Tysons Community Alliance has selected Katie Cristol to lead the organization as its first permanent Chief Executive Officer. Cristol will start with TCA on July 5, 2023, taking the reins from Acting CEO Richard Bradley who has been in the post since November 2021 leading efforts in the establishment and launch of the new community […]

Any doubts that the Silver Line has begotten many changes? Just take a ride on those trains now running through Tysons, Reston, Herndon, Dulles Airport and eastern Loudoun County. Gone are the dreadful service roads that used to line Route 7 and the mid-century low rise office parks, with acre after acre of paved parking […]

New nonstop route launches on airport’s 60th anniversary The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority celebrated the launch of United Airlines’ new nonstop service between Washington, D.C., and Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa (CPT), from its hub at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on Thursday. The new flights will operate three times per […]

Metro’s Silver Line Extension to Washington Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County  On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., Metro celebrated the opening of the Silver Line Extension with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Washington Dulles International Airport Station with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, federal, state, and local officials, Metro General Manager and […]

Airport Authority, WMATA focusing on final testing and safety as Phase 2 moves closer to opening As the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Silver Line team works with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), the future operator of Silver Line Phase 2, to prepare for passenger service between the Wiehle-Reston Metrorail Station and eastern Loudoun County, […]

Courtesy of Clark Construction As the opening of Phase 2 of the Silver Line approaches, commuters, business owners, developers and politicians continue to press for a timeline regarding passenger service. As Fairfax County supervisors Walter Alcorn (Hunter Mill) and John Foust (Dranesville) have recently learned, just about everybody who lives or works along the Dulles […]

What used to be tallest building in Tysons, the former Sheraton Hotel, was once a mecca for business luncheons, corporate meetings and political celebrations.  In spite of its convenient location along Leesburg Pike, the owners closed its doors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The contents were auctioned off and residents wondered what would […]

With Construction Boom, County Adds Emergency Services in Tysons As high-rise, high-density residential and commercial development booms in Tysons, fueled in part by the 2014 arrival of the Silver Line, so has the need for the expansion of emergency services. For proof, just look at The Boro along Route 7 at West Park Drive, the coming expansion by Macerich Corp. at Tysons […]