembly pledges millions of dollars for River Farm

January 2021

Office of Senator Adam Ebbin Press Release -Senator Ebbin and Delegate Paul Krizek seek state funding to preserve River Farm

Alexandria Times - NVCT and NOVA Parks make offer to purchase River Farm

Alexandria Living Magazine - NVCT and NOVA Parks make offer for River Farm

BREAKING NEWS - NVCT's Executive Director Alan Rowsome releases statement on offer to buy River Farm

December 2020

Save River Farm Committee Member Keister Evans Letter - I was there at the beginning

Save River Farm Press Release - AHS threatens the sale of George Washington's River Farm to developers

Washington Business Journal - Proposed sale of River Farm, listed for $32.9 million, draws legal scrutiny

Alexandria Living Magazine - AHS Puts Deadline of Jan. 5 on Sale of River Farm

November 2020

Commonwealth of Virginia - Deputy Attorney General Donald D. Anderson letter concerning River Farm

Greater Alexandria - Virginia Governor Voices Support For Protecting River Farm

Alexandria Times River Farm listed for $32.9 million

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors -  Establishment of a River Farm Historic Overlay District

October 2020

WAMU 88.5 - Neighbors Fight To Save George Washington’s Historic River Farm, Hit Financially By Pandemic

The Washington Post - Selling River Farm would be a terrible mistake

September 2020

Alexandria Times - River Farm Goes Up for Sale

Alexandria Times Your Views: We must save River Farm

Alexandria Living Magazine - American Horticultural Society to Sell River Farm Property

The Connection Newspapers - A Few Questions About the Sale of River Farm

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