Friday Morning Rundown

Reston Town Center

TOP Soccer Coming to RestonTOP Soccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer), a training and team placement program for young athletes with mental or physical disabilities, is starting a Reston chapter. The Reston startup is the International Baccalaureate Middle Years project of two SLHS students. [InSports]

Divas Return — The Reston Divas — singers Beverly Cosham, Menda Ahart, and Felicia Kessel-Crawley — perform their third annual Diva Night performance at the Reston Museum on Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. RSVPs recommended. [Reston Museum]

Park Authority Goes Mobile — The Fairfax County Park Authority has a new Smartphone feature. Similar to an app, the search tool that lets you find parks, learn which facilities and programs each park has, where the closest one is to you, Google Maps directions and more. [WTOP]

Virginia Leads in LEED — Virginia is among the top 5 states when it comes to LEED Green Building Per Capita in commercial and institutional green projects that were certified in 2014. [Washington Business Journal]

Recent Stories

Herndon has finalized its vision for mixed-use development in the Transit-Related Growth Area (via Town of Herndon) In the future, Herndon hopes to see a vast swath of land near…

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors (staff photo by James Jarvis) The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has signed off on a 3-cent bump in its real estate tax rate,…

New vehicle lanes and a shared-use trail are officially open to travelers on Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) after almost five years of construction. The Virginia Department of Transportation announced last night…

Morning Notes

Buildings are under construction near the Wiehle-Reston Metro station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey) Man Gets Life in Prison for N. Va. Gang Killings — An MS-13 leader was sentenced…

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