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Rosemary Beach

History of Rosemary Beach

Rosemary Beach, classified as neo-tradition, is located on the Gulf Coast of Northwest Florida on the east end of the scenic Highway 30A. It lies between Destin and Panama City and is only a short half-hour drive from the International Airport of Bay County in Panama City, or an hour's drive from the Okaloosa County Regional Airport in Fort Walton Beach, making the small community easy to access via car or plane.

Patrick Bienvenue, president of the Land Company of Rosemary Beach, created a vision for the world to see. That vision turned into reality in 1995 when Rosemary Beach was founded. The Land Company's master plan is grounded in principles of traditional neighborhood planning and New Urbanism. Rosemary Beach gained its inspiration from other classically-developed beach cities; it consists of 107 gulf-front acres and endeavors to renew the philosophies of of neighborhood, community, and convenience. This small town lets residents live, work, and play in a tropical paradise.

People often search to the four corners of the earth looking for paradise and seldom find it, yet paradise is close to home in Rosemary Beach. Long expanses of pristine, sugar-white sand beaches, fresh ocean breezes blowing in from the Gulf of Mexico, the peace of the gently-rolling surf, and singing sandpipers and seagulls all lend themselves to the natural beauty and ambience of Rosemary Beach, waiting only for someone to discover them.

When the workday ends, and the daily errands can be put off a little longer, Rosemary Beach is perfect for a vacation; for a month, for a week, or even a few hours. The temperatures remain mild all year, yet seasonal changes delight the senses. The pristine beaches are free of large crowds. The natural scenery located on a designated scenic highway is spectacular. The architecture is aesthetically pleasing and has won numerous awards. The town square is quaint and offers amenities including pools, boardwalks through the sand dunes, tennis courts, and green, grassy areas for relaxing.

The climate, environment, amenities, activities, and nightlife make this South Walton County beach ideal for conventions and meetings. Fourteen communities are ready to cater to gatherings of all sizes, from the lone professional to the family to the large company's workforce. Rosemary Beach boasts several golf courses, designed by golf professionals and earning many prestigious awards.

Whether deep-sea fishing, investigating natural habitats, art viewing, wine tasting, shopping designer outlets, or playing tennis, everyone is fulfilled and entertained in Rosemary Beach.

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Santa Rosa Beach

History of Santa Rosa Beach

Santa Rosa Beach sits in the beautiful Panhandle area in Northwest Florida, also called the "Emerald Coast", just fifteen miles from Destin. Santa Rosa Beach is one of south Walton County's oldest beachfront towns on Scenic Highway 30A and runs north past Highway 98. The town was named after Santa Rosa Plantation, which sat north from Highway 98 near Hogtown Bayou and flourished during the 1800s. Now, Santa Rosa Beach, with its sugar-white sand beaches, is one of the most beautiful coastlines in the country. When you arrive in the area of south Walton County and start seeing upscale Gulf-front condominiums and high-end shops, you will know that you have reached Santa Rosa Beach. The intersection of Highways 393 and 30A includes shops, restaurants, a coffee shop, and park just off the road. The beach line itself is a mile in length and is comprised of new gulf-front beach homes and many small townhome and condominium complexes. Santa Rosa Beach includes many other small beachside communities, such as historic Point Washington, but Santa Rosa is the largest seaside community in the surrounding area. Unique boutiques, galleries, shops, and restaurants are interspersed within the area, and Silver Sands Factory Store, one of the largest outlet malls in the country, is only ten miles from Santa Rosa Beach.

Nearby you can find historic Point Washington, home of the Wesley House, located in the Eden State Gardens, which was constructed in the late nineteenth century and contains one of the world's largest collections of authentic antiques of the Louis XIV era. The state preserve of Topsail Hill is probably one of Florida's most pristine sites; since the Europeans settled the area nearly five hundred years ago, its dunes, beach, lake, and swamp of cypresses has remained almost completely untouched. You can find several entrance points into the State Forest of Point Washington, fifteen thousand acres with over ten miles of hiking trails, in Santa Rosa Beach. The 2007 Seabreeze Festival of Jazz was hosted at the two-acre amphitheater at Gulf Place. Santa Rosa's Golf and Beach Club sits between the areas top attractions: the sugar-white sand beach and lush woodland. It boasts eighteen difficult holes that snake through and around the white sand, blue ponds, and green vegetation of the area. Many other golf courses lie within minutes of the town, leading Golf Digest to name the area as one of the "Best Areas For Golfing." Santa Rosa Beach also offers three regulation-size tennis courts, as well as swimming, scuba diving, fishing, kayaking, canoeing, boating, bicycling, and birdwatching. The number of recreational opportunities is limitless.

Santa Rosa Beach's restaurants are not to be missed. They offer an amazing variety, ambience, and price; whether you're looking for casual, family-style, local fresh seafood, or internationally-renowned cuisine, you can find it all here. Seven local restaurants were named as one of the "Top 400 Florida Restaurants" by Florida Trend Magazine.

Other nearby beachfront communities include Seaside, Watercolor, Grayton Beach, Sandestin, Destin, and Rosemary Beach. The eighteen-mile coastline encompassing these cities of the Emerald Coast of Florida provide the state's most beautiful scenery. Santa Rosa Beach is located conveniently in the middle of them all, with fewer crowds than the more well-known destinations.

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This is a reminder that the 2008 Toys for Tots campaign kicks off at ECAR tomorrow, Friday, November 14, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. Members are asked to bring new, unwrapped toys to the ceremonial start of the toy drive.  Collection boxes and posters will be available for any office wishing to be a toy drop location.  Each year ECAR's Realtor Outreach Committee (ROC) organizes Toys for Tots campaign in conjunction with the national Toys for Tots Foundation.  Collection boxes will be placed around the Emerald Coast in retail stores and in real estate and other professional offices.  President-Elect Anita Williams is coordinating this year's campaign.  Anyone willing to help sort and bag toys during the drive should contact Anita at 850-585-4869.  Toys collected locally stay within the
community to help children who might otherwise not have any presents at Christmas.

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