News and Updates
RCA Does Not Endorse Candidates
There continues to be confusion over the position of the Reston Citizens Association (RCA) with respect to an endorsement statement on the Reston Association (RA) election put out by the Coalition for a Planned Reston (CPR). The RCA is non partisan and...
RCA hosts RA Candidates – February 2021
On February 22, RCA hosted the 4 At-Large candidates running for the RA Board of Directors.
Survey regarding zMOD (zoning modernization)
For the past three months, RCA has been engaged with County officials and other community groups to express our concerns over zMOD - a County initiative that will have far-reaching effects on everyone, but which has been poorly designed and even more poorly...
Reston Citizens Association calls on the County to Remove Far Reaching and Harmful Amendments from its Zoning Ordinance Modernization (zMOD) proposal.
January 21, 2021 – Reston, VA – The Reston Citizens Association (RCA) Board of Directors has adopted a set of Resolutions intended to outline community concerns with the latest draft of the Zoning Ordinance Modernization (“zMOD”) project and the specific...
OpEd: Wheelock’s Mythical Grand Park
Published October 13, 2020 in the Reston Patch
RCA Strongly Opposes Brookfield Residential Properties’ Hunter Mill Assemblage Plans
Reston Citizens Association (RCA) opposes development of the Hunter Mill Assemblage at other than the long-standing provisions of the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan for this area, i.e. residential development at a density of .2 to .5 dwelling units per acre.
The Importance of Carry-Out
An important thread in the fabric of Reston’s community is the restaurants where we share meals with family and friends …
In Memoriam
RCA mourns one of our longtime Board members, John Hanley, who passed away on April 10, 2020.
April 2020
Click for list of Restaurants Open in Reston Serving Carry-Out
Follow the money (letter to the editor)
To the editor of Washingtonian: “Follow the money” is a journalistic tenet that suggests corruption can be brought to light by examining money transfers between parties. In ignoring the tenet, Benjamin Wofford whiffed on a good story about the battle for Reston’s...