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==Notable local organizations== {{cleanup section|reason=editorializing, formatting and sources|date=February 2015}} [[File:Walney Visitor Center.jpg|thumb|The Walney Visitor Center at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park]] [[File:National Reconnaissance Office, 2013.jpg|thumb|right|[[National Reconnaissance Office]] at night]] * [[Ellanor C. Lawrence Park]] β Along Route 28 between Chantilly and Centreville, the park grounds include the historic farmhouse and mill, trails, fitness stations, and athletic fields. [[Coyote]] sightings have been reported within the park.<ref>{{cite web| title=Naturalist: Coyotes breeding in Fairfax Co. park| date=August 21, 2014| url=http://wtop.com/news/2014/08/naturalist-coyotes-breeding-in-fairfax-co-park/| publisher=WTOP Radio| access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref> * Flat Lick Stream Valley Park * The [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]] annex of the [[National Air and Space Museum]] * The headquarters<ref>{{cite news|title=National Reconnaissance Office|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/gov-orgs/nro/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref> of the [[National Reconnaissance Office]] (NRO), which is one of the [[United States Intelligence Community|17 U.S. intelligence agencies]] and considered, along with the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), [[National Security Agency]] (NSA), [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA), and [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] (NGA), to be one of the "big five" U.S. Intelligence agencies.<ref name=infoweek>{{cite web|url=http://www.informationweek.com/government/leadership/intelligence-agencies-must-operate-more-like-an-enterprise/d/d-id/1108131?|title=Intelligence Agencies Must Operate More Like An Enterprise - InformationWeek|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref> It designs, builds, and operates the [[spy satellite]]s of the United States government, and provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly [[signals intelligence]] (SIGINT) to the NSA, [[imagery intelligence]] (IMINT) to the NGA, and [[measurement and signature intelligence]] (MASINT) to the DIA.<ref name=fasnro>{{cite web|url=https://www.fas.org/irp/nro/commission/evolving.htm|title=The Evolving Role of the NRO|publisher=Federation of American Scientists}}</ref> * The Westfields Marriott in Chantilly hosted the annual [[Bilderberg Group|Bilderberg]] summit in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/conferences.html|title=Meetings - Bilderberg Meetings|website=www.bilderbergmeetings.org|access-date=30 January 2018|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406135505/https://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/conferences.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2008, 2012, and 2017,{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} which inspired protests.<ref>{{cite news| last1=Devereaux| first1=Ryan| title=Tea Party and Occupy activists rub shoulders at Bilderberg protest| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/02/bilderberg-virginia-tea-party-occupy| website=The Guardian| date=June 2, 2012| publisher=Guardian News and Media Ltd.| access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref> <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Exterior of the Westfields Marriott.png|thumb|left|The Westfields Marriott (Chantilly, VA) β The secretive, [[Bilderberg Group|Bilderberg]] summit was held here in 2002, 2008 and 2012.]] -->
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