News and Updates
Minutes from September RCA Board Meeting
Attendees: Connie Hartke, Dick Rogers, George Kain, John Hanley (Presiding), Tammi Petrine, Terry Maynard, and Joe Leighton (late arrival); absent: Sridhar Ganesan, Gary Thomas, Gary Walker, Colin Mills The meeting was presided over by Vice President...
New Joint RCA/RA/ARCH Comment on Comp Plan
RCA, RA, and ARCH are continuing to stand together on the Comprehensive Plan. Our organizations have reviewed the latest plan draft prepared by County staff. We were pleased to see that several of our comments had been addressed, but there's still work to...
Watch RCA/Reston Impact Forum for Fairfax County Sheriff
Last Tuesday, RCA and Reston Impact co-sponsored a Candidate Forum for the Fairfax County Sheriff's race. The candidates were Democrat Stacey Kincaid and Republican Bryan "BA" Wolfe. This is the 15th year that RCA and Reston Impact have sponsored candidate...
Agenda for October RCA Meeting
UPDATE: The agenda has been revised to add new Items 6 and 10. DRAFT Agenda RCA Board of Directors Meeting October 28, 2013 RCC Hunters Woods Item Time Topic Disposition Presenters 1 7:30 PM Adopt Agenda Action Colin Mills, RCA Board 2 7:35 PM Approve September...
Recap of Joint Forum on Reston’s Future
By RCA President Colin Mills When you’re a community leader, you want to feel that you’re doing real good for your community. I’ve never had that feeling more strongly than last week, when we held a joint forum with Reston Association and ARCH on the draft...
Time to Pay Attention to Reston Master Plan
This letter to the editor by RCA Board member and Task Force Alternate Dick Rogers was published in this week's Fairfax County Times. The planning process for a new Reston has moved slowly over the last four years but now is reaching conclusion. If you think Bob...
Joint RCA/RA/ARCH Comment on Comprehensive Plan
Below is the joint comment that RCA, RA, and ARCH sent to the County Planning and Zoning staff today concerning the current Comprehensive Plan draft and ways that we think it could be made better. This document is the result of months of meetings and discussions...
Call to Action on Reston’s Future
So you've seen our forum and heard what your community organizations had to say about the draft Comprehensive Plan and what it means for our community's future. Ready to get involved? Here's how you can stand up for Reston and make your voice heard: Come to a...
Joint Forum on Reston’s Future A Success
Last night's joint forum on the Comprehensive Plan and Reston's future, co-sponsored by RCA, RA, and ARCH, was a tremendous success and a great night for the community! The forum attracted over 250 people; RA set up an overflow room to handle the excess crowd,...
Bringing Small Businesses Back to Reston
This post by RCA President Colin Mills originally appeared in Reston Patch. As faithful readers of Patch know, the longtime restaurant stalwart Lakeside Inn is closing its doors after over 20 years in business. This has generated a surprising (to me) amount of...