The Grayton Beach Community Center Updates

The Grayton Beach Community Center is located at the junction of 44 Hotz Avenue and DeFuniak Street.

Right behind the current tram stop.

It is currently in the design/permitting stage and once completed, the 1,600 +/- square foot building will house a local information station, restrooms, observation deck, a boardwalk to the beach and access to our transit shuttle.

Work is anticipated to begin in Fall 2023 and be completed by Summer 2024.

This will be a great addition to Grayton, especially with all the folks they are bussing in and out now. Can't wait to see the finished project.

Exciting project and so needed!

Exciting project and so needed!

No more buying a cocktail to use the bathroom.

I am not in favor of replacing dunes with a toilet.

I am not in favor of replacing dunes with a toilet.

Where do you think all of those folks they truck in have been going to the bathroom? Plus, the parcel that the bathroom is going on is directly on Hotz, right near Defuniak. If not a bathroom, it would have been a monster house or commercial.

Where do you think all of those folks they truck in have been going to the bathroom? Plus, the parcel that the bathroom is going on is directly on Hotz, right near Defuniak. If not a bathroom, it would have been a monster house or commercial.

They should hold it. lol

There are places to build a bathroom already without killing dunes.

Besides the businesses have bathrooms and need foot traffic.

The Grayton Beach Community Center is located at the junction of Hotz Avenue and DeFuniak Street. It is in the design stage and once completed, the 1600 +/- square foot building will house a local information station, restrooms, observation deck, and access to our transit shuttle. Work is anticipated to begin Fall 2023 and be completed by Summer 2024.

The Grayton Beach Community Center is located at 44 Hotz Ave. in Grayton Beach. Once completed, the 1,600-square-foot building will house a local information station, restrooms, observation deck, a boardwalk to the beach and access to the Beach Tram.


STATUS: Construction began in May 2025 and is expected to be completed in May 2026.

• Hotz Avenue is scheduled to be closed Nov. 3-25 and Dec. 1-23 for completion of the pedestrian plazas and paving. Residents in the alleyway between DeFuniak Street and Garfield Street will use an alternate route to reach their homes. Please see the map below for directions.
• The west side beach access drive will be closed Dec. 4-17 for construction of the roundabout area. Beach goers will need to use the east side beach access to reach Grayton Beach.
• DeFuniak Street will be down to a single lane for resurfacing Dec. 18-23.
• During construction of these areas, the Walton County Beach Tram will have an alternate route. See the map below for details.
• Email Nancy@WCFLTourism, or call 850-267-4578 ext. 8564 for additional details.

Thank you for the photos!

Interesting design. Not sure about it but I'll reserve judgement until completed and landscaping done but seems out of character too fancy and way too much concrete, especially the "wave barriers" along the road. Birds are going to love nesting in the open roof lattice that seems like a bad idea.

Wow seems very out of place for Grayton. Weird it seems like just a few years ago people were upset about paving the roads.

Curious if this is still on track for completion in May? We are staying in Grayton in about a month and eager to see the finished project!

Curious if this is still on track for completion in May? We are staying in Grayton in about a month and eager to see the finished project!

It looks to be but hard to say because there could be a wait for materials that isnt obvious.

I took these pictures on April 20. One of the connecting boardwalks was still being worked on. The building looked close to being done from the outside, but I don't know what's going on inside.

Scheduled to open June 15th.

Walton County Board of County Commissioners and the Walton County Beach Operations and Tourism departments will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Bets "Beachmama" Haynes Regional Beach Access at 9 a.m. Monday, June 15, at 44 Hotz Ave. in Grayton Beach.

The County's 11th RBA features 1,600 square feet of beachfront amenities including restrooms, a 360-degree observation deck, rinse showers, a boardwalk and access to the Beach Tram. It also houses a local information station highlighting the founding and history of the Grayton Beach community.

The facility is named in honor of Bets "Beachmama" Haynes, a Grayton Beach resident credited with leading the grassroots campaign that convinced the state of Florida to purchase nearly 900 acres of coastal land in 1985, preserving what is now Grayton Beach State Park from high-density development.

Media and the public are invited to attend. Paid parking is available at the Grayton Beach Park and Ride, 1505 S County Hwy. 283, with free Beach Tram access to the site. Free parking is available on DeFuniak Street and 30A.

This project was built and will be maintained using the Tourist Development Tax, or bed tax, a 5-percent tax collected on short-term rentals of six months or less in south Walton County. Residents do not pay a bed tax unless they are taking a "staycation" in local accommodations.

For more information and project updates, please visit waltoncountyfltourism.com/projects or call Beach Operations at (850) 267-4578.