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Chamber Hosts Jazz artist Nnenna Freelon Reston founder Robert Lloyd Kinzer presents breaks into song during her Simon presents Lynn Kathleen Driscoll McKee MWAA President keynote address at the Lilienthal with the 2012 Dr. with the 2012 Dr. Martin Reston Community Center Martin Luther King Jr. Luther King Jr. community Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. community service award service award at the Reston Jack Potter provides update on Birthday Celebration Mon- at the Reston Community Community Center Monday, Dulles Metrorail. day, Jan. 16. Center Monday, Jan. 16. Jan. 16. By Alex McVeigh area’s future. The Connection “If you go to any major city Reston Pays Tribute to MLK in the world, Rome, Paris, Lon- he Dulles Regional don, San Francisco, Los Ange- Day of service, community service awards mark T Chamber of Com- les, New York, Boston, you can merce hosted Metro- fly in and take rail to the center annual celebration. Photos by Alex McVeigh/The Connection politan Washington Airports Au- of the city,” she said. “That’s thority President Jack Potter at what I want to happen here, so their newsmaker luncheon we’re very supportive.” By Alex McVeigh Wednesday, Jan. 11. Potter, who Potter also provided a brief The Connection was selected as president last update on the state of the air- June, served as Postmaster Gen- ports, including an expanded ozens of community eral from June 2001 to Decem- international arrivals section. members woke up ber 2010. He said while airplane revenues Dearly on their day off Potter’s main priority was stayed stable in 2011, airlines Monday to help the providing an update on the sta- are changing the way they do Reston Community Center with its tus of Dulles Metrorail. business. annual Martin Luther King Jr. “The station at Wiehle Av- “Airlines have moved from a Birthday Celebration. The day be- enue is taking shape, the plan strategy where they have to be gan with a march from Southgate right now is that in 2013 we’ll in every market, to where Community Center to the Reston be able to complete Phase One,” they‘re very much focused on Community Center, featured a day he said. “We’re about 60 per- profitability. They‘ve kept a of volunteer projects and ended cent finished in terms of con- tight cap on passenger growth, with the presentation of commu- struction.” and we‘re seeing a downsizing nity service awards. He also said the tunnel of aircraft,” he said. “The bot- “We often quote Dr. King, but we From left, Mandy Guernsey, Gillian Sescoe and Abby through Tysons Corner was tom line is, while the industry don’t often decide what we take Kimble. Guernsey and Kimble, of Reston Interfaith, pre- complete, and they’re ready to has been stable, it does have its from his words,” said Supervisor sented Sescoe with the 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. start the next step, which is lay- challenges, and it’s meeting Cathy Hudgins (D-Dranesville). community service award at the Reston Community ing rail through it. those challenges by downsizing “But we’re lucky that Bob Simon Center Monday, Jan. 16. “For Phase Two, we’re in the and for us that’s problematic. As built this community to connect process of preliminary engi- an airport, we make money people and it was defined as a community that wel- “Lynn personifies exactly what this award is meant neering, which should be done when people fly.” comed all, and it has lived up, I hope, to that.” for,” said Simon.
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