photos - Alys, Seagrove, Seaside - 11/21/05

Thanks Kurt...you gave a good overview of the good, bad and the ugly on 30-A. Luckily, most of it is good.

Interesting AND pretty pictures Kurt!

I love the name of the development "Prominence".. .do you have to be prominent to live there? Wonder what the criteria would be? :scratch:

Interesting AND pretty pictures Kurt!

I love the name of the development "Prominence".. .do you have to be prominent to live there? Wonder what the criteria would be? :scratch:

Sorry folks...that would be where Miss Kitty will be living large...all by herself!!

Interesting AND pretty pictures Kurt!

I love the name of the development "Prominence".. .do you have to be prominent to live there? Wonder what the criteria would be? :scratch:

The Prominence folks told a room filled with people that the development would be made up of very diverse people. They would have a wide range of prices to encourage anyone "from school teachers to lawyers and doctors." Give me a break.

Sorry folks...that would be where Miss Kitty will be living large...all by herself!!

Ah I get it! Something about you must be prominent to be allowed in. I guess it's the purple hair for Miss Kitty! :roll:

I will need to think of something prominent for me so I can come visit you. If I keep eating the pumpkin pie (just had some for breakfast-yum!), my butt will be so prominent that they will give me a house!

Thanks so much Kurt, the Seagrove pics are right in front of where we always stay..........The beach is looking better and better 😀

Thanks Kurt.

SGL...I was going to ask you if that was the boardwalk in front of your place last summer.

Ah I get it! Something about you must be prominent to be allowed in. I guess it's the purple hair for Miss Kitty! :roll:

I will need to think of something prominent for me so I can come visit you. If I keep eating the pumpkin pie (just had some for breakfast-yum!), my butt will be so prominent that they will give me a house!

All Prominent Rear Ends are allowed in!! It's all about self esteem, it is!

Kurt, Thank you so much for the pictures!!! Especially the one's of the Seagrove Villa's and Motel. I know there is a sea wall under all that sand, but it sure does look better. Maybe we will be able to stay there again this summer. As alway's, you do good work. :clap_1:

Clear cutting in SoWal is not a process most developers find necessary, or buyers find desirable.

Ugh!
Kurt, I love the Seaside post office photo!

I love the name of the development "Prominence".. .do you have to be prominent to live there? Wonder what the criteria would be? :scratch:

I think they must mean that the houses are going to be prominent since they've cleared everything else away!!! :pissed:

Great photos, Kurt!

I didn't care for the Prominence subdivision. When you drive in, there's a great big long fence on one side, separating Prominence land from St. Joe's land. I don't like being fenced in! Especially on a beach where you expect everything to be open and free and spacious. It has the wrong feel to it.

We saw them putting up the Christmas decorations everywhere. Seaside's post office looks adorable! In Rosemary Beach, all the palm trees downtown are wrapped with red lights and it's spectacular looking in the evening. Grand Isle condos, with the shops below (Cowgirl Kitchen and more) have white lights wrapped around their palms. It's so festive. :clap_1:

Those huge entry posts at either end of Alys Beach are going to be very attractive when they're done but they're a little over the top! Merman commented that it's kind of disjointing to be driving on 30-A, which is a public road, then going through the entry point posts. He said it feels like all of a sudden it seems like you've stumbled onto a bit of private property and you're trespassing on their turf.

Great Pics... Thanks Kurt. Sure looks like the beach is getting better !

I was totally amazed at the construction going on! And the clear cutting was so sad. One minute I was telling my husband how people just keep walking on the dunes, and the next minute we drive by construction and there are NO dunes. I just don't understand with all of the places for sell, why people keep wanting bigger/better than what is offered.

Although I enjoyed our condo and the area we stayed in, in retrospect, it seems sad to think about what WAS there before the buildings were built.

When we went to Grayton State Park, hubby said, "Now this is how the entire area should look!"

And he was right... :; sigh :: :idontno:

I was totally amazed at the construction going on! And the clear cutting was so sad. One minute I was telling my husband how people just keep walking on the dunes, and the next minute we drive by construction and there are NO dunes. I just don't understand with all of the places for sell, why people keep wanting bigger/better than what is offered.

Although I enjoyed our condo and the area we stayed in, in retrospect, it seems sad to think about what WAS there before the buildings were built.

When we went to Grayton State Park, hubby said, "Now this is how the entire area should look!"

And he was right... :; sigh :: :idontno:

And that IS how it used to look 35 years ago when I was a kid.

When I moved from Grayton Beach to Santa Rosa Beach in the 60's, there were about 300 people here. What I fail to understand is if you don't like the vegetation removed, how do you think they put your house in? If you feel that strongly, then why don't you sell, and free up your house to allow someone else to live there, so they won't have to cut anything else to build for all the people who want to live here! The state owns about 22,000 acres in Walton County. This does not include Eglin AFB or the Northwest Florida Water management District holdings. Go to FNAI.org and click on the conservation lands map.

When I moved from Grayton Beach to Santa Rosa Beach in the 60's, there were about 300 people here. What I fail to understand is if you don't like the vegetation removed, how do you think they put your house in? If you feel that strongly, then why don't you sell, and free up your house to allow someone else to live there, so they won't have to cut anything else to build for all the people who want to live here! The state owns about 22,000 acres in Walton County. This does not include Eglin AFB or the Northwest Florida Water management District holdings. Go to FNAI.org and click on the conservation lands map.

Florida girl, there's no need to clear cut. Houses can be built without raping the landscape. I know vegetation grows quickly here, but that's absolutely no excuse to remove it when it's not necessary. Some of us like trees. And we want them around our homes both for the aesthetic value--you have to admit they do beautify--and the ecological reasons--the roots hold down excess rainwater and prevent wash off, etc. Trees are important to the earth. You know what they say: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Like, if the tree is there and you don't need to bulldoze it, don't.

Plus, if I wanted to own property that looked like it belongs in the Great Plains, I'd have bought there, not in SoWal.

Whoa florida girl! What's wrong today? :blink: Hope it passes soon!

Did you notice the green area in the map? The area that belongs to the state? Very little in South Walton that doesn't! They still have to clear a spot for a house, no matter how small. Especially if they put 10 houses on an acre. When I was a kid, word of mouth was how people knew about it here, it's still that way, just a larger scale. How can people complain, when they keep telling their friends and neighbors back home about South Walton? Did it occur to anyone that they should have kept quiet a long time ago? If it's okay for you to be here, then how are you different from the other people who want to be here? There isn't a lottery for one lucky individual to be able to have a house, the prices keep going up, demand out weighs supply. Fruitless to complain. Eventually, they will use up the available vacant land, and it will end.