News and Updates
Reston 2020 Focuses on Draft Comprehensive Plan Language
By Terry Maynard Over the last month, RCA’s Reston 2020 Committee has focused on the first complete draft of the proposed new Reston Master Plan for the transit station areas, so-called Draft Version 5. The committee found the draft plan unacceptable. In...
Fairfax County Library Cuts: A Librarian’s Perspective
The following comments about the Fairfax County Public Library Strategic Plan and the proposed "Beta Plan" are provided by Diane Lewis, a librarian and former RCA Board member. RCA opposed the Beta Plan and called for a rewriting of the Library Strategic Plan in...
Report on Task Force Master Planning Sub-Group Meeting, September 4
The Reston Master Plan Task Force held a special meeting on Thursday to discuss potential changes to the Comprehensive Plan draft. RCA’s Dick Rogers wrote up a report on the meeting, which appears below. If you want to see the latest draft and share your...
Service and the Next Generation
This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published in Reston Patch. I’ve always been a political junkie. Washington didn’t have a baseball team when I was a kid, so the Caps, Skins, and politics were my favorite local sports. When I was 13,...
RCA Stands Up Against Library Cuts
This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published on Reston Patch. I love libraries. Anyone who knows me can attest that I’m a big-time bookworm, and I have been since I was a kid. The library was my candy store: all those books, representing...
RCA Resolution on Library Operations and Proposed “Beta Plan”
Whereas, world-class libraries are essential to Fairfax County’s economic competitiveness and attractiveness to potential residents and businesses, and, Whereas, Fairfax County spending per capita on public libraries dropped over 30% between FY 2007 and FY 2012, and...
Minutes from July Board Meeting
Minutes Reston Citizens Association Board of Directors Meeting July 22, 2013 Attendees: Colin Mills, Sridhar Ganesan, Connie Hartke*, Gary Walker, Tammi Petrine, John Hanley, George Kain*, Joe Leighton*, Terry Maynard, Gary Lee Thomas (*Newly-elected Board...
Agenda for August 26 RCA Board Meeting
DRAFT Agenda RCA Board of Directors Meeting August 26, 2013 7:30 PM RCC Hunters Woods Item Time Topic Disposition Presenters 1 7:30 PM Adopt Agenda Action Colin Mills, RCA Board 2 7:35 PM Approve June 2013 Minutes; Secretary Rotation Action Terry Maynard; John...
TAKE ACTION – Tell the Task Force to Change the Plan!
Send an Email Voicing Your Concern with the Task Force Plan! Send an email to: DPZRestonMasterPlanStudy@fairfaxcounty.gov If you're pressed for time (and who isn't?), then here's some boilerplate you can start with: Reston Task Force, I agree with the Reston...
Update on RCA’s Accessibility Committee
This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published on Reston Patch. Sometimes the headlines don’t tell the whole story. Since RCA has gotten so much attention on planning-related issues the last few weeks, you might think that RCA is now working on...