Milton, DE

The tax-friendly state of Delaware is ideal for retirement living and offers a wide variety of communities perfect for active adult living. Heritage Creek Delaware is a popular community among active adults yet it is open to residents of all ages. Schell Brothers opened this community of beautifully designed homes in 2008. Today interested homebuyers can select from new construction or resale homes priced from the mid $200’s to the mid $300’s.

Heritage Creek is located within the town of Milton in Sussex County, Delaware. The charming historic district is just a short walk from the community as are plenty of parks ideal for quiet walks or leisure bike rides. Popular area attractions include the Milton Historical Society, the Milton Theatre, the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge and many more. The area offers fantastic fishing on Wagamon’s Pond and the Broadkill River. There are plenty of sandy beaches to discover and wonderful golf courses as well. The town of Dover is just 25 miles away where visitors come for shopping, dining and entertainment.

With just 400 homes, Heritage Creek is a nice size where neighbors get to know each other and take pride in their small-scale community. The homes feature beautiful curb appeal with Craftsman and Victorian designs adding to the charming and quaint feel of the community. Tree lined streets, lush landscaping and wide boulevards add to the beauty of this elegant Delaware retirement destination.

Amenities within the community will consist of a 5,000 square foot clubhouse. Plans call for an outdoor swimming pool with Jacuzzi and a playgroup perfect for grandkids. A main attraction of this community over other more traditional age-restricted active adult communities is the opportunity to live among a younger crowd and potentially even share a neighborhood with grown children and grand children as well.

Homes at Heritage Creek are available as either traditional single-family style or attached duplexes. Sizes range from nearly 1,500 to 2,700 square feet. The home designs feature meticulous attention to detail and offer a wide variety of upgrades. A low monthly association fee covers grass cutting and lawn maintenance, snow removal and garbage collection. Exterior designs of the homes in either Craftsman or Victorian styles add to the beautiful curb appeal of the community. Many of the homes boast exterior details such as wide front porches, brick accented beams and overflowing window boxes.

There are many attractions drawing Delaware retirees to this friendly, tight-knit community. Charming curb appeal and quality built homes combine with the ideal location to create a wonderful destination for the Delaware retiree. Another bonus is the low property taxes and tax free shopping!

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Milton, DE is located at the head of the Broadkill River and has a population 1,597. Milton was first settled in 1672 by English Colonists and the town was known by various names until 1807, when it was named after John Milton, a famous English Poet.

Milton's history of shipbuilding remain a very important to the town and is home to some of the finest Victorian and Colonial architecture in the state of Delaware.

Milton has 198 structures on the Federal Register Historic District and its history is preserved in the Lydia B. Cannon Museum, the Governor James Carey home, the Chestnut Street Cemetery, and the Governor David Hazzard Mansion.

Milton boasts numerous community organizations, a civic center, a memorial park, a volunteer fire department, a public library, more than a half-dozen major annual events, and churches.

Recreational opportunities abound with the following below:

• Broadkill River
• Wagamon's Pond
• Diamond Pond
• Lavinia Pond
• Primehook Beach

The Fourth Annual Milton Antique Show will be hosted by the Milton Historical Society on Saturday, September 17, 2011 from 9AM through 3PM. Thirty quality vendors will show their wares. Admission in $2 which benefits the Milton Historical Society.

The show will be held in the lot next to the Lydia Black Cannon Museum at 210 Union Street, rain or shine. For more information call 302.684.1010 or visit www.historicmilton.org.

Broadkill Beach, Milton, Delaware, Delaware Real Estate

Broadkill Beach is small quaint Delaware Beach Town just a few minutes north of Lewes Delaware, nestled on the Delaware Bay and Broadkill River. This friendly close knit community offers public beach access to the Delaware Bay for swimming, fishing, crabbing and relaxing. Made up of roughly 700 home and land owners, the community is surrounded by Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge along the Delaware Bay and offers vacationers an alternative to larger more densley populated Delaware Beach Areas, while still being minutes to Milton, Lewes, Rehoboth Beach, and Dewey Beach excitment, dining and entertainment.

The Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1963 for use as sanctuary, expressly for migratory birds and is considered to have one of the best existing wetland habitat areas along the Atlantic Coast, this area is a haven for nature lovers and bird watchers in addition to other wildlife.

These picturesque habitats have become important stop-over sites for spring and fall migrating shorebirds and wading birds. The refuge's 10,000 acres are a diverse landscape featuring freshwater and salt marshes, woodlands, grasslands, scrub-brush habitats, ponds, bottomland forested areas, a 7-mile long creek, and agricultural lands.

This provides a serene habitat which is home to endangered and threatened species; the Delmarva fox squirrel, nesting bald eagles and migrating peregrine falcons and birds passing through utilize the refuge's upland forested habitat during the fall and spring.

Broadkill Beach offers a public beach for swimming and the Broadkill River is a dream for kayaks and jet skies. Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge also offers fifteen miles of streams for canoeing as well as boating in the tidal waters. There are several boat launches available and variety of hiking trails.

The only business located in Broadkill Beach is a The Broadkill Store, know to locals as the "Broadkill Mall", which sells sandwiches, bait & tackle, beach toys, souvenirs and homemade donuts on the weekends making it reminsiscent of the Carolina's Outer Banks. Broadkill Beach is one of the area's best kept secrets for nature lovers and serene living on the Delaware Coast.

THE MILTON GARDEN CLUB

presents the

Milton Garden Tour 2011

112th ANNUAL GARDENS & HOMES TOUR

SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Rain or Shin!

Tickets: $12 in advance at: Antiques in Milton, 109 Union Street, Milton, DE Hillside Flowers, 105 Lavinia Street, Milton, DE Lewes Printing, 33506 Crossing Ave., Lewes, DE $15 day of tour at: Milton Garden Club Tent, Lydia B. Cannon Museum, 210 Union Street, Milton

Enjoy a self-guided tour of 8 beautiful private gardens, 2 public gardens, 4 lovely private homes open for viewing for the first time, an outdoor kitchen/patio display especially designed for the garden tour. The gardens range from mini to magnificent, cottage style to formal garden, shade, rock, and tropical gardens.

You will see water features and potting sheds, kitchen garden and raised bed organic vegetable garden, a small orchard with peach, pear, plum and fig trees, many garden structures and so much more. The tour book will contain a description of all the gardens and homes that will be open for viewing on July 9. The tour book will be your ticket, so please be sure to bring it with you on tour day.

You may start the tour at any of the gardens, but you must have the tour book with you for admittance. Milton Garden Club members will be set up all day at the Historical Society's Lydia B. Cannon Museum where tickets, maps, information, and restrooms will be available.

A plant sale will be held and light refreshments will be served. There will be special events held in select gardens. Some highlights: artists painting in the gardens water feature and pond display and information bluebirds and purple martins and their habitats wine specialist and cookbook author presentation master gardeners information table martial arts demonstration To reserve tickets with a credit card or for more information, please call Kathryn at 3026843804