Invasive plants are out-competing native varieties in our coastal dune lakes here in South Walton.
In order to make room for the native species - which better support wildlife - the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) and the AmeriCorps team will begin to remove the vegetation this month. The removal will help restore water flow between portions of the lake that are currently bottlenecked.
Chef Erik Kellison and Christy Spell Terry have known each other for a good while now.
As the owner (along with her Dad Rick Spell) of George’s at Alys Beach, Christy saw the potential of then Sous Chef Erik and knew he would be the right man to helm the opening of Grits & Grind in Seacrest.
If your idea of comfort food has anything to do with a good ol’ grilled cheese sandwich, you can’t go wrong with the Meltdown On 30A.
When Chef Jim Shirley and partner Kelli Castille opened their shiny Airstream food truck, they felt that folks would be attracted to their grilled cheese offerings, but had no idea that a decade later, their simple idea would catch fire as it has.
The 12th Annual Digital Graffiti Festival lit up in Alys Beach on May 17-18, 2019!
Here in SoWal, Summer is calling for folks to be outdoors in one fashion or another.
Those who enjoy golf history know that the first course in America is said to be The Oakhurst Golf Club in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The course’s founder, Russell Montague, was urged by his doctor to move from Boston to a healthier climate. Having fallen in love with the game of golf while studying in Great Britain, he could think of nothing better for his health than a golf course — so he chose West Virginia.
Construction is booming in Alys Beach and the first homes were built as carefully and solidly as the current ones.
In this edition of SoWal Style we take a look inside one of the first homes built in Alys Beach along the central pedestrian path, bordering the firepit park. It's a wonderful four bedroom, three-and-a-half bath home thoughtfully designed courtyard home with an outdoor living space featuring a trickling water fountain and tropical foliage creating a private retreat.
The most recent SoWal Real Estate Report covers all of Walton County including South Walton real estate activity for April 2019, with statistics for single family homes, townhomes, and condos in Walton County, Florida.
Single family homes closed sales were up 11.6% for April 2019 compared to the same month last year. The number of pending sales for Walton County was up 9.2%. Inventory was down 2%. Median sales price was down 1.1%. Dollar volume increased 2.9% over last year at $181 Million.
Summer visitors to South Walton will once again be able to enjoy free day-use admission to Grayton Beach State Park and Topsail Hill Preserve State Park from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Sacred Heart Health System, part of Ascension Florida, has officially begun construction of a healthcare facility in the Watersound Origins community in eastern SoWal, in collaboration with Commercial Real Estate Development, LLC, a subsidiary of the St. Joe Company.
The new healthcare facility broke ground on May 28 and will be at the entrance of Watersound Origins, 20 miles east of Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast. The St. Joe Company is a Northwest Florida-based real estate developer known for its planned communities.
