Friday, May 17, 2013
Reston 2020 report looks at process, alternate locations, demand for potential new indoor pool at Baron Cameron Park.
Advocacy Group Reston 2020 is proposing that a panel of representatives from Reston Association, Reston Community Center and Reston Citizens Association band together to make the best decision for the community regarding a new RCC at Baron Cameron Park. Reston 2020, had this suggestion in the final draft of a white paper on the new facility. Other main topics of the paper - does Reston need a new indoor pool? How should it be financed? What should the center include? READ THE ENTIRE DRAFT HERE RCC is looking into the feasibility of building a new facility, which will likely feature a 50-meter indoor pool, on about five acres at the 68-acre Baron Cameron Park. The proposal has met with mixed reaction at several community meetings. Swimmers …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Fairfax County Park Authority begins Master Plan process for 68-acre park, which may or may not have an indoor rec center in its future.
Reston is changing. How, if at all, should Baron Cameron Park change along with it? That was the question posed to the community Tuesday night at a Fairfax County Park Authority meeting on the master planning of the park. Baron Cameron Park has been a subject of discussion recently as Reston Community Center is looking into the feasibility and the need for an indoor recreation center (featuring a new year-round pool) to possibly be built at the park. Emotions ran high on Monday as RCCfrom consultants - and residents who are mostly opposed to the facility for a variety of reasons. Consulting firm Brailsford & Dunlavey said it will have its complete report, including operating costs and revenue outlook, on June 3. FCPA Chair Bill Bouie said …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
RA says it will wait for more information before forming a position on plans for new indoor pool at Baron Cameron Park.
Reston Association's Board of Directors says it is not yet taking a position on the Reston Community Center's proposal for a new recreational facility at Baron Cameron Park. "Before finalizing a position on the recreation facility, the RA board and staff will continue to attend meetings and gather more information about the proposal," RA president Ken Knueven said in a statement. "We welcome and strongly encourage our members to share their perspectives through the communication channels provided by RCC on the Park Authority’s Master Planning Process of Baron Cameron Park." RA and RCC worked together on a proposal to build a recreation center at RA's Brown's Chapel Park in 2009. Public opinion was mostly against the 171,000-square-foot …
Reston Community Center consultants narrow down possibilities for new indoor pool at Baron Cameron Park, but don't offer financial information yet.
A preliminary report from consultants Brailsford & Dunlavey shows that there is more demand for aquatics programs than Reston Community Center can meet with its current indoor pool. RCC is looking into the feasibility of building a new indoor pool at Baron Cameron Park. Consultants from Brailsford & Dunlavey are updating a 2009 report they did for RCC and Reston Association about a similar facility at Brown's Chapel Park - which died before it went to a public referendum. The final report will be completed in early June, said B & D's Craig Levin. At a meeting at RCC Hunters Woods on Monday, he showed some preliminary stats. Among them: * 3,600 have been enrolled in swim classed in the last year and 7,120 have registered for drop-in water …
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Neighbors not pleased about idea of a new Reston Community Center indoor pool at Baron Cameron Park.
While triathletes and year-round swim clubs envision a sparkling new indoor aquatics facility at Baron Cameron Park, some residents of nearby neighborhoods see something different: increased traffic, loss of green space and construction chaos. "As a resident of Longwood Grove I am most acutely concerned about the traffic impact," says Jennifer Dell'Orto. Longwood Grove is located off of Wiehle, across from Baron Cameron Park. "As a parent with three children who will attend Buzz Aldrin [Elementary] during the construction phase of the project, I am very concerned about having a large and lengthy construction project taking place adjacent to the elementary school. Currently, the school and the park share a fence line. I worry about the …
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Reston Community Center looking at nearby facilities, financing and demand to make a decision on whether to build a new indoor swim facility.
Figuring out where Reston Community Center stands in comparison to the competition will be a key factor in determining whether to build a new indoor pool and recreation facility at Baron Cameron Park. RCC officials announced last month they are looking into build a new facility on the grounds of the park, currently owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority. The top request from residents at the first public feedback session was a 50-meter indoor pool as RCC's current 25-meter indoor pool has way more demand than supply among area swimmers. RCC is working with consulting firm Brailsford & Dunleavey, the same firm it used in 2008 and '09, when it examined the feasibility of building an indoor recreation facility (along with Reston …
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Reston Community Center, Fairfax County Park Authority taking public feedback for potential facility at Baron Cameron Park.
Reston Community Center is exploring the idea of building a new indoor recreation and community center at Baron Cameron Park. In spring of 2012, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors transferred 68 acres at that location to the Fairfax County Park Authority, Bill Bouie, RCC Board of Governors member and chairman of RCC's program committee. The Park Authority will work in partnership with RCC to move the project forward, said Bouie, who is also chairman of the Fairfax County Park Authority Board. "RCC would operate it, and for the parks department, it would be another amenity," Bouie said at a public meeting on the issue at RCC Hunters Woods on Monday. The financing for the facility would come from Small Tax District 5, which includes …
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Terry Maynard
10:49 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The RCA Board of Directors approved the draft white paper last evening at its regular monthly meeting--with the addition of one footnote. The paper focuses on the many important unanswered questions--including some mentioned in previous comments here--that need to be answered before we decide whether, where, what, when, and how to proceed. It also provides some analysis of the market and … more ›