Perfecting the Coastal Carolina Lifestyle
The Coastal Carolina Air Show is this weekend, featuring jet teams, acrobatic teams in their T-6 Texan’s, a Parachute Team from Fort Bragg, Monster Truck and helicopter rides, the Smoke-n-Thunder Jet Car, and more. Gates open at 8am and the show begins at 11am at the Wilmington International Airport.
The 64th Annual North Carolina Azalea Festival is this weekend, April 8-10, 2011 just a short drive north of the coastal communities Ocean Ridge Plantation, Ocean Isle Palms, Rivers Edge, and Seawatch in the Wilmington area. Since 1948, the the Azalea Festival has been southeastern North Carolina’s main event, celebrating the area’s culture, history, and beautiful landscape. An extended weekend attracts more than 300,000 visitors, who enjoy local artwork and crafts, community garden tours, a celebrity parade, family circus, southern concerts, and more.
A full calendar of events can be found by visiting www.ncazaleafestival.org.
With a current year-round population of 530 and a vibrant seasonal vacation population, Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, is known as the Gem of the Brunswick Islands.
Surrounded by the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean, Ocean Isle Beach is connected to the mainland by a modern high-rise bridge spanning gorgeous marsh savannas and offering breathtaking views. Devoid of multiple high rises, bright lights, or heavy traffic, Ocean Isle Beach runs east to west, provides a fishing pier, public boat launch facility, direct access to the Intracoastal Waterway, and beach paths every 500 feet. As a result, Ocean Isle Beach supports a relaxed and effortless experience for beach-goers, boaters, and fishermen.
Blessed with a long history of traditional family vacations, seasonal festivals, bountiful sports fishing, exciting dolphin sightings, late-night loggerhead turtle nesting, quaint eateries and stores, and friendly year-round residents, the appeal of Ocean Isle Beach is a charming and enduring one. Visit us this summer and experience it for yourself.
Over 25 years of experience and an impressive portfolio of architectural innovation and superior craftsmanship have distinguished Mark Saunders Luxury Homes® as master builders of extraordinary homes.
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Now a new Design Center makes the decision to build with Mark Saunders Luxury Homes even easier. Whether your style is classic, coastal, or comfort, all the essentials to create a retreat perfect for your lifestyle is there. The Design Center, located in Supply, North Carolina, is equipped with the latest styles and selections for the interior and exterior of your home. Featuring James A. Hardie exterior siding, Moen plumbing fixtures, Mohawk Portico flooring, Daltile, General Shale brick, Owens Corning Cultured Stone, Sherwin Williams paint, and a variety of cabinet companies, the possibilities are endless. An in-house Interior Design Coordinator, Jennifer Anderson guides clients through the selection process choosing the perfect colors, fixtures, and finishes allowing them the enjoyment of creating a home unparalleled in luxury and style.
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If Warren Buffet is right (and given his track record of Berkshire stock appreciating from $15 in 1965 to $119,800, he very often is), the US will recover from its residential housing slump by 2011. “Within a year or so, residential housing problems should largely be behind us,” he wrote in his annual letter to Hathaway shareholders.
Most economists agree that a full-fledged recovery should begin this year, and based on last year’s performance, it is clear that some markets are prepared to grow more quickly than others in 2010. According to Builder magazine and their “Builder Market Health Index”, compiled by Hanley Wood Market Intelligence, seven of the top 20 markets will be in the Carolinas, including the popular Brunswick County coastal corridor between Wilmington, North Carolina, at number 17 and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, at number 15.
Wilmington – Strong employment and population growth, along with its location – minutes from the Atlantic Ocean – should prompt a turnaround in new home construction this year. A large historic district encompassing 300 city blocks, a new convention center debuting in 2010, and expansion at the Port of Wilmington combine for an excellent outlook for this coastal town in the coming year.
Myrtle Beach is another market that has benefitted from its fantastic location, adding new people to its population with one of the highest household formation rates in the country – 2.5% in 2009, with that rate expected to continue in 2010. Total building permit activity rose strongly, 47%, in the fourth quarter of last year compared to the same period a year earlier.
The coastal corridor between these two cities is known as Brunswick County, which remains one of the 100 fastest growing counties in the U.S. at number 68. Boasting four family-oriented beaches – Oak Island, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and Sunset Beach – and some of the best golf courses in the nation, Brunswick County is poised to share in the success of its neighboring coastal towns.
