Reston Wedding

Reston is a planned community and an unincorporated census-designated place located in western Fairfax County, Virginia in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Community services are provided by the Reston Association. As of the 2000 census, the community had a total population of 56,407. Although Reston is not a city and does not have a traditional central business district, the Reston Town Center is becoming a focal point for business and transportation connections within the community, with several high-rise office buildings, restaurants, a cinema, a hotel, and shops. Reston also straddles the booming Northern Virginia Technology Corridor and is home to the world headquarters of two Fortune 500 corporations, (Sprint Nextel and Sallie Mae), as well as the United States Geological Survey and the National Wildlife Federation.

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 in America, sparking a revival of the new town concept [1]. Simon's family had recently sold Carnegie Hall, and Simon used the funds to create Reston. Simon hired Conklin + Rossant as master planners to incorporate higher density housing to conserve open space, as well as mixed use areas for industry, business, recreation, education, and housing.