The September sessions of the Reston Land Use College have been scheduled. September 15, 22, 29. One evening each week.
This information was posted on Fairfax County’s Reston Special Study page which also has a link to a Reston glossary and a list of useful acronyms pertinent to the rezoning and redevelopment of Reston.
I haven’t heard from County Planner Heidi Merkel about the time or location.
Why should we care about the revision of the Master Plan for Reston? Perhaps it’s because the county wants to change the essential character of our town. County Supervisor Hudgins wants to transform Reston into a city. That’s why the Board of Supervisors increased our residential density cap a couple of years back. From what I can tell the plans have been in the works since the late 1990s. There’s a small Achilles’ heel in the plans though. And that would be Cathy Hudgins herself. She’s an elected official. She was elected. She has a constituency. I wonder how many of her supporters want Reston turned into a big city? How many neighborhoods are on the chopping block? Leila Gordon of the Reston Community Center when making the case for the new indoor rec center at Brown’s Chapel said revenues from Small Tax District 5 would triple in the next few years. That’s a tripling of residences and businesses in Reston. I hope somebody from your neighborhood or your cluster will represent you at the Land Use College.
