Fairfax community helps purchase land to prevent housing development

Fairfax community helps purchase land to prevent housing development

By John Ramos An acre of wooded land in Fairfax is now a nature preserve after a group of residents helped purchase it from a developer who was planning to construct housing on it. “It’s pretty steep, but I think you’d be surprised on what people can build on out here,” said Kristen Wilson.   When she takes a walk through her Fairfax neighborhood, it’s an uphill battle. The acre of land across the street from her home on Piper Lane doesn’t seem …