News and Updates
RCA Pursues New Vision for Education
This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published in Reston Patch. School’s almost out! This is an exciting and stressful time for a lot of school-age kids, including my daughter Leslie, who is finishing up the 6th grade at Sunrise Valley. ...
Honoring Friends of Accessibility: RAC’s Community Partner Awards
This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published in Reston Patch. It’s a busy time for RCA! We’ve been engaged heavily in analysis and discussion about the RCC rec center proposal. We’re looking at the Comprehensive Plan language proposed...
Follow-Up Report – “Reston Bus Service: Good Work in Progress”
RCA’s Reston 2020 committee recently submitted its second report to the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) and the Board of Supervisors regarding the county’s latest proposals for Fairfax Connector bus service when Silver Line Metrorail service...
RCA Raises Questions About RCC Rec Center Proposal
This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published in Reston Patch. On Monday, at the RCA Board meeting, our primary topic of discussion was one of Reston’s hottest issues: the RCC proposal to construct a new rec center. It’s no surprise that this was one...
RCA Resolution on RCC Rec Center Proposal
At its meeting on Monday, May 20th, RCA passed the following resolution regarding the RCC rec center proposal: (1) RCA endorses and approves the RCA white paper, “The Reston Recreation Center Initiative: Unanswered Questions on Need, Facilities, Location, Financing,...
Minutes from April 22 RCA Board Meeting
Location: Reston Community Center Attendees: C.J. Basik, Hank Blakely, Sridhar Ganesan, John Hanley, Diane Lewis, Colin Mills, Terry Maynard, Tammi Petrine, Gary Lee Thomas, Dick Rogers, Gary Walker Meeting Minutes...
Draft Agenda for May RCA Board Meeting
Updated 5/17: Note that the times of several agenda items have changed. DRAFT Agenda RCA Board of Directors Meeting May 20, 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 April...
RCA Draft Report Regarding RCC Recreation Center Proposal
Below is an excerpt of the Executive Summary of a white paper to be considered for approval by the RCA Board of Directors at its regular monthly meeting on May 20, at 7:30pm, at the RCC-Hunters Woods facility. It is on the agenda for discussion at 8:30pm. ...
Wiehle Station Access & Transit Preparations Dominate RCA Reston 2020 Blog in April
By Terry Maynard With the Silver Line scheduled to arrive at the end of the year, RCA’s Reston 2020 Committee focused much of its attention in April to the state of local preparations to provide access to the new rail transit service. Much of Reston 2020’s work...
RCA: Working Hard for Reston
This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published in Reston Patch. It’s been a few months since I last wrote about RCA’s Reston Accessibility Committee, and the changes they achieved at South Lakes Village Center. Well, Ken Fredgren and his hard-working...