Reston Town Center | Reston Now - Part 3

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Morning Notes

By Fatimah Waseem

Published September 15, 2021 at 5:00AM

Pulpit divers at Lake Anne Plaza (Photo via vantagehill/Flickr)

Sweetgreen Temporarily Closed in Reston Town Center — Sweetgreen has temporarily closed its location at 1824 Library Street because of water damage. The company expects to reopen its doors soon, but no word yet on exactly when that might happen. [Sweetgreen]

Reston Multicultural Festival Returns Later This Month — After a pause last year due to the pandemic, the Reston Multicultural Festival is back this year on Sept. 25. Organized by Reston Community Center, the festival will include arts and crafts, entertainment, food, a global market and family activities. [RCC]

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The Glossary nails a second location in Reston

By Fatimah Waseem

Published September 14, 2021 at 2:00PM

The Glossary Nail Spa is opening a second location in Reston.

Owner Hollee Ho tells Reston Now that she plans to open a new salon in North Point Village Center in February 2022.

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Microsoft and Facebook keep Reston Town Center plans despite return-to-office delays

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 13, 2021 at 3:30PM

Facebook has leased office space on the 10th floor of 1818 Library Street in Reston Town Center (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Like many of their counterparts across the technology industry, Microsoft and Facebook workers won’t be returning to cubicles any time soon, but both companies say they remain committed to previously announced plans to add office space at Reston Town Center.

Microsoft announced in a corporate blog post on Thursday (Sept. 9) that it has scrapped plans to fully reopen its California headquarters and other U.S. offices on Oct. 4, citing the continued uncertainty of COVID-19, particularly with the spread of the Delta variant.

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Morning Notes

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 8, 2021 at 5:00AM

Butterfly on a zinnia (via vantagehill/Flickr)

Afghan Evacuees Tax Northern Virginia Hospitals — The recent influx of Afghanistan evacuees through Dulles International Airport has taken a toll on the region’s hospitals, leading to issues with keeping track of patients and rising costs. As of yesterday (Tuesday), Fairfax County has taken 219 Afghan patients to local hospitals and will ask the federal government to pay the estimated $300,000 in personnel and transportation costs that it has accrued so far. [The Washington Post]

Food Starts Reston Apartment Fire — The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department responded to the 1800 block of St. Francis Street in Reston Town Center around 1 p.m. yesterday after getting reports of smoke issuing from the 16th floor of an apartment building. One person was checked for injuries from the fire, which appeared to have been started by food cooking on a stove. [Patch]

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NEW: Leidos expands at Reston Town Center with software facility, training center

Published September 1, 2021 at 11:00AM

Leidos' headquarters in Reston Town Center (Via Google Maps)

Fresh off relocating to a new headquarters, technology business and defense contractor Leidos is adding to its footprint in Reston.

The addition at 11929 Market Street is for an “agile software development factory and cyber operations training center,” the company told Reston Now.

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McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood in Reston Town Center closes

Published August 9, 2021 at 11:00AM | Updated August 9, 2021 at 11:18AM

McCormick & Schmick's in Reston Town Center closes

(Updated at 11:15 a.m.) The seafood and steak chain McCormick & Schmick’s in Reston Town Center has closed.

Notices are posted on locked doors, its logo on the front facade has been removed, and the first floor of the building at 11920 Democracy Drive has been approved for interior demolition, according to a permit issued July 29.

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Reston Town Center Association will receive 2021 ArtsFairfax award

By Hannah Foley

Published July 30, 2021 at 2:00PM

Fedorykov brother's at Reston Concerts on the Town in 2018, a program that Reston Town Center Association helps put on (Photo via Reston Concerts on the Town/Facebook)

The Reston Town Center Association is among the five honorees selected by ArtsFairfax for its 2021 Arts Awards, an annual celebration of Fairfax County’s arts community.

ArtsFairfax, a nonprofit that has been designated as the county’s arts agency, announced the winners of this year’s awards on Tuesday (July 27).

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Morning Notes

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 29, 2021 at 5:00AM

A childcare group gathers at a playground (via vantagehill/Flickr)

Google Announces Vaccine Mandate — Google, which employs more than 420 people in Virginia, has extended its work-from-home policy through Oct. 18, but COVID-19 vaccinations will be required for workers who return to offices. A spokesperson told Reston Now that the pandemic has not affected the tech company’s real estate plans, which include an expansion at Reston Station. [CNBC/NBC4]

E-Scooters Spotted in Reston Town Center — At least 15 rentable, battery-powered Bird scooters have been set up in Reston Town Center as part of the company’s Fairfax County deployment. Restonian deems RTC “actually a decent place for these scooters” and looks forward to using them to “effortlessly scoot from the Apple Store to the former site of the Macaroni Grill to pay our #respects some day in the not-so-distant future.” [Restonian]

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Art resonates amid local and global strife in upcoming Tephra exhibit

Published July 26, 2021 at 3:30PM

3AM: Time Sensitive, a new exhibit at Tephra in Reston (Photo courtesy of Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art

A new exhibit at Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art in Reston is set to highlight how great art can still be created even in the midst of intense political and social upheaval.

The Reston Town Center-based local arts organization, which re-branded earlier this year from Greater Reston Arts Center, is debuting “3AM: Time Sensitive” next month, a collection of performance-based works from a Myanmar artist collective.

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Reston Town Center joins NextStop Theatre in plot to bring Shakespeare to park

Published July 8, 2021 at 9:30AM

Reston Town Square Park (via Google Maps)

As the world awakens from its plague-induced slumber, Reston Town Center and a Herndon theater company have been conjuring the forms of things unknown and working to turn them into shapes.

The town center and NextStop Theatre Co. are collaborating on a new Theater in the Park initiative that will launch next spring with a production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the amphitheater at Reston Town Square Park.

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JUST IN: Hundreds in Reston Town Center face natural gas outage after leak

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 25, 2021 at 6:20PM

Firefighters respond to a gas leak at Reston Town Center (photo by Brian Poppe)

Approximately 470 people in Reston have lost natural gas services after Columbia Gas of Virginia’s main line pipe in Reston Town Center was damaged, the company says in an alert.

The outage is affecting customers near the intersection of Market Street and Saint Francis Street near the Midtown at Reston Town Center condominiums. The area had been shut down and some buildings evacuated earlier today (Friday) in response to a gas leak.

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UPDATED: No injuries reported after gas leak at Reston Town Center

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 25, 2021 at 10:45AM | Updated June 25, 2021 at 2:28PM

Fairfax County firefighters respond to a gas leak at Reston Town Center (photo by Brian Poppe)

Updated at 2:25 p.m. — The gas leak at Reston Town Center has now stopped after the gas company “clamped the line,” the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reported at 1:20 p.m.

Updated at 12 p.m. — The gas leak situation at Reston Town Center is now stable, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department says, though it is estimated that it will take the gas company a couple of hours to secure the leak.

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Fairfax County revives live summer concerts in Herndon parks

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 21, 2021 at 9:30AM

Fairfax County Park Authority 2021 Summer Entertainment Series banner (via Fairfax County Park Authority/Facebook)

It is officially summer, and with Virginia anticipating an end to its COVID-19-induced state of emergency, the next couple of months will bring an abundance of live music for Reston and Herndon residents to enjoy.

The season’s offerings will include the in-person returns of “Hunter Mill Melodies” and “Music at Arrowbrook Park,” two free outdoor concert series organized by the Fairfax County Park Authority for its 2021 Summer Entertainment Series.

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Morning Notes

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 21, 2021 at 5:00AM

Hot Water Issues Return to Lake Anne Condos — “Ongoing lack of hot water is an issue again for nearly all condominium owners at the 27-unit, mixed-use Quayside building located at Lake Anne Village Center in Reston. Frustrated condo owners fear another four-month struggle, similar to Quayside’s first no-hot-water experience.” [Connection Newspapers]

Application for Development Near Herndon Border Rejected — The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted on June 15 to deny a rezoning application for a proposed housing development on a parcel along the W&OD Trail near the Fairfax County border and the historic Oak Grove Baptist Church. The rejection came after the applicant cut back on its proffers, including plans for an archaelogical survey and a commemorative sign. [Loudoun Now]

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BREAKING: Police believe Herndon homicides linked to suicide at Reston Town Center

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 19, 2021 at 12:30PM | Updated June 19, 2021 at 4:08PM

Updated at 3:55 p.m. — The victims of this morning’s triple murder in Herndon’s Parkridge Gardens apartment complex were all members of the same family, Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard confirmed.

DeBoard said in a press conference at 3:30 p.m. that the man who died by apparent suicide earlier today in Reston made statements prior to his death that led the Fairfax County Police Department to contact the Herndon Police Department and request that they perform a welfare check in the 500 block of Florida Avenue.

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