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Fairfax County and City of Fairfax – 6th Best Place for a Long Life

Fairfax County and City of Fairfax – 6th Best Place for a Long Life Fairfax County along with the independent city of Fairfax was distinguished by Time’s Money in 2008 as the sixth “Best Place for a Long Life” due to a high life expectancy of 80.9 years. Fairfax County is generally considered to be one of the richest counties in the nation with its median income of over $100,000. Several first-rate hospitals are based in Fairfax County including the Inova Health System, a nationally recognized network of hospitals, outpatient services, care facilities and healthcare centers. It serves more than a million patients each year and leads among the not-for-profit healthcare providers in Northern Virginia. In 2010, a member of Inova’s network, Inova Fair Oaks Hospital earned a Premier Award for Quality for its excellent healthcare. Fairfax County also houses the northern terminal for Amtrak’s Auto Train which specifically runs from Lorton, VA letting you take your van or car with you on the train to Sanford, Florida. This is the only rail transport in the United States offering this kind of service. The county is home to the nation’s sole national park for the performing arts known as the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts or simply Wolf Trap regarded as the most striking amenity in the county. It brings entertainment to audiences with its theater performances, pop music, dance and opera staging in multiple park venues all year round right in Fairfax County.

The Inova Fair Oaks Hospital

Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is located at 3600 Joseph Siewick Drive at Fairfax, VA 22033. For more information, please contact 703 391 3600. Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is an acute care community hospital with 182 beds that is committed to catering safe care and excellent service with convenient amenities providing comfortable service to patients and their families such as free valet parking, room service, Wi-Fi and televisions showing the GetWellNetwork and movies. Inova Fair Oaks Hospital feature their services of spine, weight loss, joint replacement and minimally invasive surgery along with maternity services, diagnostic imaging, advanced radiology, laboratory services and 24 hour emergency care. Services offered at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital:
  • Breast Health
  • Cancer Services
  • Childbirth Services
  • Diabetes Education Services
  • Diagnostic Tests – Pediatric Radiology
  • Emergency Services
  • Endoscopy Services
  • Gynecology
  • Heart and Vascular Services
  • Heartburn Treatment
  • Interventional Radiology
  • Joint Replacement
  • MAKOplasty® Partial Knee Resurfacing
  • Neuroscience Services
  • Orthopedics
  • Pediatrics
  • Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Services
  • Rehabilitation Services
  • Sleep Disorder Services
  • Spine Services
  • Surgical Services
  • Weight Loss Surgery
  • Women’s Services
  • Wound Healing
The Inova Fair Oaks Hospital has demonstrated excellence and maturity with its business endeavors, deployment and results that has made them into a model organization that has earned various recognitions. Inova Fair Oaks Hospital had earned the 2010 Premier Award for Quality that recognizes leading healthcare organizations that provide excellent patient care and consistently set the standard for clinical excellence and the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for the Spine Surgery Program and the Joint Replacement Surgery Program. Inova Fair Oaks Hospital is also recognized by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery as a Center of Excellence for weight loss surgery, received accreditation as a nationally recognized breast care provider by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, named as a Magnet™ organization ( one of the highest levels of recognition that a hospital can receive for excellent nursing care/services), while receiving the U.S Senate Productivity and Quality Award for performance excellence.

Whole Foods in Northern Virginia

Whole Foods offering natural organic produce
Whole Foods offering natural organic produce
The world’s leader of natural and organic foods, Whole Foods began in 1980 as a small shop with 19 employees in Austin Texas, with now over 270 stores throughout North America and the U.K. Whole Foods offers quality, least processed natural foods without sweeteners, preservatives and colorings, while paying forward with contributions from each store to food banks, local non profit organizations and events. Whole Foods began their journey to success by John Mackey and Renee Lawson Hardy of Safer Way Natural Foods and Craig Weller and Mark Silers of Clarksville Natural Grocery. Expansion of Whole Foods commenced in 1984 with stores opening in the West Coast in 1989. In 2002, Whole Foods reached Canada and the U.K in 2004. Whole Foods in Northern Virginia provides utmost convenience for many residents who wish to shop for natural organic food.

Whole Foods stores in Northern Virginia:

Whole Food Market in Old Town - Monday to Sunday: 8am to 10pm 1700 Duke Street Alexandria VA 22314 Whole Foods Market –
Lunch is enjoyed at Whole Foods in the Carlyle District with many USPTO employees patronizing the store
Lunch is enjoyed at Whole Foods in the Carlyle District with many USPTO employees patronizing the store
Monday to Friday: 8am to 10:30pm 2700 Wilson Blvd Arlington VA 22201 Whole Foods Market – Fair Lakes Monday to Friday: 8am to 9pm 4501 Market Commons Drive Fairfax VA 22033 Whole Foods Market – Tysons Monday to Friday: 8am to 9:30pm 7511 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA 22043 Whole Food Market – Monday to Friday: 8am to 9pm 11660 Plaza America Drive Reston, VA 20191 Whole Foods Market- Monday to Friday: 8am to 9pm 8402 Old Keene Mill Road Springfield VA 22152 Whole Foods Market- Monday to Friday: 8am to 9pm 143 Maple Avenue East Vienna VA 22180 Whole Foods Market- Monday to Saturday: 8am to 10pm Sunday: 8am to 9pm 300 Shoppers World Court Charlottesville, VA 22902

International Country Club in Fairfax

Nice shot Dan!Family Oriented and Environment Friendly

Situated in western Fairfax Virginia, International Country Club is a private member owned club with top ranking golf course and amenities in a friendly membership and family oriented setting. International Country Club is a premier private country club with 9 hole and 18 hole women groups. Amenities:
  • Banquet Rooms / Meeting Rooms
  • Locker Rooms
  • Card Rooms
  • Pro Shop
  • Swimming Pool
  • 8 Tennis Courts
  • Fitness Center
The hills and woods at International Country Club houses a bird sanctuary and animal habitat offering a lovely combination of land use and environment preservation. Membership Privileges Include:
  • 18-hole golf course, 6704 yards long with five tees for all skill levels
  • Professional golf shop staff that offers group and private lessons for the entire family
  • Complete Pro Shop with Men's, Ladies' and Junior equipment and apparel
  • Ladies' and Men's locker rooms with steam rooms and adjacent card rooms
  • Junior golf program
  • Outdoor Har-tru and Indoor Deco-turf tennis courts
  • Tennis tournaments and teaching program
  • Heated swimming pool and "toddler" pool
  • Youth swim team that competes against other country clubs in the DCCL league
  • Gourmet and informal dining rooms
  • Catered social and business meetings
  • Ballroom with covered balcony
International Country Club is at 13200 Lee Jackson Highway Fairfax Virginia 22033. 703 – 968 - 7990

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Golfing and Living at Penderbrook in Fairfax County VA

Penderbrook is located at 3704 Golf Trail Lane in Fairfax, VA 22033, just at the intersection of I-66 and Route 50 in the Fair Oaks area of Western Fairfax County in Virginia. With a total of 1,776 homes ranging from Executive Style Single Family Homes to Townhouses to Garden Style Condos structured around an 18 hole par 71 championship gold course. The main feature of Penderbrook is the Golf Course that is open to the public with challenging holes in the Metro. The Penderbrook Golf Club is managed by professional Arnold Palmer Golf Management. Traditions Café and a full service Pro shop are found in the facility. The Penderbrook Fitness Center is another attraction with its well equipped facility from Lifefitness and Cybex. There are a variety of classes to choose from that may change seasonally as well as personal training with L&T Personal Trainers that are available. The Fitness Center itself organizes many activities such as cooking classes and food drives to name a few. And finally, the Penderbrook Pool Facility that offers many swim classes for groups:  Crystal Aquatics, Pre- Beginner, Beginner, Novice and Advanced. Schools that service the children of the Penderbrook Community: Amenities of Penderbrook:
  • Golf Course
  • Fitness Center
  • 3 Tennis Courts
  • Tot Lot
  • 2 Basketball Courts
  • 1 Large Pool
  • Tot Pool
  • Diving Pool
  • Bathhouse with showers
  • Saunas
  • Clubhouse
The Community of Penderbrook consists of neighborhoods of different styles:
  • Heights – Garden Style Condominiums
  • Greens – Executive Style Single Family Homes
  • Fairways – Townhomes
  • Penderbrook Square – Condominiums
  • Oxford House – Garden Style Condominiums
  • Mews _ Townhomes
  • Inverness – Townhomes
The Fair Oaks Shopping Center, Fair Oaks Hospital, Dulles International Airport, and Vienna Metro Station are all accessible as well.
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What Schools Have the Highest Ratings in Northern VA?

Based on several local surveys and performance reviews, here are the schools in Northern Virginia that have been recognized as the cream of the crop when it comes to quality education: ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS According to a Washington Post article, the following are the Top 5 elementary schools in Northern Virginia:
  1. McKinley Elementary
    2. School Vision: "The McKinley community envisions a strong and nurturing learning environment in which students demonstrate respect for self and others. Students meet established performance standards focusing on learning core subjects. The students have a variety of experiences that broaden their views of the world." McKinley Elementary is located in North McKinley Road, Arlington, Virginia. It ranks on the top spot of top rating schools in Northern Virginia, because 79% of the school’s students rated as “advanced” (the highest among three levels). The rating was determined through a series of state tests.
  2. Key Center School
    3. School Vision: "Key Center School creates an educational climate where diversity and individuality are celebrated and respected, and where all staff continually strive to maximize the potential of each student through increasingly higher expectations." Springfield City of Fairfax County is home to Key Center School, which ranks second on the list with 77% of its students in the “advanced” level (jumping from 64% in a span of five years).
  3. Churchill Road Elementary
    4. McLean, Virginia – along Churchill Road – is the location of Churchill Road Elementary, the elementary school snagging the third spot on the list with a rating of a 77% (from 55% in 2003).
  4. Greenbriar West Elementary
    5. Greenbriar West Elementary is located at Poplar Tree Road in the Chantilly Area of Fairfax County Virginia. It ranks 4th even as it shows a significant leap in its ratings from 47% in 2003 to 77% five years later.
  5. Louise Archer Elementary
    6. Located in Nutley Street, Vienna, Virginia, Louise Archer Elementary completes the top 5 list belting a 76% rating from 2003’s 64%.
HIGH SCHOOLS According to a performance review done by Northern Virginia Magazine, the following are the Top 5 high schools in Northern Virginia:
  1. Thomas Jefferson High School – located in Alexandria, Virginia
  2. Langley High School – located in Mclean, Virginia. Click here for more information on this school.
  3. McLean High School – located in Mclean, Virginia. Click here for more information on this school.
  4. George Mason High School – located in Falls Church, Virginia. Click here for more information on this school.
  5. W.T. Woodson High School – located in Fairfax, Virginia. Click here for more information on this school.