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1. True Food Kitchen Closes Reston Restaurant After Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing (patch.com) — Reston diners are losing a popular option as True Food Kitchen closes its Reston Town Center location following the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. The closure ends more than five years at Democracy Drive, while the chain pursues a court-supervised sale, secures new financing, and keeps its other Virginia locations in Merrifield and Arlington open for now.
2. Arlington Contractor ICF Could Cut Dozens Of Jobs Starting In December (patch.com) — Reston-based consulting giant ICF is preparing to lay off 82 employees tied to a Homeland Security contract, after the federal government chose to consolidate rather than recompete the work. While most affected staff are based at a DHS office in Arlington, the cuts could ripple back to ICF's Reston headquarters, where the company anchors a large local workforce and presence.
3. 'JIMMY' premiere leads Washington West Film Festival (fairfaxtimes.com) — Reston Town Center will host the Washington West Film Festival Oct. 8–12 at LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, featuring the East Coast premiere of the Jimmy Stewart biopic "JIMMY" and a red-carpet Q&A. The festival mixes premieres, student showcases, shorts, and tributes with a strong charitable mission, donating all net box office proceeds to organizations supporting military families and veterans.
4. Lead Full Stack & Agentic AI Engineer - Qualizeal - Hybrid in Reston, VA, US (dice.com) — A long-term Lead Full Stack & Agentic AI Engineer role is open in Reston, with three days a week expected onsite and a focus on building real-world multi-agent AI systems. Experienced full-stack developers with recent hands-on GenAI work, strong TypeScript, Angular, Node.js, and Python skills, plus cloud deployment experience, are encouraged to consider this senior, client-facing position.
5. Growing the Pool: Jamie Jones Miller on Building the Next Generation of Cleared Talent (clearancejobs.com) — Security-cleared professionals and students in Reston can hear Northeastern University's Jamie Jones Miller speak at ClearanceJobs Connect Reston on October 15–16 at Carahsoft's office. She discusses how early university co-ops, better reciprocity, and a focus on human judgment in an AI age can expand the national security talent pipeline and bring sidelined cleared workers back into critical roles.
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