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Vienna identifies priorities with first-ever parks and rec master plan

Published July 22, 2025 at 9:15AM | Updated July 22, 2025 at 10:04AM

A Little League baseball game at Waters Field in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Commitments to maintaining existing facilities and expanding the town’s pedestrian network are just two of the items on the Vienna Parks and Recreation Department’s to-do list for the next decade.

Formally approved by the Vienna Town Council on July 7 with only Councilmember Roy Baldwin opposed, the town’s first-ever parks and recreation master plan — dubbed “Our Plan to Play” — lays out a vision that will help guide future programming and funding decisions, identifying existing gaps and potential improvements.

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Reston golf course redevelopment pitch not recommended by county staff

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 29, 2025 at 9:45AM

NVR's proposed concept for redeveloping Reston National Golf Course (via Fairfax County)

Fairfax County planning staff appear to agree with many neighboring residents that Reston National Golf Course should remain a golf course.

Property owner War Horse Cities and developer NVR’s proposal to replace the 168-acre golf course at 11875 Sunrise Valley Drive with housing and parkland or other public uses is among eight potential Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan amendments not recommended for advancement in a staff report.

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Tysons developers now have to pay a bit more to support public facilities

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 27, 2024 at 11:15AM

Scott's Run Trail near Westgate Park in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County has bumped up the amount of money developers must contribute toward public facilities in Tysons if they’re unable to deliver the goods themselves.

As of Dec. 16, the county is charging developers who submit rezoning applications for Tysons sites $2.22 per square foot of their project’s gross floor area to support the construction of roads, parks and other public spaces and infrastructure, Department of Planning and Development (DPD) staff said in a recent report to the Board of Supervisors.

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Fairfax County growth skews toward mixed-use areas, multifamily housing

By Melanie Pincus

Published July 21, 2023 at 10:15AM

Reston Station is among the new developments that have popped up around Fairfax County over the past decade (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Growth in Fairfax County is focused in Tysons, the Dulles Suburban Center and other mixed-use areas.

In addition, growth in multifamily housing units outpaced growth in single-family housing between 2010 and 2023, and office space continues to lead the way in non-residential development potential, county staff said in a presentation at the Fairfax County Planning Commission’s policy plan committee meeting on July 13.

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Vote on overhaul of Reston’s new comprehensive plan deferred again

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 30, 2023 at 10:15AM

Carter walked through his analysis of the plan at a June 28 meeting (Photo courtesy Fairfax County Government).

The Fairfax County Planning Commission will take another stab at a major overhaul of Reston’s defining planning document next month.

At a Wednesday (June 28) meeting, the commission once again deferred a decision on the extensive update of Reston Comprehensive Plan to July 12 — a move that Hunter Mill District Commissioner John Carter said would allow staff time to incorporate proposed revisions. The commission first deferred a decision on the project on June 14.

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Town of Herndon lands $720k federal grant to develop comprehensive plan for 2050

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 29, 2023 at 10:15AM

Town of Herndon government offices (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

The Town of Herndon’s comprehensive plan for 2050 received a big funding boost from the U.S. Department of Transportation this week.

In a release on Monday (June 26), Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced the town received $720,000 in funding from the federal Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant program (RAISE).