Today, the Reston 2020 blog passed the 1,000 mark in terms of unique visitors. That's 1,000 different people--"first-time visitors" based on an internet "cookie"--who have visited the blog in the four weeks since we began counting these things. (The blog actually launched in late December.)
The rapid growth in blog readership is a testament to the importance the people of Reston attach to the ongoing Reston Master Plan Special Study. Its recommendations will affect the lives of the more than 60,000 people who live here now and the more than 100,000 who are likely to live here decades from now under a new plan to guide Reston's development.
For those who are not familiar with this blog, it attempts to post all information publicly available--and occasionally not publicly available--about the Reston planning effort, a one-stop shopping site for information on Reston development. This includes related issues such as the Tysons Corner planning effort and possible County changes in bus or bicycle policy. And it is open to all points of view as attested to its posting of some critical letters written by Robert E. Simon, our founder, for the local newspapers.
We will endeavor to keep this blog as complete and diverse a discussion of Reston development as possible. If you have information that you think bears on Reston's future development, please send it to me at terrmayn@msn.com. With your permission, we will post it for all Restonians to see.
...and thank you all for caring about Reston.
Terry Maynard
Reston 2020
Blog Administrator
In my campaigning for the RA I encountered one individual who had I think a exciting idea about linking all the lakes in Reston with canals!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what it would cost. There are certainly benefits. More expensive waterfront homes.
I would certainly encourage looking at this idea. Imagine being able to go from one end of Reston to another in a canoe!
I also wanted to suggest my idea for the Whilie. Instead of making several buildings surrounding a a odd courtyard, just make one big box of a big building with a plaza on top. That way the hotel could have the drive up to that was stressed as being important.
The thing I am worried about in all of this proposed is if the world rapidly running out of money to pay for any of this proposed development.