Friday Morning Rundown

Winter plants at Reston Town Center

Huge Cash Infusion for Sweetgreen — Sweetgreen, the fast-casual salad restaurant local chain with an outpost at Reston Town Center, just got an $18.5 million investment from some big names to expand to the West Coast. [Eater DC]

Teslas For Sale Nearby — In the market for an uber-expensive Tesla car? The automaker has received zoning approval to open up a showroom at 8500 Tyco Road in Tysons Corner. [Fairfax County Board of Supervisors]

Ted’s Has a Thanksgiving Treat — Where can you get all the Thanksgiving foods (turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberries and more) in one pastry? At Ted’s Bulletin (in D.C. and Reston), where they have a special Thanksgiving Pop-Tart. [Washington City Paper]

Talk About Heroin — Fairfax County is holding an Ask Fairfax! online chat about the county’s growing heroin problem in Monday, Nov. 24 at 3 p.m.  Join in the discussion with Captain Paul Cleveland from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Office of Organized Crime & Narcotics and Peggy Cook, director of Residential Treatment Services for the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board. [Fairfax County]

Recent Stories

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors faces tough decisions ahead of next week’s budget markup session, following demands from local unions to increase county employees’ wages.Last week, dozens of county…

Reston’s popular community yard sale is temporarily moving down the road. More than 3,000 people are expected to attend the biannual event when it returns this Saturday (April 27), according to Reston Association, the organizer.

Morning Notes

Virginia bluebells bloom in Reston (photo by Marjorie Copson) Clifton Family Mourns Sons Killed in Fire — “When Fairfax County firefighters found two boys inside a fiery Virginia house earlier…

Marc Smith will serve as the new Herndon economic development director starting in May (courtesy Town of Herndon) The Town of Herndon is getting a new director of economic development….

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