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Teen volunteers after a cleanup at the Southgate Community Center. The Five-Year Strategic Plan for Reston examines ways for the Reston Association to keep facilities maintained and better keep track of what needs cleaning and repair.

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Strategic Plan Looks to Further Simon’s Ideals

Reston Association plans for new properties, service needs to 2016.

When Robert Simon used the proceeds from the sale of Carnegie Hall to buy almost 7,000 acres of Virginia farmland in March 1961, he founded a community with a plan. A place where residents could live, work and play in a variety of housing types with a variety of recreational opportunities. For the community’s first 50 years, those principals guided the community’s development and governance.

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