Owl's Head

[Wastin Away]

I dont' mean to get away from the point, because it does happen, but when I read some of the comments it made me think of this. We live in a small town outside of the city called Grayson, Gwinnett's Best Kept Secret, not any more. Because of all of the media coverage and the articles written about this area, everyone has decided that Grayson is where they want to be. The county officicals have let things get so out of hand. You use to have, what we call in the south, back roads, to most places you needed to go. Now the back roads are filled with cars, housing developents, retail developments, you name it. To the point. We have a town flyer that comes out once a month where you can advertise and residents of the area are spotlighted, well, one articles in the paper is called "The Forgotten Coast". It talks about the area, the beaches, what there is to offer, of course to buy, and who do you think is promoting, St. Joe Company. Now understand, this is a small 23 page paper in a now growing town. This is why we are seeing the changes. 30-A no longer is a kept secret.

 

[Kurt]

The marketing of the area has increased every year and a stall in sales, and a little recent bad PR related to natural forces, might crank it up even higher than normal in the coming season or two.

 

[Kimmifunn]

The marketing of the area has increased every year and a stall in sales, and a little recent bad PR related to natural forces, might crank it up even higher than normal in the coming season or two.

Because they didn't have me as their publicist.

 

[Miss Kitty]

This name is bothering me...why just a head? It reminds me of LL's story about his stepdad and the rabid dog!!

 

[Mermaid]

I like the architecture. Looks like a nice combination of styles from Rosemary Beach and Watercolor, with the mixture of stucco and siding. I'll take that 3rd sidehouse, please. :clap_1:

 

[Smiling JOe]

... one articles in the paper is called "The Forgotten Coast". It talks about the area, the beaches, what there is to offer, of course to buy, and who do you think is promoting, St. Joe Company. Now understand, this is a small 23 page paper in a now growing town. This is why we are seeing the changes. 30-A no longer is a kept secret.

I did not read the article so I don't know what areas in particular are being promoted, but I believe St Joe refers to our area From Destin to Pamana City as Florida's Great North West, and the area which is refered to as the Forgotten Coast is the area from Port St Joe to Apalachicola. Either way, this area is in general is still being promoted in many regional and national publications.

 

[Wastin Away]

I did not read the article so I don't know what areas in particular are being promoted, but I believe St Joe refers to our area From Destin to Pamana City as Florida's Great North West, and the area which is refered to as the Forgotten Coast is the area from Port St Joe to Apalachicola. Either way, this area is in general is still being promoted in many regional and national publications.

That's what area they were talking about. My point was that my little town was a best kept secret for a long time until development/advertisment/word of mouth has turned it into another bumper to bumper traffic nightmare. When we first starting comming to the 30-A area there was no traffic. The longest line we had to get in was at the Winn-Dixie in Panama City. We would always think twice about telling a lot of people where we would vacation because it was our little secret, now it is no longer a kept secret and a much sought after place to vacation.

 

[6thGen]

Pittsburg was once the best kept secret in buffalo hunting until the white man came along and made the women put shirts on.

 

[Smiling JOe]

That's what area they were talking about. My point was that my little town was a best kept secret for a long time until development/advertisment/word of mouth has turned it into another bumper to bumper traffic nightmare. When we first starting comming to the 30-A area there was no traffic. The longest line we had to get in was at the Winn-Dixie in Panama City. We would always think twice about telling a lot of people where we would vacation because it was our little secret, now it is no longer a kept secret and a much sought after place to vacation.

I understand your point Wastin. Perhaps we could hire Shelly to write for publications in the SouthEast to help keep traffic to current levels in the Florida panhandle.

Those darn white men Only men should wear shirts!

 

[beachmouse]

I saw a pretty long article on Owl's Head a while back, and it sounded like they were hoping that a decent percentage of houses and units there would be used as primary residences, and even a mention that they were hoping that the cheap part of town would be affordable for BRAC commuters (IMO, only if they're stationed at bomb school or the tracking center. The commute to base proper would be too long) and families with school age kids as well as affluent retirees.

Which make me wonder if they've got plans to build up the white collar/high tech jobs base in the Freeport area in some way. Seems like a forward-looking company like that would look to encourage jobs outside of the usual real estate/service industry suspects that dominate the area.