Public Weighs In on Reston’s Guiding Principles, Reston Connection, February 3, 2010

Master Plan Special Study Task Force finds some disagreement, but broad consensus.

By Mike DiCicco
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Although last week’s meeting of the Reston Master Plan Special Study Task Force, which sought input from residents on the study’s guiding principles, was not without its moments of dispute, nearly all residents seemed to agree on several points.

County planners had proposed a list of seven principles that built on Reston founder Bob Simon’s original seven goals for the community, although planner Heidi Merkel told the crowd that filled about half the cafeteria at Langston Hughes Middle School Tuesday night, Jan. 26, "These are the broad-brush concepts. These are not trying to get down to the level of where we’re talking about what level of density is appropriate for a certain area."

Three other groups — the Reston 2020 Committee of the Reston Citizens Association, the Alliance of Reston Clusters and Homeowners and the team of urban planner Guy Rando and poet and naturalist Kathy Kaplan — had prepared their own sets of principles....

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