LOW-KEY LUXURY ENVIRONMENT FOR RETIREES, PROFESSIONALS AND TEENAGERS. MANY LUXURY WATERFRONT PROPERTIES, some with boat docks. Near restaurants, shopping, cultural events, highways to airports. Read here about events & plans for the area that can affect your home, finances, neighborhood & social life.
A low-key, low density and low profile town, Ocean Ridge is just north of Gulf Stream along A1A, located on a barrier island in Palm Beach County. Ocean Ridge is prized for its quiet solitude, relaxed ambiance, and beautifully unspoiled landscape. This charming city lies between white-sand beaches on the Atlantic Ocean and the tranquil waters of the Intracoastal.
Centrally located between Palm Beach and Boca Raton, Ocean Ridge is near the region's finest world-class shops, restaurants, and sporting clubs. Here you will find a three-mile long stretch of mansions, luxury condominium complexes and older homes, with fabulous views both of the ocean and sunsets across the intercoastal waterway. It has become a wealthy community of mansions, luxury condominium complexes and older homes. Ocean Ridge offers elegant Spanish-style mansions at Pelican Beach, Tropical Shores and Ocean Harbor Estates, priced from $400,000 to $9 million. Stroll or bike ride along spectacular Old Ocean Boulevard, reminiscent of a quiet native Florida seashore path, drive through residential-lined streets, or simply pass through town on a scenic drive of A1A.
The Town's mission is to create and maintain a beautifully landscaped, diverse seaside community built around family and civic pride, state of the art public services and infrastructure that enhances the natural scenic beauty. With one of the lowest tax millage rates in Palm Beach County, Ocean Ridge provides services in a friendly, courteous and responsive manner. Known as a wonderful place to live and raise a family, Ocean Ridge has over 2600 residents who enjoy the solitude and seclusion of living in an area surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Florida Intracoastal Waterway. Nonetheless, those who call Ocean Ridge home can still enjoy the social life of the “big city” only a few miles away.
The first residents were the Dexter Hubel family from Michigan in 1877. A few years later more settlers arrived. In 1984, Masjor Narthan S. Boynton from Port Huron, Michigan, toured the area and built the Boynton Beach Hotel, a showplace on the South end of Ocean Avenue, with 45 rooms and 6 cottages. In 1911, the first bridge was cuilt at Ocean Avenue, made of wood, which swung open manually for boats to go through. Boynton was incorporated as a town in 1920, and Ocean Ridge was founded by 13 families in 1931 after the area seceded from neighboring Boynton Beach. Residents include retirees, teenagers and a growing population of young affluent professionals with most residents sharing a strong desire to protect the environment. Restoration of the eroding beach, protection of sea turtles, and continued beautification are major issues. The municipality is gradually modernizing operations. The city's computer system is being overhauled, and officials are planning the expansion of city hall. Residents are well looked after by police officers who make a point of knowing everyone. Even pets have their own files at the police station.
Read about local events and issues you may want to know about at: http://OceanRidgeHomesforSale.blogspot.com. To compare schools side-by-side go to FREE SCHOOL REPORTS.
For more pix and info head to http://www.MarilynJacobs.com and click on EXPLORE THE AREA. In the box marked BOCA, click the down arrow and head down to OCEAN RIDGE to "get the skinny" on various communities.
TO compare waterfront condo complexes, sizes, amenities, restrictions and recent sales, go to http://FLWaterfrontCondos.com.
If you are considering a move to Ocean Ridge, email marilynfjacobs@gmail with your wants and needs, price range, all important details and you will receive listings that match your criteria. Marilyn will be delighted to find you "the home of your dreams!" Call Marilyn Farber Jacobs at 561-988-0070.
