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

Six Reston homeowners open their doors on Saturday, Oct. 17, for the Reston Museum's annual Reston Home Tour, and the museum's executive director, Lisa Watts, joined us for the whole episode to preview it. One home has a room built to take the wrinkles out of clothes. Another owner did nearly all of the craftsmanship himself.

Lisa sat in for our usual run through Reston and Herndon news first. We voted on the openings we're waiting for (Ebbitt House beat Dogfish Head Alehouse on our panel), said goodbye to True Food Kitchen and Haus of Urbi at Reston Town Center, and celebrated the new Shop at Potter's Union. We settled nothing in the cider donut debate between the Apple House in Linden and the Reston Farm Garden Market on Baron Cameron Avenue. Worldgate Centre in Herndon goes to a foreclosure auction on Oct. 26, and we explain why its theater, gym and restaurants are still open. A Reston native, Cyrus Rivers, sings with Yale's Whiffenpoofs in Vienna on Oct. 15.

Then Lisa walks through the Home Tour: the two non-home stops at the Wine Cabinet and the Walker Nature Center, a Kendra Scott give-back at Reston Town Center, and a free tour ticket for every volunteer docent. She also talks about the Cardboard Boat Regatta, a November program on Virginia bourbon with A. Smith Bowman Distillery, what Bob Simon said about boring buildings, and the original name of Lake Audubon.

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Links referenced in this episode: Reston Home Tour tickets: https://www.restonmuseum.org/reston-home-tour-updated-2026 Reston Museum (volunteer, membership, events): https://www.restonmuseum.org/ Reston Farm Garden Market Fall Fun Fest: https://restonfarm.com/pages/fallfest The Apple House, Linden: https://www.theapplehouse.net/ Yale Whiffenpoofs, Oct. 15 in Vienna: https://whiffs.ticketbud.com/the-yale-whiffenpoofs-in-reston Worldgate Centre foreclosure auction (our story): https://greaterrestonliving.com/worldgate-centre-herndon-foreclosure-auction/ True Food Kitchen and Haus of Urbi close (our story): https://greaterrestonliving.com/reston-town-center-guapos-mar-y-tierra-true-food-kitchen-closes/ Reston's seven founding goals (our story): https://greaterrestonliving.com/reston-seven-founding-goals/ The Bowman distillery building in Reston (our story): https://greaterrestonliving.com/a-rare-reston-redevelopment-story-preserving-the-bowman-distillery-while-reimagining-it/ Fall events in Reston and Herndon (our guide): https://greaterrestonliving.com/reston-herndon-fall-events-october-november-2026/