This morning, John Lovaas, host of "Reston Impact," a long-running local television show carried by Comcast on Channel 28, videotaped a discussion with five members of RCA's Reston 2020 Committee. The Reston 2020 Committee members were co-chairs Dick Stilson and John Bowman as well as Kathy Kaplan, Guy Rando, and Terry Maynard. The discussion focused on the origins and direction of the Reston Master Plan Special Study Task Force, the goals and role of RCA's Reston 2020 Committee, the opportunities for public contributions, and--most importantly--the emerging future of Reston.
The hour-long show may be seen by COMCAST subscribers on Channel 28 as follows:
--Tuesday, February 9, at 10PM
--Wednesday, February 10, at 8:30PM
--Sunday, February 14, at 8PM.
Tune in for important information on the future of Reston and your chance to help influence its direction.
I am not enjoying the "future shock" I am suffering watching my beloved town being turned into a cold, impersonal, overpopulated CITY. Bob Simon extols massive density as "community." Well, community was a guy named Frank in the True Value Hardware Store at old Hunters Woods who always said, "Good morning, darling," as I walked in. Community was listening to Chuck Stapleton tell stories from the Pacific in WWII every time I went to make xerox copies at Fox Mill. Community is when you make the people behind you in the line at the Reston Post Office wait a few minutes so the clerk can share some part of his real life while you buy a book of stamps. What community will there be here when twice as many of us are crammed in the same space?
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