About
About George Mason Forest HOA
George Mason Forest, Braddock Manor, and Amanda Place form a Fairfax County community of 200 single-family homes with shared common areas, volunteer leadership, and a resident-focused homeowners association.
Association
Volunteer-led neighborhood stewardship
All homeowners in the community are members of the homeowners association. The association is led by an elected board, supported by volunteer committees, and responsible for maintaining common areas and administering the community covenants.
The neighborhood is close to schools, shopping, restaurants, religious centers, entertainment, major roads, and Metrobus service, while still retaining wooded common areas and footpath access near Rabbit Run.
Common areas
The HOA owns several areas of common ground within the community boundaries. The largest area follows two branches of Rabbit Run between the Red Spruce Road and Tapestry Drive entrances.
History
A bit of local history
The neighborhood sits on land that was once part of a Fairfax County farm owned by John and Harriet Burtis, New York natives who settled in the area during the mid-1800s and raised vegetables and sheep.
Local history records describe Civil War-era activity near the Burtis farm and Braddock Road in 1861. The story is preserved here as part of the community’s connection to the broader history of Fairfax County.
Source: Paige Johnson II, South County Chronicle, September 30, 2006.
