Reston founder Robert E. Simon, Jr. after he celebrated his 97th birthday April 2011. He made remarks at Reston Association’s annual members’ meeting.

The most important thing about city planning is to enable community. The association of people between each other . And of course it is best when the aassociations are of people of different colors and races, different income groups — because having broader horizens makes for a more interesting way to live.   – R.E. SIMON JR

Here is a clip of part of his talk.