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His request to consider a policy reversal comes as the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (FCPWES) is seeking public and industry ideas for ways to modernize trash collection and recycling in the county.

After eliminating glass from single-stream recycling, county leaders partnered with other Northern Virginia localities to create the Purple Can Club, deploying bins for collecting glass products at approximately two dozen locations across Fairfax and 50 throughout Northern Virginia...

North says the Purple Can Club effort would continue at least until all regional materials recovery facilities accept glass to be recycled into new glass products...

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Hey, I was born here and used to live here just over 10 years ago. I moved to Europe and haven’t been back since. I’m curious about if much has changed. For some context I was a kid last time I was here, but fully conscious enough to remember what a bit of my childhood was like. So I guess I’m asking how it is as an adult/young adult!

I’m considering moving back to the US in the next few years as I’m an adult now. I really doubt I’d wind up back in Reston but I’m really curious on how it is. (I know it is pretty expensive 😬) My dad said he’d never go back to live… lol Regardless I’ll definitely make a visit. 😊

Before I moved I remember they were starting to do construction over the parking lot of the town centre for buildings/offices? Not too sure.

I remember Bow tie cinemas, Vapianos, Ann Taylor, Panera Bread in the Hyatt building, an Italian place that did gelato (Banging), Pot belly, Ted Bulletins, Sephora, Apple store all in the town centre.

I loved going to Target and hitting Chic-Fil-a on the way home. Carrabbas, which I’m pretty sure is closed now was such a treat! Frying pan park was lovely too. I’m probably hanging on nostalgia at this point but it is where I grew up for a good few of my developmental years.

I’m 100% going to visit in the next year or two. I’m wondering what the bars are like Haha. What’s entertaining to do while I’m there? Is there really anything fun to do for a visit? Or should I just hit DC lol? How are the people? Nice? Welcoming? I would love to hear from someone who’s lived in Reston for over the past decade or so!!

Thank you!! 😁

An affiliate of the Maryland-based developer Berman Enterprises has proposed replacing the three-building Makers Point campus at 11130, 11180 and 11190 Sunrise Valley Drive with more than 200 homes, including townhouses and, potentially, a multifamily residential building...

Under the submitted plan, the building at 11130 Sunrise Valley would be replaced with 63 four-story, rear-loaded townhomes, while the other two parcels could be turned into either townhomes or multifamily residences:

I’m an Operations and Implementation Analyst working remotely so my interactions with working professionals in the dmv area is limited. I’m a woman in my mid-twenties and recently moved to Reston from the West Coast. I’ve been trying to break into government contracting or other industries that have a strong presence in Northern Virginia for example AI/defense tech firms. My background is primarily in retail, apparel, and food manufacturing/CPG, so while I have transferable operations and implementation experience, I don’t yet have much of a professional network in the area. I’ve found that even for roles where I closely match the qualifications, I’m either not getting interviews or, when I do, employers ultimately choose candidates with direct industry experience.

I was mainly trying to target bigger companies like SAIC or Deloitte but that hasnt gotten me far. Not entirely sure if it’s the lack of connections or a combination of that with coming from a different industry.

I’m trying to figure out the best way to bridge that industry-experience gap and build the right network in Northern Virginia. For someone with my background, where would you recommend I start and where do i go to make these connections?

Hi! I am trying to find local places to play some Standard MTG. I’m getting into the game and want to play in person. I know several shops have Commander nights and Tournaments, but wondering if there’s anything casual around? Thank you!

The shop’s last weekend in business will be August 29 and 30. The Meanwhile team is encouraging customers to use their loyalty points and gift cards before the final day.

March 2025:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Reston/comments/1j8x2i6/meanwhile_coffee_opens_its_doors_in_herndon/

Anyone else get the message to stay inside due to police activity on Stoneview sq in Shadow Wood. Helicopter going around.

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Hey everyone! Moving to the area soon and I am trying to decide between some of the bigger complexes in RTC/Reston Station and the private rentals near Lake Anne. Looking back on this sub, it seems like condos near the Lake have had issues with AC? Does anyone know what the current situation is on that? Is it common for these buildings to control when the AC/heat are on?

Somebody finally filed a plan for those parking lots behind Wegmans.

If you've wondered why nothing happened there since 2023, we break it all down on this week's show. The original developer sold. A Massachusetts company called WS Development paid $42.7 million last July for the undeveloped parcels and the two existing office buildings, and this month they put in a revised application for everything that's left. This is one reason for a long delay.

Just to be clear: the project doesn't get bigger. It was approved at 4.1 million square feet years ago and it still is. What they want to do is move the pieces around.

The short version is that housing gets pulled toward the Metro and a lot of the office space slides south. Two office towers go on Block D, around 775,000 square feet, with 75,000 of that as ground-floor retail, and there's a walkway cutting between them toward the back of the site. Block E swallows the parking- 1,504 spaces- all of it underground, which is the single best decision in the whole filing. Block G brings 450 apartments and a hotel of up to 200 rooms. Block H is the monster: 391 more units, 800,000 square feet of office, and 108,400 square feet of retail. The filing describes it as the new front door to the place.

There's about five acres of open space in there, too, centered on something they're calling Heafield Green, with a lawn, a performance stage, play areas, and a food-and-beverage pavilion. Anybody who's been to the concerts at Halley Rise can probably guess where those end up. A walking route called the Mews runs from the green to the Reston Town Center Metro station, and the roads eventually connect to Reston Crossing next door.

One casualty. There's a small garden in front of the two older office buildings, the one you walk past coming in from that side of the lot. The hotel goes roughly where it sits, and Kathy took the news poorly.

None of this is approved yet. County staff hadn't even accepted the application for review as of this week, and the developer held a community meeting on July 31, so there's still runway.

You can read all the details here. We walked through all of it with the renderings on this week's episode, and we covered Reston Crossing back in March if you want the neighboring piece.

What do you think about this revised plan?

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Working on my dog’s reactivity training and trying to find a place with a high concentration of little critters. With her trainer, we usually go to North Point, but believe it or not, we get lucky if we see one or two squirrels/session. I’m wondering if anyone has any reccs for areas teeming with vermin😂! She especially loves (charges after) bunnies 🐰 so that would be even better. We frequent the golf course as well and never really see many there either

//The relocation of the Interior Department’s Business Integration Office (BIO) from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) campus will affect only 17 employees, but Reps. Suhas Subramanyam and James Walkinshaw, who represent Virginia’s 10th and 11th Congressional Districts, argue that it will seriously undercut the agency’s effectiveness.

They also fear the move is setting the stage for the USGS to vacate its longtime headquarters at the John W. Powell Building in Reston (12201 Sunrise Valley Drive), which is being considered for potential disposal by the federal government.

Related

https://www.reddit.com/r/Reston/comments/1uk0hrg/federal_review_board_weighs_future_of_usgs_hq_in/

...two years later.

Link to the full series.

https://realestateofnva.com/tag/reston-national-golf-course/