News and Updates
Minutes from May 20 RCA Board Meeting
Location: Reston Community Center Attendees: C.J. Basik, Sridhar Ganesan, John Hanley, Diane Lewis, Colin...
2013 RCA Elections Are Now Underway
This post by RCA President Colin Mills originally appeared in Reston Patch. It’s that time again! The RCA elections start today, and I’m once again encouraging you to take a few minutes to cast your vote. Your vote will help determine who will be...
RCA Announces Candidates for Election; Voting Online Starts June 26
The Reston Citizens Association (RCA) today released the slate of candidates for its 2013 Board of Directors election. Founded in 1967, the Reston Citizens Association (RCA) represents the citizens of Reston on political and social issues, including planning,...
Draft Agenda for June RCA Board Meeting
DRAFT Agenda RCA Board of Directors Meeting June 24, 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 May Meeting Minutes Action Diane Lewis 3 7:40 PM Treasurer’s Report Action Diane...
Thoughts on Childhood, Risks, and the Fox Mill Tragedy
This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published in Reston Patch. Like a lot of you, my mind today is on the awful tragedy last night at Fox Mill Elementary, where a group of teenage boys were climbing around on the roof and one of them, Bennett...
RCA Leaders Interviewed on Reston Impact
Last week, RCA President Colin Mills and RCA Board member and Reston 20/20 analyst Dick Rogers sat down for an interview on Reston Impact, which airs on Reston Community TV Channel 28. Colin and Dick spoke with host John Lovaas about RCA's history, its current...
Virginia Secretary of Transportation Responds to RCA Letter
In February, RCA issued a letter raising questions about MWAA's plans to locate non-aviation-related commercial development at Dulles Airport near the planned Silver Line station. In the letter, RCA noted that MWAA s exempt from federal and state taxes, and...
RCA, Then and Now
This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published in Reston Patch. Last week, fellow Board member Dick Rogers and I were interviewed on John Lovaas’s Reston Impact TV show (which runs on Channel 28). We talked about RCA, what we’re up to, and the...
Reston 2020 Examines the Rec Center Proposal, Office Space Planning Assumption in May
by Terry Maynard Reston 2020 continues to wrestle with a multiplicity of important current Reston community planning issues, including: • Improving revamped bus service for Reston when the Silver Line comes to Wiehle Avenue. • Improving access to the Wiehle Avenue...
Creating a More Aging-Friendly Community: A Call to Action!
This is not a Reston-specific event, but RCA believes it is of interest to our citizens, and we are presenting it as a public service. Fairfax County projects a dramatic increase in its older population. Between 2005 and 2030, the county expects the 50 and over...