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Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
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Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
The Fairfax County Planning Commission voted 11-0 on July 22 to advance the 47.9-acre Reston Town Center North rezoning to the Board of Supervisors, which will hold its final vote Sept. 15; if approved, land swaps between the county and Inova Health System will allow Phase 1 site preparation to begin in late 2026, though full buildout won't finish until around 2050.
Local Government
The Fairfax County Planning Commission voted 11-0 on July 22 to advance the 47.9-acre Reston Town Center North rezoning to the Board of Supervisors, which will hold its final vote Sept. 15; if approved, land swaps between the county and Inova Health System will allow Phase 1 site preparation to begin in late 2026, though full buildout won't finish until around 2050.
The Fairfax County Planning Commission voted 11-0 on July 22 to advance the 47.9-acre Reston Town Center North rezoning to the Board of Supervisors, which will hold its final vote Sept. 15; if approved, land swaps between the county and Inova Health System will allow Phase 1 site preparation to begin in late 2026, though full buildout won't finish until around 2050.
Local Government
Fairfax County Police announced Thursday, July 9, that its Real Time Crime Center now uses AI to transcribe 911 calls in real time and can trigger drone deployments before dispatchers finish processing a call, with Fire and Rescue personnel permanently embedded at the center.
Local Government
Reston abstract artist Andrew Black opens a 50-plus-piece solo show, "The Art of Play," at the Jo Ann Rose Gallery in RCC Lake Anne on Monday, July 20, with a public artist's reception on Saturday, July 26.
Local Government
The Fairfax County School Board will vote Thursday, July 16, on a permanent boundary for Skyview High School in Herndon, a decision that could reassign some South Lakes High School students to the new $150 million campus starting in the 2027-28 school year.
Local Government
Fairfax County's 2025 Demographics Report names the Hunter Mill District, which includes Reston, among the county's three busiest areas for new housing development, as median home values reach $752,378 and average rents hit $2,092 a month.
Local Government
Fairfax County's solid waste reserve fund will be depleted by June 2027, and Hunter Mill Supervisor Walter Alcorn warns Reston property owners face higher tipping fees or new charges starting in fiscal year 2028 with no easy fix in sight.
Local Government
A new NVTC rider survey finds 60% of Route 7 bus users prefer curbside stops over median stations for the planned Tysons-to-Alexandria BRT line, but regional officials at the July 2 meeting argued center-running options should remain on the table for faster service.
Local Government
The Fairfax County School Board approved a $175,000 one-year digital textbook contract for fourth-grade social studies on the same night it passed a screen-time resolution, meaning Reston elementary students will keep learning Virginia history on screens through the 2026-27 school year due to budget cuts.
Local Government
Reston-based defense tech firm Blue Sky Innovators will invest $7 million to build a 20,000-square-foot secure innovation lab at its Sunset Hills Road headquarters, creating 175 jobs along the Dulles Toll Road corridor as Northern Virginia absorbs federal workforce cuts.
Local Government
The first segment of a $3.48 million pedestrian walkway on Sunrise Valley Drive near Soapstone Drive is on track to open by Friday, July 11, filling dangerous sidewalk gaps on one of Reston's busiest arterial roads after more than two years of construction delays.
Local Government
The Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously backed 143 townhomes at Isaac Newton Square on June 24, sending the second phase of Reston's 36-acre redevelopment to the Board of Supervisors for a public hearing on Aug. 25.
Local Government
A February 2026 George Mason University study, described by its authors as the first peer-reviewed assessment of data center health impacts, finds noise, water use, and land-use concerns along Northern Virginia's Data Center Alley corridor that runs through Reston's backyard.
Local Government
Reston-based ICF added $100 million to its plan to buy back its own stock, giving it $165 million to spend on repurchases. CEO John Wasson called the move a sign of confidence even as the company's federal government revenue dropped sharply in early 2026.
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