Marin IJ Readers’ Forum for Jan. 25, 2026

Fairfax residents who saved property should be celebrated

The article published Jan. 16 with the headline “Fairfax neighbors preserve wildlife, preempt housing” reports on action by neighbors to buy adjoining open space to keep it from development. This has a wide benefit for the town.

I recall that the idea was discussed by members of the first Open Space Committee and the Fairfax Town Council in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It was seen by some as urgent. Back then, Marin County...