Spring Cluster Clean-Up: April 14 & 15

Cluster clean-up has been scheduled for the weekend of April 14-15.  

Save the date & details to come. 

Landscape Committee Update

Winter was warm.  Spring was early.  Everything is growing sooner and faster than planned.

Our Blade Runners rep advised us March 12 that "The spring clean-ups are being scheduled now and I will make sure to get Hickory Cluster on a route ASAP!"

In addition, yesterday we scheduled a Spring Cluster Clean Up for Saturday and Sunday, April 14-15.

Please plan ahead, and stay tuned for more information ... 

-- Michael L. Poss

Hickory Cluster Board, Landscape Committee

UCP Church: Lights & Landscaping

HC board member Ralph Youngren met with UCP representatives on behalf of the board with concerns about the church lights and car headlights on facing HC Block III residents.  See his notes below.

"I met with Bob Bain and other representatives of the United Christian Parish of Reston on Tuesday Mar 13 at 2:00PM.

In our previous meetings I had a concern about parking lot lights and car headlights shining into Hickory Cluster at night. 

I found that the parking lot lights are focused away from HC, and there is a great deal of new plantings, evergreen varieties to shield the cars. The planting will begin in about two weeks. When everything is in place, the church will be open to suggestions from us to adjust any problem."

-Ralph Youngren
Hickory Cluster Board

Charles Goodman in the News & the 2012 Hollin Hills Home & Garden Tour

One of Hollin Hills’ iconic mid-century modern homes designed by architect Charles Goodman. (Karl Ericson)

Back on February 14th, Hickory Cluster (with a link to this site!) was mentioned in a Washington Post Real Estate Section article on Charles Goodman. Check it out here.

View a sampling of Goodman's Hollin Hills homes up close at the 2012 Hollin Hills House & Garden Tour scheduled for April 28th (12-6pm).

DRB Approves Fairway Redevelopment Plan

JBG Drawing of Possible Town Home Configuration for Fairway Redevelopment

At their meeting on February 21st, The RA's DRB okayed the JBG plan for a redesign, expansion and redevelopment of the Fairway Apartments complex.  Concerns remain about the impact on surrounding traffic flow.  See Reston Patch articles one and two.

Note: JBG used images of Goodman's HC carriage houses to show the continuity with their new Fairway townhouse designs.

Lake Anne: Freezin for a Reason Fundraiser

Back on February 4th, the annual Freezin for a Reason fundraising event was held at Lake Anne to benefit Camp Sunshine camperships for children with life-threatening diseases.

13 year old Hickory Cluster resident Cyrus Crevits braved the chill waters with open arms for a great cause.

Did any other Hickory Cluster residents partake and is there a photo? Please forward your photo to me with some basic info... I'd love to post them as well!

RA's Reston Today: January 2012

Highlights

• Reston's Master Plan
• Environmental Impact of Outdoor Cats
• Summer Camps 

DRB Approves Aqua, VA Cooling Tower Proposal

Drawing submitted by Aqua, VA of the proposed cooling tower installation as seen from  the tennis courts.

At last night's DRB meeting, the DRB voted to approve the addition of the cooling tower structure proposed by Aqua, VA to be added to the current RELAC facility. The cooling towers are intended to increase the efficiency of the operation and eliminate the need for the diesel generator at times of low lake water levels. The proposal includes sound proofing/noise reduction features designed to keep any additional plant noise levels down.

Aqua, VA will now have to decide whether to green light the project. If they do, they will start the permit process and then hope to start construction in the Spring with the goal of being operational before a diesel generator becomes necessary this coming season.

DOCUMENTS
Aqua Letter
Application
More Drawings

Tuesday 1/24/24: RELAC Cooling Towers to Be Proposed to DRB

AQUA, VA (RELAC's owner) has sent the Design Review Board (DRB) at RA a packet with a proposal to DRB for installing two water evaporators (cooling towers). Proposal to be presented at the DRB meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 24th.  Meeting starts at RA Headquarters @ 7PM (Aqua is Item #6 on the DRB agenda).

Hickory Cluster president, Fred Swartzendruber, spoke with the engineer at AQUA who prepared the proposal and he has agreed to send PDF copies of the documentation (including before and after renderings and acoustic data) due to the short notice timing, docs below.  

DOCUMENTS
Application
More Drawings

Hickory Cluster Resident in Art Show at the Reston Museum

Soft 'Raku' Bowl - crocheted & felted by Alice Abrash

Reston Museum Exhibit Opening & Show
The Museum's first 2012 exhibit featuring Reston artists will show the work of five fiber artists: Lois Salazar, Luann Sievers, Anna Hayoz, Cynthia Hull and Alice Abrash (HC's own!).

The show demonstrates the variety and creativity of the art form as well as the superb techniques of these artists. It includes weavings, wearables, pins and tapestries as well as silk paper collages, floating silk hangings and a brilliant silk window disk.

A reception for the artists and preview show for Museum members will be held in conjunction with the Reston Historic Trust's Annual Meeting on Thursday, January 12, 6 - 8 PM. 
The exhibit and sale runs through February 29.