Donation will help produce film to run in 2014 - Reston's 50th birthday and Reston founder Robert E. Simon's 100th birthday.
Reston Association will give up to $20,000 to a local film production company that is making a film about Reston's first 50 years. The RA Board of Directors voted last week at its regular monthly meeting to give the donation to Storycatcher Productions. The decision had been tabled from the board's Dec. 13 meeting. RA president Ken Knueven said at the December meeting that the film will be a permanent legacy in telling the story of Reston, so the Reston Association should support it. The movie, tentatively titled The Reston Story: A Film About Reston, Virginia - The First 50 Years, will tell the story from Reston's beginnings as farmland purchased by founder Robert E. Simon for $1,500 an acre. The movie is part of the 2014 celebration of …
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chicoman22
5:08 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013
Laura, You are absolutely correct on all points.What justification does the RA have to spend the members dues(significant raise this year) on projects like this.You forgot the recent survey done by the RA for 26k.Are there going to be any results published??The RA has all email addresses and can easily get the results of this survey out and maybe some anticipated actions to make to address any … more ›