Reston | FFXnow - Part 394

Morning Notes

Published June 2, 2023 at 7:30AM

Kids explore the Red Caboose in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Vienna Featured Live on TV Right Now — “Lights. Camera. Action! Tune into the @fox5dc Zip Trip LIVE from the Town Green [today] from 6-11 a.m. as the Town gets its 15 minutes of fame (really it’s five hours, but who’s counting?)! See familiar faces, businesses, favorite spots, and more!” [Town of Vienna/Twitter]

Air Quality Alert Issued — “The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert Friday for Northern Virginia. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups.” [National Weather Service]

Countywide

American Legion Bridge would be even more congested without transit, study says

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 1, 2023 at 3:30PM

On the Capital Beltway at the American Legion Bridge into Maryland (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

If you find trips on the Capital Beltway into Maryland nightmarish now, imagine what they would be like without any transit options.

That’s the scenario posed by the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) in a new study on the value of the region’s transit network, including Metro, local bus services like Fairfax Connector and the Virginia Railway Express (VRE).

News

Demolition and renovation proposed for Herndon Taco Bell

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 1, 2023 at 2:30PM

The redevelopment of the Herndon Taco Bell is proposed (Image via Google Maps).

A Taco Bell in Herndon could soon be temporarily out of commission.

A proposal before Fairfax County seeks to demolish and redevelop the fast-food restaurant, which is located at 2170 Centreville Road, into a larger restaurant with a second drive-thru lane, according to a May 24 application.

Legal Insider: Meeting with security clearance investigators

By Sponsor

Published June 1, 2023 at 12:30PM

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By John V. Berry, Esq.

Around Town

Pride Month celebrations are coming to Fairfax County

By Melanie Pincus

Published June 1, 2023 at 11:45AM

The Mosaic District will hold its second annual Pride Parade this Saturday (via Mosaic District/Twitter)

Pride Month starts today (June 1), and opportunities to celebrate in Fairfax County extend through the month.

This Saturday (June 3) features events in the Mosaic District, Reston and the City of Fairfax. Closer to the end of the month, folk-rock musician Brandi Carlile will headline the Out & About Festival at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts.

Around Town

Opening of Reston Town Center’s new dine-in theater delayed again

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 1, 2023 at 9:30AM

The theater is set to open next month (staff photo by Fatimah Waseem).

The opening timeframe for Reston Town Center’s new theater has been pushed again.

LOOK Dine-In Cinemas is now expected to open by the third quarter of 2023, which would be this fall, a company spokesperson told FFXnow. The opening estimate was first pushed in late 2022 and then delayed to sometime in the first half of this year.

Countywide

Morning Notes

By FFXnow.com

Published June 1, 2023 at 7:30AM

Fog hovers over Lake Audubon in Reston (photo by Terry Baranski)

Second Arrest Made in Idylwood Double Homicide — An 18-year-old from Falls Church was charged on Tuesday (May 30) with robbery resulting in death in connection with Monday’s fatal shooting and stabbing at the Tysons View Apartments. Police announced earlier that a 17-year-old had been charged in the incident, which left two people dead and two injured. [FCPD]

N. Va. Dems Criticize National Guard Deployment — “Local Democrats slammed Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s decision to deploy Virginia National Guard service men and women to Texas to ‘secure’ the southern U.S. border with Mexico.” Democrats, including Fairfax County senator Scott Surovell, blasted Youngkin for “using service men and women for political gain” as speculation swirls that he plans to run for president. [Inside NoVA]

Countywide

With evictions fueling homelessness, Fairfax County explores options to stop them

By Vernon Miles

Published May 31, 2023 at 3:30PM

Writs of eviction issued in Fairfax County (image courtesy Department of Housing and Community Development)

After a recent study showed an uptick in homelessness, Fairfax County staff say that data connects pretty cleanly to a matching rise in evictions over the last year.

The county saw a 10% increase — 119 people — in people experiencing homelessness for an estimated total of 1,310 people.

News

Final pieces of Arrowbrook Centre advanced by planning commission

By Fatimah Waseem

Published May 31, 2023 at 1:15PM

Aura is a residential building proposed on the final land bay in the development (Photo via Fairfax County government/handout).

The final pieces of the massive Arrowbrook Centre development near Herndon’s Innovation Center Metro station got the Fairfax County Planning Commission’s unanimous support last week.

The commission recommended on May 24 that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approve changes to the final, nearly 10-acre section of the mixed-use development, which is being built and managed by a Launders Charitable Trust.

Around Town

Chicken salad restaurant chain circles expansion into Fairfax County

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 31, 2023 at 11:45AM

The Southern fast-casual chain Chicken Salad Chick has signed a deal to open locations in Fairfax County (courtesy Chicken Salad Chick)

A fast-casual chicken salad company is planning a move into Fairfax County, but exactly when and where it will stake its claim remains to be seen.

Chicken Salad Chick, which bills itself as the only fast-casual chicken salad concept in the U.S., has signed a development agreement with a local family to open eight new franchises in Fairfax and Arlington counties over the next five years, the business announced yesterday.