Kim Hart, Executive Director of the Windy Hill Foundation, announced in September that Windy Hill had been named in proffers offered to Fauquier County by Walter A. Hitchcock, Jr. in regard to his Rezoning Application for the Millfield subdivision Phases IV, V, and VI in Warrenton.

"I am pleased to report receiving news of a very unusual gift to Windy Hill," Hart wrote to the Windy Hill Board. "Last month, without any previous notice, I received a letter from the Fauquier County Chief of Planning, Holly Meade, informing me that Windy Hill had been named in the proffers . . . " Mr. Hitchcock, Hart noted, had asked Fauquier County "to remove the affordable housing proffers in his previous application" for rezoning and instead, proposed to make cash payments equally to: Fauquier Housing Corporation; Windy Hill Foundation; Fauquier Family Shelter; and Community Touch (a transitional housing program)."

The Fauquier Board of Supervisors approved his request. Thus, Hart noted, "in regard to Hitchcock's 16-unit single family detached housing subdivision at Millfield, Windy Hill will receive $12,500 when Mr. Hitchcock receives his 3rd Occupancy Permit. We receive another $12,500 when he receives his 6th Occupancy Permit and a final $12,500 when he receives his 8th Occupancy Permit."

Mr. Hitchcock told Hart that he believed in workforce housing, liked the Windy Hill project in The Plains and as a result, included the foundation in his proffer.

Asked if there was a lesson in all this, Hart replied: "try to do your best, because you never know who is watching!"