Reston is home to over 60,000 residents, including corporate apartment residents, who enjoy a quality of life second to none in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Reston is located 20 miles west of the nation’s capital and six miles from the Dulles International Airport, in the rapidly growing and technology-rich Dulles Corridor. Although it is not a city and does not have a traditional central business district, the Reston Town Center is becoming a focal point for business and transportation connections within the community, with several high-rise office buildings, condos and apartments, restaurants, a cinema, a hotel, and shops for Reston corporate apartment residents to enjoy. Some municipal, government-like services are provided by a nonprofit corporation, Reston Association. Reston was conceived as a planned community by Robert E. Simon. Founded on April 20, 1964, Simon's 50th birthday, and named for his initials, it was the first modern, post-war planned community in America, sparking a revival of the new town concept. Simon's family had recently sold Carnegie Hall, and Simon used the funds to create Reston. Simon hired Conklin Rossant Architects as master planners to incorporate higher density housing to conserve open space, as well as mixed use areas for industry, business, recreation, education, and housing. One of the crow jewels of Reston is the Reston Community Center. Reston corporate apartment residents are a part of the vibrant and diverse community that Reston Community Center serves. The Reston Community Center has created programs to meet the needs and interests of a wide variety of groups, with more than 1,800 opportunities every year for learning, improving health and fitness, developing new skills. All of these reasons and more make Reston one of the best places to live and work in the Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. area.