A Key Win for Our Libraries

This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published in Reston Patch. In Fairfax County, we love our libraries.  That was never more apparent than last Wednesday, when the Library Board of Trustees met to consider the “Beta Plan” proposed by library...

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 Statement to Task Force on Draft Comprehensive Plan

As Tuesday night’s Reston Master Plan Task Force meeting, RCA representative Terry Maynard read a statement expressing RCA’s objections to the current draft of the Comprehensive Plan being considered by the Task Force.  Terry’s statement is...

Traffic Jam Ahead: Level of Service Explained

This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published in Reston Patch. Last week’s post about office space per worker and its implications for Reston’s planning received a very favorable response.  I was happy to take a complex subject and make it...

Office Space and Reston’s Planning

This post by RCA President Colin Mills was originally published in Reston Patch. At last night’s Reston Master Plan Task Force meeting, we learned about the latest iteration of the Comprehensive Plan revisions proposed by County staff.  Among the items discussed...