Jim Tragakis said he drives to on-site jobs as an analyst with Deloitte Consulting. "It's a nice walk to and from the slug line," Ruud said. The line forms in the mornings at the corner of Hunter Village Drive and Old Keene Mill Road and draws commuters from all over Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD SLUGLINE DAVENTRY DRIVERS
The slug line near the community entrance, where drivers pick up carpoolers so they can beat commuting traffic by using the HOV lanes on I-395, is a popular spot for Daventry residents. Its location close to the Springfield interchange means that commuting is a straight shot, albeit an often traffic-clogged one, via Interstate-95 or I-395 to Fort Belvoir, the Pentagon or downtown Washington. Many of Daventry's residents are active-duty military, military retirees and government employees. They stumbled on Daventry in an effort to shorten their commute and found many of the same amenities they liked at the Ponds - trees, trails, playgrounds, a neighborhood school and a sense of community. Finally, we looked seriously at The Ponds, but didn't want to live that far out." "We thought about Arlington, but I wanted a garage. "We started out by considering areas that had the best schools like McLean, but it was expensive," he said. During their house hunt, the Ruuds initially looked elsewhere in Fairfax County. The couple bought the house in 1995, settling there after Paul Ruud left the military.
They live in a five-bedroom center-hall Colonial with the children, dog Ranger and Katrin Baldauf, 19, an au pair from Germany. Ruud is a retired Navy officer who works in the aerospace industry his wife is an economist. Ruud and his wife, Judith, are raising three children in Daventry: Russell, 11, Willow, 8, and Maggie, 7. They do other things, like organized sports, but here, they get to do both," Ruud said. "It's my view that kids should run through the woods and play in creeks. The area's many young children also enjoy the runs, culverts and forests. Numerous creeks and culverts bisect the neighborhood, inviting wildlife to bed down in the subdivision. The system links with the Accotink Stream Valley Trail - a bike-friendly pass-through that Fairfax County officials hope eventually will become part of a cross-county trail linking the Potomac and Occoquan rivers. Walking trails wend through the 312-acre subdivision, connecting four parks and unnamed county-owned green space along the Accotink. It's like having a private drive and a gigantic woods that's all mine," resident Jim Tragakis said. "The way we live, there's a lot of green areas. But it mostly was created with green space in mind: Builders left a swath of trees between the neighborhood and boundary thoroughfares, and they integrated nearby parks, including Accotink Stream Valley and Rolling Forest parks, into the design. Like many planned communities in Fairfax County, it boasts amenities including a pool, tennis courts and community hall.
The Springfield subdivision, started in 1984, contains 212 single-family homes, 512 townhouses and 160 condominiums. "I have friends who think it's the prettiest quarter-mile stretch in Northern Virginia," said Francine Picoult, a six-year resident. "You come up that drive, that beautiful drive, and that's what sells you on this place," said Paul Ruud, a Daventry resident since 1995. After the mess of the Springfield Mixing Bowl and the stop-and-go traffic along Old Keene Mill Road, the road leading to the Daventry neighborhood, Hunter Village Drive, seems like a wide, tree-lined boulevard, straight, smooth and traffic-free.
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