tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post3853987010197391757..comments2024-02-29T14:00:40.184-05:00Comments on Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Brown's Chapel Rec Center: An "Experienced Journalist" Weighs In, Plus Another "Web Log" Post From the RARestonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15519884797760354007noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-41498622237704517852009-06-08T13:56:30.218-04:002009-06-08T13:56:30.218-04:00A deserves no defense but Madam President's me...A deserves no defense but Madam President's message contains at one grain of truth. A healthy community does need to continue to invest in its facilities, if only to replace/maintain what it has. You don't want Reston to become like some Philadelphia or New York suburbs that refused to invest and woke up one day to find their amenities were not so wonderful any more. The problem is that RA will never have the money to invest properly -- largely because its fees are artificially capped. RCC can raise money more easily, but it's a sad relic from the days when Fairfax County tried to pretend that Reston didn't exist. Why should Reston have to pay for its own recreation facilities? Isn't that why we pay Fairfax County taxes? Wouldn't a recreation center (like Oak Marr) at Lake Fairfax Park solve this problem?Reston Irregularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162281058872586298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-85850065851990344672009-06-04T23:43:12.248-04:002009-06-04T23:43:12.248-04:00Is Robin so naive as to believe that we won't ...Is Robin so naive as to believe that we won't see her latest offering as a pure bs/pr effort to sell the rec center, she obviously advocates? Nope, she hasn't made any decisions. Riiiiiight.<br /><br />She must think we are all labotomized seedpods.<br /><br />The only ones supporting your Walmart sized sweatshop, Robin, are the Master Swimmers. All 111 of them in a population of 65,000.<br /><br />That's $900,000 per master swimmer. How about we write them each a check for a lifetime membership at the Reston YMCA and spend the rest to rehab the old swimming pools and properly equip the Browns Chapel and Hook Road baseball fields with plenty left over to enclose the Lake Newport tennis courts.<br /><br />Notice that the $90,00 report projects that the demographic for baseball players stays same and the one demographic falling are the age groups most active in tennis: 25-44. So eliminating facilities for a stable population to make room to build $100 million facilities for a fading population makes lots of sense. Not!<br /><br />Robin, your own survey says 68% of Restonians are fine with the recreation facilities we have. But lets us ignore the overwhelming majority of Restonians and waste $100 to put the underutilized YMCA and the commercial health clubs out of business.<br /><br />Great job fulfilling your fiduciary duty to preserve the value of RA's assets. Not, again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-67244111273076094082009-06-04T15:37:49.046-04:002009-06-04T15:37:49.046-04:00There are 20 landowners along the toll road in Res...There are 20 landowners along the toll road in Reston that want to redevelop their current land and buildings into mixed use housing office and retail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-67931810463590147482009-06-04T15:22:53.461-04:002009-06-04T15:22:53.461-04:00"We have to be ready to accept and plan for o..."We have to be ready to accept and plan for our impending growth. Metro will bring people and despite the bleak economy now, there will eventually be an improvement. This will not only bring jobs to our beautiful community, but we will welcome more neighbors who will live and work here." Robin Smyers<br /><br />The developer JBG wants to replace 346 townhouse apartments with 940 units at Fairway Apts in a mid-rise and high-rise (10 stories) development that looks a lot like Market Commons in Arlington. That is an addition of about 1,500 new neighbors to drive along North Shore Drive at morning rush hour. <br /><br />Just how many more neighbors are we talking about Robin? <br /><br />If you would like to have something to say about that question please sign up for the Reston Land Use College (it's not a college, only a couple of classes about planning and zoning)that starts June 16 at 7 pm, Lake Anne Elementary School. Email Loren.Bruce@Fairfaxcounty.gov and tell him to add you to his list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com