A Better Plan. The Same Question.

The plan keeps changing. The question at every presentation does not. Here are the options, what each one costs, and an answer Reston can…

Alcorn on Reston National: “I Don’t Buy That”

In Part 1 of the Reston Observer's four-part series, Supervisor Walter Alcorn walks through the county process step by step. Along the way, he…

Governed Growth. What I Filed With Fairfax County.

A fourteen-question submission on the Reston National applications โ€” now part of the county record. This isn't about saving a golf course. It's about…

Save the Date – RA Board Takes Up the Reston National Redevelopment June 25th

S๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ โ€” ๐—ฅ๐—” ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ตThe Reston Association Board of Directors will take up the proposed…

306 Condos Was the Headline. The Commercial FunZone Is the Story.

Reston National Golf Course: What the Filed Engineering Drawings Reveal About 306ย  Condos, Night Lights, Driving Range, 612 Residential Cars, No Traffic Study, a…

Hudnall on Reston National: Itโ€™s the Process, Not the Golf Course

Part 2 of the Reston Observer's podcast series. What we covered, a short refresher on the two tracks every plan must clear, and the…

Reston East Is Not an Empty Office Park

Fairfax County counts 35 parcels in the Reston East study area. There are 70 separate deeds. Forty-one of them can never be assembled โ€”…

One Reston Golf Course. Five Precedents. The Future of Every Planning and Zoning Amendment in Fairfax County

Buying a property with plans to develop it is not a free pass from the process โ€” not for a homeowner, and not for…

Who Pays and Who Profits: The Financial Impact to “Re-Imagine” Reston National Golf Course

What 812 Fairfax County Tax Records Reveal About Developer Profit,Homeowner Equity Loss, 93 Underwater Families, and the Trade Fairfax County Should Consider on the…

Reston National Golf Course: Three Applications the Press Missed and What They Actually Mean

306 Units, Not 288. Three Zoning Cases, Not One. A November 4th Hearing Scheduled. Here's What's in the Filed DocumentsEditor's Note: This post has…