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History:
Reston was conceived as a planned community by Robert E. Simon. Founded on April 17, 1964, Simon's 50th birthday,
and named for his initials, it was the first modern planned community, sparking a revival of the new town concept.
Simon's plan encorporated higher density housing to conserve open space, as well as mixed use areas for industry,
business, recreation, education and housing. The first section of the community, Lake Anne Plaza, emulated a European
village on a lake. This careful planning gives Reston large swathes of wooded areas and several streams (called runs
in Northern Virginia), but no meadows, because Reston was built in wooded areas of oak, maple, sycamore and Virginia pine.
Transportation:
Reston is a 15-minute drive from Dulles International Airport, and has four exits on the
Dulles Toll Road, which splits the community along a westnorthwest-to-eastsoutheast axis:
Fairfax County Parkway, cutting north-south through the west side of Reston, Reston Parkway
through the center of town, Wiehle Avenue arcing through the northeastern residential section
of Reston, and Hunter Mill Road on the eastern border with Vienna. Office space in Reston is
primarily located along two roads with confusingly similar names, running east-west on either
side of the Toll Road: Sunrise Valley Drive to the south and Sunset Hills Road to the north.
Once Metrorail is extended from West Falls Church to Dulles Airport, Reston will have two stops,
near the Wiehle Avenue/Toll Road interchange (phase one) and the Reston Parkway/Toll Road interchange (phase two).
Until then, Fairfax County provides several commuter express bus services from free park-and-ride lots to the
West Falls Church Metrorail station Monday–Friday, from which commuters can reach most commercial and government
buildings in the District of Columbia and Arlington. The Reston Internal Bus System (RIBS) is a set of routes
that circulates within the community, operated by Fairfax County's Fairfax Connector bus service
Geography:
According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 45.0 km² (17.4 mi²).
44.4 km² (17.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 1.21% water.
Reston contains four artificial lakes: Lake Anne, Lake Audubon, Lake Newport, and Lake Thoreau. Another
artificial lake, Lake Fairfax, is only partially on Reston property, but is technically Fairfax County park land.
Demographics:
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 56,407 people, 23,320 households, and 14,481 families residing in the community.
The population density is 1,269.9/km² (3,288.6/mi²). There are 24,210 housing units at an average density of 545.0/km² (1,411.5/mi²).
The median income for a household in the community is $80,018, and the median income for a family is $94,061.
The per capita income for the community is $42,747. 4.5% of the population and 3.2% of families are below the poverty line.
Proposed town status:
As noted above, Reston is unincorporated; it receives "municipal" services either from the county or
from the Reston Association. However, it is sometimes proposed to incorporate Reston as an incorporated
town. A referendum to incorporate Reston failed in 1980 by a 2-1 margin; however, the proposal is being
resurrected in 2005.
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