The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) of Northwest Florida State College announces the summer session of its award winning eco-tourism initiative, Discover Roads Less Traveled: Eco-Adventures of Walton County. Voted Best Outdoor Adventure in the 2015 Perfect in South Walton- Best of the Best list, the summer tour line-up falls nothing short. Don’t miss the chance to get outdoors this summer and explore!
The Gulf World Marine Institute stranding team recently released a fully rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle into the Gulf of Mexico in Panama City Beach. The stranded sea turtle was rescued in March of this year and was found to be emaciated and lethargic. After a few months of rehabilitation at Gulf World Marine Institute the sea turtle was medically cleared and then released back into the Gulf on June 24, 2015, along with a few human friends standing by for support.
The latest real estate report for May 2015 includes statistics for single family homes in Walton County, Florida. It's been an impressive 2015 for real estate in South Walton. Closed sales for single family homes county-wide were up 19% over the same month last year. New pending sales of single family homes are up 31%!
It was the summer of 1986 when David and Susan Lowery visited South Walton for the first time. Traveling from Dallas, with little money to spare, they remember it as the first family vacation they could afford.
While staying in Sandestin, they saw an advertisement for Bud and Alley’s and found their way to the restaurant on Scenic 30A. One visit was all it took and they began staying in Seaside as often as possible.
Father and daughter team Rick and Christy Spell are the new faces behind La Cocina Mexican Grill and Bar. Hailing from Memphis, the dynamic duo ventured further south in search of a great restaurant to buy.
It’s time for big fish, big prizes and family fun on the Emerald Coast of Florida! Recognized as one of the elite big-game fishing tournaments in the world, the 2015 Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic is set to get underway June 17-21, 2015, at the beautiful Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in the Florida Panhandle.
As usual, if I am on the hill writing a fishing report then the surf must be up. All the young kids with surfboards have been having a blast the past couple days as Tropical Storm Bill hot Texas and kicked up a swell way too big to be able to safely get a boat on and off the beach. The weather is beautiful and the Gulf is slick, once you get past that 5 foot surf on the bar! Hopefully we will all be back out chasing finny critters again tomorrow.
The dynamic trio of Steve Dixon, Jon Kazek, and Chris Morrison seem to have nailed the formula for successful home building. Equal partners in Dixon Kazek Morrison Custom Home Designs (DKM), all are Florida-certified general contractors and their home-building territory stretches from Rosemary Beach to Shalimar.
WaterColor Inn & Resort has a great line up for everyone in SoWal this summer with weekly concerts and movies in the amphitheater at Marina Park. Bring your friends and family and a chair or blanket for seating to enjoy outdoor entertainment every week under the stars.
All summer long, enjoy Tuesday Night Favorites and Throwback Thursday Night movies beginning at sunset. Concerts begin June 1 and will take place on Monday nights from 6-8 pm. Movies and concerts are open to the public and admission is free.
Gulf Place is the perfect place for artists of all ages! The Artists at Gulf Place and 30A Learning Academy will host art classes, interactive workshops and adventure camps to keep kids engaged and active this summer from June 1 throughout the summer.
