Rosemary Beach, Florida
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Walton County, Florida
Walton County is a county located in the state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 40,601. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 50,324. Its county seat is DeFuniak Springs, Florida. The county is home to the highest natural point in Florida: Britton Hill, at .- History...
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on the Gulf Coast.
A traditional new town development founder by Guy Chesterfield Sr. c. 1995 and later designed by Duany Plater Zyberk & Company
Duany Plater Zyberk & Company
Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company is a Miami, Florida-based architecture and town planning firm founded in 1980 by the husband-and-wife team of Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. It is one of the dominant firms specializing in new urbanist town planning in the United States and other countries,...
, Rosemary Beach followed in the footsteps of Seaside
Seaside, Florida
Seaside is an unincorporated master-planned community on the Florida panhandle in Walton County, between Panama City Beach and Destin. The town has become the topic of slide lectures in architectural schools and in housing-industry magazines, and is visited by design professionals from all over the...
in recreating the feel of a community, but there are more home-owners in Rosemary Beach, and the Seaside area relies more on tourism. Founded in 1995, the town encompasses about 105 acre (0.4249203 km²) and upon completion had just over 500 homesites and a mixed use town center with shops, restaurants, and activities. As of November, 2010, the town is more than 90% complete. It looks out on the white sands of the Emerald Coast
Emerald Coast
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and is within Inlet Beach, Florida
Inlet Beach, Florida
Inlet Beach is located in south Walton County, Florida. Inlet Beach is the most eastern South Walton County beach and is named after Phillips Inlet at the border of South Walton and Bay counties....
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Rosemary Beach was the location for the HGTV
HGTV
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Dream Home contest in 1999 where a lucky contestant won a furnished home and an automobile.
The town is a master-planned community located on the popular beachside road, 30-A. Its design is to remind visitors of a West Indies beachside resort. The surf is good in the spring and winter. The area is rich in tourism in the summer. The area was not affected by the Gulf oil spill of 2010. The only hotel there is under construction and has no current completion date as there is no owner. The entire town is developed as a drain, and whenever there is rain water rushes to strategically placed drainage systems.