On Nov. 17, about 40 Great Falls locals gathered at the Fairfax County Park Authority-owned Great Falls Grange No. 738. No one present was a granger, even though the Grange was once the focal point of the farming hamlet of Forestville. As a social organization in the community until 1980, the Grange encouraged families to work together to promote the economic and political well-being of the community and agriculture.

Instead, the Great Falls locals of 2021 banded together to learn more about how through their combined efforts and the support of organizations and businesses, they might return management and marketing of the Great Falls Grange complex to the hands of a newly formed nonprofit and make it their own.

Read the full story about planned changes in the use and management of the Great Falls Grange in the Great Falls Connection.