Herndon voters replaced five of their six Town Council members on Nov. 3, and the new council walks straight into the Comstock appeal, the Herndon 2050 plan and a fight over the town's license plate cameras. Then we look at Fairfax County's draft housing rewrite, which would push builders in Reston and unincorporated Herndon toward more homes on each site.

Before that, Kathy has news straight from the owner on Dogfish Head's new opening target, Ebbitt House gets close at Reston Station, and Woodland Park Crossing keeps filling in with Loud'n Roasted, IMAGE Studios, GiGi Urbano and Donatos. We cover Fairfax County's free property fraud alerts, the chili cook-off at Lake Anne Brew House, the South Lakes STEAM Team's 2027 calendar, local charities worth supporting in 2027, and the holiday calendar from the skating rink to Herndon's WinterMarkt.

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Links from this episode:

Herndon's new council and where the winners stand:

https://greaterrestonliving.com/herndon-town-council-election-2026-results/

Fairfax County's housing rewrite:

https://greaterrestonliving.com/fairfax-county-plan-forward-housing-rewrite-reston-herndon/

Parkline at Woodland Park:

https://greaterrestonliving.com/parkline-woodland-park-herndon-metro-board-of-supervisors/

Mountain Mike's Pizza at South Lakes:

https://greaterrestonliving.com/mountain-mikes-pizza-south-lakes-village-reston/

Go Greek Yogurt at RTC Next:

https://greaterrestonliving.com/go-greek-yogurt-rtc-next-reston-town-center/

IMAGE Studios at Woodland Park Crossing:

https://greaterrestonliving.com/image-studios-salon-suites-woodland-park-crossing-herndon/

Fairfax County property fraud alerts:

https://www.ffxnow.com/2026/10/29/fairfax-circuit-court-offers-free-alerts-for-property-record-fraud/

Chili cook-off tasting tickets:

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/chili-taster

RoSigle Community Giving Foundation:

https://www.rosigle.org

South Lakes STEAM Team 2027 calendar:

https://publicartreston.org/steam-team-calendar-2027/

Reston Holiday Parade and tree lighting:

https://restontc.org/event/reston-holiday-parade-tree-lighting/

Herndon WinterMarkt:

https://herndonwintermarkt.com/

Our Flock camera episode:

https://youtu.be/KEze3uSSRFk

Our episode on the Comstock ruling:

https://youtu.be/t08aYlr8NGk?t=1602

Dulles is adding a terminal where you park at your own entrance, clear a private security line, wait in a suite and get driven across the airfield to your plane. Any traveler on any airline can use it, if they pay. Fairfax County, meanwhile, is arguing over the license plate cameras on its roads. We cover both, and Graham asks whether Northern Virginia is becoming a place where people who pay get past everyone else.

Supervisor Walter Alcorn told a Board of Supervisors committee on Oct. 20 that he would vote to end the county's contract with Flock Safety. Kathy walks through what the county runs: 84 police Flock cameras, about 120 private cameras police can search, more than 700 readers on cruisers, and a 21-day limit on keeping the data. Police credit plate readers with more than 570 recovered stolen cars and 60 missing people found since 2022. The Town of Herndon runs 10 Flock cameras of its own, so a county vote would not reach them. We also pull up the DeFlock map of plate readers around Reston and Herndon.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority expects the Dulles VIP terminal to open in early 2029 and has not announced a price. We look at what Miami's private terminal charges ($1,295 a person for the shared lounge, $4,950 for a private suite) and connect it to the express lanes and toll roads drivers already pay to skip traffic.

Before the big stories: the Historic Herndon Halloween House on Spring Street, Voodoo Brewing opening near the Innovation Center Metro station, a sign permit for Grazie Nonna at RTC Next, proposed bike lanes on Glade Drive and Bowman Towne Drive, and the calendar through Nov. 14.

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Links referenced in this episode:

Alcorn and Fairfax County's Flock cameras:

https://greaterrestonliving.com/alcorn-flock-license-plate-cameras-fairfax-county/

Fairfax County police plate reader transparency page:

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/real-time-crime-center-transparency

DeFlock map of plate readers:

https://deflock.me

The Dulles VIP terminal:

https://greaterrestonliving.com/dulles-airport-vip-terminal-daa-international/

Our earlier episode on the $22.5 billion Dulles rebuild:

https://youtu.be/Y8VERgBTMfc

The Historic Herndon Halloween House:

https://greaterrestonliving.com/historic-herndon-halloween-house-spring-street/

Voodoo Brewing near Innovation Center:

https://greaterrestonliving.com/voodoo-brewing-herndon-dulles-station-first-look/

Grazie Nonna and Grazie Grazie at RTC Next:

https://greaterrestonliving.com/grazie-nonna-grazie-grazie-rtc-next-reston-town-center/

Fairfax County's road restriping program (Glade Drive and Bowman Towne Drive):

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/transportation/roadway-restriping-program

Reston's median home price fell 10.6% in September, yet detached houses and townhouses both sold for more than they did in August. We walk through how that happens, then turn to Herndon, where buyers signed half as many contracts as a year ago and the condo median is down 19% this year.

The housing segment covers the mix of homes that sold, the 79 townhouses for sale in Reston (the most since 2017), Herndon's 59 condos for sale, and what buyers and sellers can do with all of it. Kathy explains why a listing that has sat and taken a price cut leaves room to negotiate, and why the right time to buy is when you are ready.

Before the numbers, Kathy recaps walking the red carpet at the Washington West Film Festival, where Paralympic medalist Ali Truwit's documentary opened the 15th year. Herndon's Chaatwala landed at No. 36 on the Washington Post's 40 best restaurants list. Reston Association proposed a $900 assessment for 2027, a $10 increase, and Bread Breakers invites neighbors to a free dinner at Lake Anne on Oct. 27.

Then the calendar: Halloween on the Farm at Frying Pan Farm Park, Trick or Treat Beyond Market Street at Reston Town Center, early voting through Oct. 31, the Worldgate auction on Oct. 26, and Winterfest at Brown's Chapel Park on Dec. 3 to 5.

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Links referenced in this episode:

Reston's September housing market: https://greaterrestonliving.com/reston-september-2026-housing-market-median/

Herndon's September housing market: https://greaterrestonliving.com/herndon-september-2026-housing-market-contracts/

Reston Association's proposed 2027 assessment: https://greaterrestonliving.com/reston-association-2027-budget-900-assessment/

Chaatwala on the Washington Post's 40 best list: https://greaterrestonliving.com/chaatwala-herndon-washington-post-40-best-restaurants/

Reston and Herndon fall events: https://greaterrestonliving.com/reston-herndon-fall-events-october-november-2026/

Worldgate Centre foreclosure auction: https://greaterrestonliving.com/worldgate-centre-herndon-foreclosure-auction/

Washington West Film Festival: https://wwfilmfest.com

Bread Breakers: https://www.meetup.com/breadbreakers/

Winterfest tickets: https://www.reston.org/winterfest

Fairfax County early voting: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/early-voting