Bollardy Goodness You Can Throw? Bocce Court Included in RA Budget Proposals

It's well known that we give fanciful concrete bollards a hard time on this filthy "web log." Maybe that's because we've never been given the opportunity to cup one in the palm of our hand, get a sense for its heft, and hurl it down a playing field of crushed stone. Well, if we're really lucky, all that could change.

It's budget time again for the Reston Association, and a Confidential Restonian Operative pointed out that among the 136 suggestions received from members, staff, and the board, two involve adding bocce courts to the vast constellation of amenities in our favorite earth-toned community.

"Reston has always prided itself in being an international community, yet there is no bocce court!" wrote one proposal in the budget. In another, RA Board member Richard Chew called the idea "a low-cost way for RA to expand its recreational offerings and create a focal point for a wide spectrum of our members to gather."

Sweet! Our only concern is that it could get, you know, kinda extreme:


All in all, though, it's definitely cheaper than indoor tennis, the end.