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[quote="NSully, post: 548906"]Hi all - 
 
So the Sullivan family is permanantly relocating to the 30a area in June! We are besides ourslves with excitement and can't wait to become part of the community and meet y'all. :wave:
 
The good news is we have secured a home with gorgeous ocean views. The bad news is ....no pool for the kiddies. 
 
Are their "public/community" pools in the area. Our home is within walking distance to Gulf Place shopping area in Santa Rosa Beach. 
 
Thanks!!![/quote]
 
Welcome - welcome!!! Glad to see more yankees coming here. Congrats on your move and hopefully you will be love living here.
 
I will let others who know more than me comment on the pool question but I am sure you will find something.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="NSully">Hi all - 
 
So the Sullivan family is permanantly relocating to the 30a area in June! We are besides ourslves with excitement and can&#039;t wait to become part of the community and meet y&#039;all. :wave: 
 
The good news is we have secured a home with gorgeous ocean views. The bad news is ....no pool for the kiddies. 
 
Are their &quot;public/community&quot; pools in the area. Our home is within walking distance to Gulf Place shopping area in Santa Rosa Beach. 
 
Thanks!!!</blockquote> 
Welcome - welcome!!! Glad to see more yankees coming here. Congrats on your move and hopefully you will be love living here. 
 
I will let others who know more than me comment on the pool question but I am sure you will find something.

Jdarg

SoWal Expert

:welcome: No public pool in SoWal.

:(

Our community badly needs a public pool-  we are trying to keep it on the radar of the BCC.  In my mind, a public pool is a necessary part of a community structure, used by residents and visitors of all ages - like a library!

Until we get a pool, there is the "kiddie pool" at Grayton- the outflow.    Kid paradise.:wub:

:welcome: No public pool in SoWal. 
 
:( 
 
Our community badly needs a public pool- we are trying to keep it on the radar of the BCC. In my mind, a public pool is a necessary part of a community structure, used by residents and visitors of all ages - like a library! 
 
Until we get a pool, there is the &quot;kiddie pool&quot; at Grayton- the outflow. Kid paradise.:wub:

tsutcli

You might want to consider joining the Santa Rosa Beach Club on 30a. It is very near Gulf Plce and has a pool and clubhouse right on the gulf. Great place for dinner and they have a Sunday Brunch which is excellent and inexpensive.

[quote="tsutcli, post: 548913"]You might want to consider joining the Santa Rosa Beach Club on 30a. It is very near Gulf Plce and has a pool and clubhouse right on the gulf. Great place for dinner and they have a Sunday Brunch which is excellent and inexpensive.[/quote]

Great idea- I always forget about that place!

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="tsutcli">You might want to consider joining the Santa Rosa Beach Club on 30a. It is very near Gulf Plce and has a pool and clubhouse right on the gulf. Great place for dinner and they have a Sunday Brunch which is excellent and inexpensive.</blockquote> 
Great idea- I always forget about that place!

NSully

Beach Comber

[quote="tsutcli, post: 548913"]You might want to consider joining the Santa Rosa Beach Club on 30a. It is very near Gulf Plce and has a pool and clubhouse right on the gulf. Great place for dinner and they have a Sunday Brunch which is excellent and inexpensive.[/quote]
 
I have seen the S.R. Beach Club and definitley have it on my radar.  Are you a member?  We have a private Country/golf/swim club in our current neighborhood as well..... but the members seem to be somewhat older than us......so there are not too many elementary age kids there.  I wonder if they let non-members come in to "check it out".

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="tsutcli">You might want to consider joining the Santa Rosa Beach Club on 30a. It is very near Gulf Plce and has a pool and clubhouse right on the gulf. Great place for dinner and they have a Sunday Brunch which is excellent and inexpensive.</blockquote> 
I have seen the S.R. Beach Club and definitley have it on my radar. Are you a member? We have a private Country/golf/swim club in our current neighborhood as well..... but the members seem to be somewhat older than us......so there are not too many elementary age kids there. I wonder if they let non-members come in to &quot;check it out&quot;.

AAbsolute

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[quote="NSully, post: 548919"]I have seen the S.R. Beach Club and definitley have it on my radar. Are you a member? We have a private Country/golf/swim club in our current neighborhood as well..... but the members seem to be somewhat older than us......so there are not too many elementary age kids there. I wonder if they let non-members come in to "check it out".[/quote]
 
My family were members at Santa Rosa Beach Club.  We were quite young , but we were welcomed and the whole club treated us with hospitality.  What a great place to join if you are looking.  They'd allow me to tee off the back nine first thing in the morning so I could get 1/2 a round in and still be to work on time.  The restaurant is excellent.  We never had a wait to play tennis either.  Great idea if you live near 393 and 30A.
 
Welcome to South Walton.  You'll learn a thing or to about the civil war when you move here so be prepared for that and sympathetic too.  I think Yankees are going to be a driving force to health and prosperity for this area that is real and sustainable.
 
Welcome, welcome, welcome.:welcome:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="NSully">I have seen the S.R. Beach Club and definitley have it on my radar. Are you a member? We have a private Country/golf/swim club in our current neighborhood as well..... but the members seem to be somewhat older than us......so there are not too many elementary age kids there. I wonder if they let non-members come in to &quot;check it out&quot;.</blockquote> 
My family were members at Santa Rosa Beach Club. We were quite young , but we were welcomed and the whole club treated us with hospitality. What a great place to join if you are looking. They&#039;d allow me to tee off the back nine first thing in the morning so I could get 1/2 a round in and still be to work on time. The restaurant is excellent. We never had a wait to play tennis either. Great idea if you live near 393 and 30A. 
 
Welcome to South Walton. You&#039;ll learn a thing or to about the civil war when you move here so be prepared for that and sympathetic too. I think Yankees are going to be a driving force to health and prosperity for this area that is real and sustainable. 
 
Welcome, welcome, welcome.:welcome:

[quote="AAbsolute, post: 548926"]My family were members at Santa Rosa Beach Club. We were quite young , but we were welcomed and the whole club treated us with hospitality. What a great place to join if you are looking. They'd allow me to tee off the back nine first thing in the morning so I could get 1/2 a round in and still be to work on time. The restaurant is excellent. We never had a wait to play tennis either. Great idea if you live near 393 and 30A.
 
Welcome to South Walton. You'll learn a thing or to about the civil war when you move here so be prepared for that and sympathetic too. I think Yankees are going to be a driving force to health and prosperity for this area that is real and sustainable.
 
Welcome, welcome, welcome.:welcome:[/quote]
 
 
Excellent..thank you! My husband and I are not golfers, so I was looking at the Social membership.  I think it would be a great way to get acqainted with the area, meet some new friends and stick my "new swimmers" in a pool.
 
Thanks again!  :D

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="AAbsolute">My family were members at Santa Rosa Beach Club. We were quite young , but we were welcomed and the whole club treated us with hospitality. What a great place to join if you are looking. They&#039;d allow me to tee off the back nine first thing in the morning so I could get 1/2 a round in and still be to work on time. The restaurant is excellent. We never had a wait to play tennis either. Great idea if you live near 393 and 30A. 
 
Welcome to South Walton. You&#039;ll learn a thing or to about the civil war when you move here so be prepared for that and sympathetic too. I think Yankees are going to be a driving force to health and prosperity for this area that is real and sustainable. 
 
Welcome, welcome, welcome.:welcome:</blockquote> 
 
Excellent..thank you! My husband and I are not golfers, so I was looking at the Social membership. I think it would be a great way to get acqainted with the area, meet some new friends and stick my &quot;new swimmers&quot; in a pool. 
 
Thanks again! 😀

Paula

Lucky you, NSully!  You could also probably get a membership to the Seaside pool but The golf club is certainly closer.  

I'm a yankee, too, originally from Massachusetts, and my first true love was a Sullivan (yankee, too).  He left me for  lifeguard but I'm over it and we're friends.  Maybe we're long lost would-have-been-relatives-if-my-first-love-hadn't-left-me-for-the-lifeguard!  (You don't know Erin, Jackie, Susan, Mary, Maggie, and Bridget do you?)

We have cottages at the Cottages at Camp Creek and I will someday be spending months there in the winter.

Lucky you, NSully! You could also probably get a membership to the Seaside pool but The golf club is certainly closer. 
 
I&#039;m a yankee, too, originally from Massachusetts, and my first true love was a Sullivan (yankee, too). He left me for lifeguard but I&#039;m over it and we&#039;re friends. Maybe we&#039;re long lost would-have-been-relatives-if-my-first-love-hadn&#039;t-left-me-for-the-lifeguard! (You don&#039;t know Erin, Jackie, Susan, Mary, Maggie, and Bridget do you?) 
 
We have cottages at the Cottages at Camp Creek and I will someday be spending months there in the winter.

[quote="Paula, post: 548976"]Lucky you, NSully! You could also probably get a membership to the Seaside pool but The golf club is certainly closer. 
 
I'm a yankee, too, originally from Massachusetts, and my first true love was a Sullivan (yankee, too). He left me for lifeguard but I'm over it and we're friends. Maybe we're long lost would-have-been-relatives-if-my-first-love-hadn't-left-me-for-the-lifeguard! (You don't know Erin, Jackie, Susan, Mary, Maggie, and Bridget do you?)
 
We have cottages at the Cottages at Camp Creek and I will someday be spending months there in the winter.[/quote]
 
Wow.....Sorry about the lifeguard! ;-)     My husband and I lived in Boston from '95-'03. When we were single and fancy free.... pre-kids......good times!  We knew LOTS of "Sullys".  My 1st daughter was born in Boston.  Boston to Ohio to 30a....thanks for the tip on the Seaside pool!

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Paula">Lucky you, NSully! You could also probably get a membership to the Seaside pool but The golf club is certainly closer. 
 
I&#039;m a yankee, too, originally from Massachusetts, and my first true love was a Sullivan (yankee, too). He left me for lifeguard but I&#039;m over it and we&#039;re friends. Maybe we&#039;re long lost would-have-been-relatives-if-my-first-love-hadn&#039;t-left-me-for-the-lifeguard! (You don&#039;t know Erin, Jackie, Susan, Mary, Maggie, and Bridget do you?) 
 
We have cottages at the Cottages at Camp Creek and I will someday be spending months there in the winter.</blockquote> 
Wow.....Sorry about the lifeguard! ;-) My husband and I lived in Boston from &#039;95-&#039;03. When we were single and fancy free.... pre-kids......good times! We knew LOTS of &quot;Sullys&quot;. My 1st daughter was born in Boston. Boston to Ohio to 30a....thanks for the tip on the Seaside pool!

Matt J

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I recommend the equity membership if you do it.

Lynnie

SoWal Insider

Welcome - you&#039;ll love it!   Cheers~~~~

[quote="sowalgayboi, post: 549109"]I recommend the equity membership if you do it.[/quote]
 
How come the equity membership?  You know when I got my equity position they had it calculated at $2,500.  A waiting list developed by the time it became unneccessary for me and the equity rate was $7,500.  However, they only repay the $2,500 upon return.  Wouldn't our "New Jill" be better with a Social if they are going to swim and Beach Club it?

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="sowalgayboi">I recommend the equity membership if you do it.</blockquote> 
How come the equity membership? You know when I got my equity position they had it calculated at $2,500. A waiting list developed by the time it became unneccessary for me and the equity rate was $7,500. However, they only repay the $2,500 upon return. Wouldn&#039;t our &quot;New Jill&quot; be better with a Social if they are going to swim and Beach Club it?

Sully

:welcome:From one "Sully" to another :welcome:!
 
I have a little Yankee in me too.  Upstate NY.  Go for the Social Membership.

:welcome:From one &quot;Sully&quot; to another :welcome:! 
 
I have a little Yankee in me too. Upstate NY. Go for the Social Membership.

[quote="NSully, post: 548988"]Wow.....Sorry about the lifeguard! ;-)     My husband and I lived in Boston from '95-'03. When we were single and fancy free.... pre-kids......good times!  We knew LOTS of "Sullys".  My 1st daughter was born in Boston.  Boston to Ohio to 30a....thanks for the tip on the Seaside pool![/quote]

Western Massachusetts to Michigan and someday part-time 30A.  Boston is nice - North End especially.  And when I'll be on 30A in the winters, I, too, will most likely join a club that has a heated pool (we're at the Cottages at Camp Creek and our pool and, nice as it is, it isn't heated).  The other option is the much less expensive heated pool at the nice, new complex in Panama City, but it's a bit far for you where you are on 30A (and 10 miles from where we are on 30A).

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="NSully">Wow.....Sorry about the lifeguard! ;-) My husband and I lived in Boston from &#039;95-&#039;03. When we were single and fancy free.... pre-kids......good times! We knew LOTS of &quot;Sullys&quot;. My 1st daughter was born in Boston. Boston to Ohio to 30a....thanks for the tip on the Seaside pool!</blockquote> 
Western Massachusetts to Michigan and someday part-time 30A. Boston is nice - North End especially. And when I&#039;ll be on 30A in the winters, I, too, will most likely join a club that has a heated pool (we&#039;re at the Cottages at Camp Creek and our pool and, nice as it is, it isn&#039;t heated). The other option is the much less expensive heated pool at the nice, new complex in Panama City, but it&#039;s a bit far for you where you are on 30A (and 10 miles from where we are on 30A).

Hi all - 
 
So the Sullivan family is permanantly relocating to the 30a area in June! We are besides ourslves with excitement and can't wait to become part of the community and meet y'all.  :wave:
 
The good news is we have secured a home with gorgeous ocean views. The bad news is ....no pool for the kiddies. 
 
Are their "public/community" pools in the area. Our home is within walking distance to Gulf Place shopping area in Santa Rosa Beach. 
 
Thanks!!!

Hi all - 
 
So the Sullivan family is permanantly relocating to the 30a area in June! We are besides ourslves with excitement and can&#039;t wait to become part of the community and meet y&#039;all. :wave: 
 
The good news is we have secured a home with gorgeous ocean views. The bad news is ....no pool for the kiddies. 
 
Are their &quot;public/community&quot; pools in the area. Our home is within walking distance to Gulf Place shopping area in Santa Rosa Beach. 
 
Thanks!!!

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