Reston residents will have an opportunity to weigh in tonight (Monday) on a potential redevelopment of the former T-Mobile office park near the Herndon Metro station.
Representatives for developer Stanley Martin Homes are slated to host a community meeting at 6 p.m. in Reston Association’s conference center (12001 Sunrise Valley Drive) on the proposed “East Link” project, which would turn the currently vacant, 36-acre office site into a residential neighborhood.
The Reston Association Board of Directors has formally adopted a new budget and capital improvement plan (CIP) for the coming year.
As proposed earlier this month, the budget will increase the assessment fees paid by members to $900 per property, up $10 or 1% from the current $890 rate.
Tickets are now up for grabs to this year’s Winterfest, Reston Association’s increasingly popular holiday tradition.
According to RA, last year’s festival drew more than 10,000 people over three days, and even more attendees are expected when it returns to Brown’s Chapel Park (1525 Brown’s Chapel Road) for a fourth year on Dec. 3-5 from 5-9 p.m.
Reston Association members could face another assessment hike in the new year, but on the plus side, the increase might be the smallest since 2021.
RA CEO Peter Lusk proposed raising the annual fee paid by members of the homeowners’ association to $900 — a $10 or 1.1% increase from the current rate of $890 — to support a draft 2027 budget presented to the board of directors last Thursday (Oct. 8).
A member of Reston Association’s Board of Directors has stepped down, opening up a vacancy months ahead of the next election.
At-large director Matt Mullenix submitted his resignation to the full board ahead of its meeting last Thursday (Oct. 8), effective immediately, according to RA.
Though temperatures are cooling, some of the trails around Reston will see plenty of activity in the coming weeks, as work begins on a campaign to uproot invasive plants.
Crews with the Gainesville-based consulting firm Wetland Studies and Solutions (WSSI) began working this week to remove invasive species, including vines and shrubs, from nine designated sites, Reston Association announced yesterday (Wednesday).
Reston Association’s Board of Directors is tentatively wading into the growing furor over Fairfax County’s elimination of crossing guards at public high schools.
Citing media reports, videos on social media and personal observations of harrowing traffic around South Lakes High School, RA Board President Travis Johnson suggested drafting a letter to Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay sharing parents’ safety concerns and supporting a restoration of funding for high school crossing guards.
Reston Association is weighing whether to let pickleball players officially take over its Autumnwood athletic courts.
The homeowners’ association is inviting community members to provide feedback on a proposal to convert two existing tennis courts at 11950 Walnut Branch Road into pickleball courts.
The planned redevelopment of Lake Fairfax Business Park into a large residential development is on track for consideration by Fairfax County officials this fall.
EYA Development provided a presentation on the proposed redevelopment to the Board of Directors of the Reston Association on July 23. The business park is at 1780 Business Center Drive, off the Dulles Access Road and near the Wiehle-Reston East Metro station. It has several office buildings, a Lifetime Fitness gym, Homewood Suites hotel, Reston Montessori School and a data center.
A timeline hasn’t crystallized yet, but the owner of Reston National Golf Course is preparing to embark in earnest on a long-debated overhaul.
War Horse Cities, which has owned the 168-acre golf course property at 11875 Sunrise Valley Drive since 2019, formally launched its “RNGC Evolution 18” initiative at an open house on June 19, outlining plans to renovate the golf facilities, while also allowing housing development on a 14-acre portion of land.
