The County Conversation

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Brian Hochstrasser, school health division assistant director with the Fairfax County Health Department, about school immunizations a...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Asjah Heiligh, community events manager with the Reston Community Center, about RCC’s five summer concert and entertainment series th...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Avery Church, COOP coordinator with our Department of Emergency Management and Security, about Continuity of Operations Planning (COO...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Bev Cosham, chair of Reston Community Center’s Board of Governors, about RCC’s 45th anniversary. Learn more about the Reston Communit...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Chief Equity Officer Karla Bruce about “Gains, Gaps, and Goals: The Status of Women in Fairfax County” and the findings from this wom...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Emilie Shumate, youth services section manager with the Fairfax County Park Authority, about the Park Authority’s Spring and Summer C...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Marcus Moore, Sr. Transportation Planner/Transportation Demand Management Liaison with the county’s Department of Transportation, abo...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Anna Shapiro, deputy director for real estate finance and development at the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority, abou...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Neely Law, community specialist, Fairfax County’s Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination. They discuss the county's Green Bu...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Heather Potter, counselor with the Domestic and Sexual Violence Services’ Anger and Domestic Abuse Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) p...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Allison Homer, senior community specialist with the Fairfax County Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination, about the county’...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Maggie Parker, director of Offsite and Collaborative Programs with the Reston Community Center. To listen to other county podcasts, v...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Emily Swenson, head of Volunteer Solutions in the Department of Family Services, about DFS’ Volunteer Solutions and the upcoming Vent...

The County Conversation is a podcast featuring employees and subject matter experts from the Fairfax County Government discussing programs, services and items of interest to residents of Fairfax County. On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Reasa D. Currier, director of Fairfax County’s Department of Animal Sheltering, discussing the animal shelter, the issue of abandoned...

On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Andrew Carter, program manager of the Old Firehouse Center, about the Center, its activities, mission and purpose – as well as the Old Firehouse Center Block Party upcoming on Saturday, Sept. 16. For more information, call the Old Firehouse Center at 703-448-8336, or visit online at https://oldfirehouse.org.

On this edition of the conversation, host Jim Person talks with Eric Forbes, Deputy Director of the Solid Waste Management Program, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES). Our topic is the DPWES vacuum leaf service, which, county staff are proposing to discontinue permanently after this winter. The Board of Supervisors will decide the future of the service at a public hearin...