15 Things You Need to Know This Morning

Title: Partner, Loudoun & Arlington offices, Walsh Colucci.
Job: Land use and zoning practice, so focused on zoning entitlements, variances, zoning appeals, and tax assessment challenges in Fairfax and Loudoun counties.
Years on the job: 8.
Firm: 33 attorneys and land use planners; four offices in NoVa. Cases include large-scale mixed-use developments, corporate HQ of Fortune 500 companies and private-public partnerships.
Memorable project: Secured approval for Reston Town Center Partnership’s 23-story, 414k SF trophy class office tower. Responded to community and county concerns; resulted in positive changes to project’s architecture, layout and amenities.
Current project: Poland Hill, an in-fill “age in place” project in Loudoun with 219 homes and continuing care facility. Concept is seen as a legacy for owners of family farms and former hatchery. 
CRE career: Worked for two members of Fairfax Board of Supervisors and as a farmhand in Centreville. Both piqued interest in local government. 
Grew up: Alexandria.
Fond childhood memory: Crafting roads and highways in the woods behind home.
Current home: Falls Church.
Schools: Mary Washington, UVA and University of Richmond.
Job in another life: Political science professor teaching urban history. 
Daily habit: Brushing daughter’s teeth.
Favorite app: Google Maps.
Favorite movie: Spies Like Us.
Favorite restaurant: Dogwood Tavern.
Favorite song: At the moment, “I Feel For You” by Chaka Kahn.
Favorite vacation spot: Montreal.
Guilty pleasure: A Super Torta from Taco Bamba.
Bucket list: Finish comprehensive history of Virginia wines.
Family: Married to Mary Anne four years; daughter and identical twin boys due in November.
Hobbies: Writing, reading, skiing and agriculture.
Startling fact: Unhealthy obsession with fried chicken.