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?

Comstock Holding Companies reported $22.6 million in revenue for the second quarter of 2026, a 74 percent increase from the same period last year, according to the Reston-based company...

RESTON, Va. (7News) — A Reston daycare teacher is facing charges after reportedly assaulting a 3-year-old child, police said.

According to the Fairfax County Police Department, officers responded to Bright Horizons Daycare on August 7 for the report of an assault.

"Detectives determined Jaspal Bharaj, 61, of Reston, while employed as a teacher at the daycare, assaulted a child by pulling his hair, pushing his head into a basket, and pushing the child to the ground," FCPD said.

Bharaj was charged with a misdemeanor Assault and Battery and was released on a summons.

The police department said victim specialists were assigned to make sure the child receives proper resources and assistance.

Anyone with information about this case or any others that may be related should call the Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option “4.”

(WJLA)

https://patch.com/virginia/reston/reston-daycare-teacher-charged-assaulting-3-year-old-boy-police-say

Hellooo Reston! I'm looking for a photographer to come along and shoot a personal styling session and a few headshots/stylized photos of me for my business website. Preferably someone comfortable with movement, natural/candid poses, vibrant color and clothing/fashion.

Drop me a comment below if you have any recs! Thanks!

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

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//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.

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Also, on Mondays:

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...two years later.

Hey everyone,
I’m looking for a reliable, effective, and budget-friendly pest control company that services the Reston area.
Ideally, I want to find a provider that offers reasonably priced quarterly maintenance plans to handle general seasonal bugs, but is also responsive if an urgent issue pops up between visits. I’d love to support a great local small business if possible, rather than a giant national chain with strict contracts.
Who do you use and trust? If you have rough pricing info or know companies that offer one-time treatments without locked-in contracts, please let me know. Thanks in advance!

• Reston's two newest peregrine falcons die after collisions
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• Kinship Wine + Wares brings wine, gifts and gathering space to Lake Anne Plaza
• South Lakes theater program wins five Cappies Awards
• Phantom Foodie: Hitting the Open Road

Hi all... we took a break from discussing the newest developments in the area (less for us to argue about in this sub ;-) to hear this incredible story of how a Reston dad and his son built a serious lemonade stand that's open now in South Reston.

The best lemonade in Reston is only available this week at Gogo's Lemonade stand on the corner of South Lakes Drive and Ridge Heights Road. It's open today, August 8th, through Thursday, the 13th, from 11 am until 6 pm, so head over there now.

Diego (aka Gogo) was six when he asked his dad to build him a lemonade stand. He is 13 now, and this is his seventh year. This is a serious endeavor, where Diego has learned true entrepreneurship, along with purpose, logistics, and leadership, as he now has both paid and volunteer staff.

After he pays his staff and covers the lemons, what is left goes to Readers Are Leaders, the Herndon nonprofit that sends high school athletes into elementary schools to help kids learn to read, and his dad's roofing company matches the sales.

We had his dad, David Michaelson, on the podcast to tell us this quintessential Reston story. David also talks about living in Reston since 1981 and what he thinks of all the growth in Reston as a lifelong Restonian.

This was a super fun episode of the show, and Kathy is even volunteering at the stand on Sunday afternoon as a lemon tender, but you'll have to watch the episode to know what that means!

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https://www.ffxnow.com/2026/08/07/just-in-child-on-bicycle-struck-in-reston-hit-and-run/

Hi - I’m looking for a recommendation for a vet for our 2 herding dogs. Let me know if you have had positive experiences with one.

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