How is your daily drive?

Dataw Island

BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA

How is your daily drive? Cut the commute and wake up daily to 36 holes of championship golf with 11 holes per course featuring water views. Plus, tennis, pickleball, croquet, bocce, and social clubs too numerous to mention. Just outside historic Beaufort, SC, Dataw Island is a private gated community catered to the active lifestyle.

The perfect size – with 900 homes, there are numerous resales available, and room to build 100 more – the community is truly a hidden gem. Developed to honor nature and history, the

“Best Golf Community” island exudes historic charm, natural beauty, and extraordinary living, and its people emanate friendliness.

• Two golf courses (Tom Fazio, Arthur Hills) both ranked in the state of South Carolina’s Top 50

• Eight Har-Tru tennis courts, named an “Outstanding Tennis Facility” by USTA

• Croquet

• Pickleball

• Full-service marina

• Community docks and kayak launches sell their creations to help less fortunate kids here in Marion County, and the Sunshine Quilters make comfort quilts for children’s hospitals.”

In addition, the Bunco Babes Club hosts an annual fundraising event to support the March of Dimes. Several OTOW groups, including the Lions Club, organize donations to local food banks. Others are active every holiday season with contributions to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. Residents of OTOW’s Candler Hills community raised more than $16,000 for classroom supplies for local public schools in September 2020. Other OTOW clubs recruit volunteers and solicit donations that benefit area hospice programs, military veteran support organizations, and animal-rescue shelters.

“Our residents enjoy staying active,” says Fields, “and they’ve found that supporting local charities is one of the most fulfilling ways to do that. Each of our service clubs is run by a volunteer that devotes his or her time to benefit the greater Ocala com- munity. It’s also a great way to make new friends and engage in worthwhile social activities.”

And as new needs arise, OTOW is quick to coordinate community health initiatives such as participating as a major local distribution center for COVID-19 vaccinations. Volunteers at OTOW’s Master the Possibilities Not-For-Profit Lifelong Learning Center scheduled appointments, and the community’s Circle Square Cultural Center was the host site for 3,500 doses administered in March 2021. Among those served in the initial distribution phase were area residents age 65 and over and qualified healthcare personnel, teachers and school employees, law enforcement officers, and firefighters.

• Indoor and outdoor swimming pools

• Nature preserve, featuring trails, sunset dock and an off-leash dog run

• Community garden plots, butterfly garden

• Free library

• Social clubs too numerous to mention Visit on a three-day, two-night stay to see for yourself why locals have voted this community the “Best In Beaufort.”

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Envision the shimmering emerald green waters of the Gulf of Mexico, sugar-white sand beaches, rolling dunes, and beautiful forests that stretch as far as the eye can see. This leisure time paradise’s breathtaking beauty is just one of the many outstanding lifestyle offerings of the Florida Panhandle’s Emerald Coast. Here, charming beach towns and thriving cities stretch from Panama City to Destin, FL.

Nature’s Bountiful Beauty

The Emerald Coast is home to some of the world’s most beautiful beaches, dunes, lakes, and forests. Between Panama City and Destin alone, there are miles upon miles of public beaches along the Gulf of Mexico where pods of dolphins play and a myriad of water sports can be enjoyed. For fishing enthusiasts, there are numerous fishing piers in the area, as well as boat charters for deep sea and freshwater fishing. Divers and snorkelers can explore artificial reefs, historic shipwrecks, freshwater springs, and more.

There are 33 Florida state parks in the Florida Panhandle. Among them is St. Andrews State Park near Panama City Beach. Considered one of Florida’s most treasured state parks, St. Andrews State Park has a mile and a half of natural beach and sand dunes along the Gulf of Mexico, great snorkeling and diving areas, hiking, biking, and picnic areas. Visitors to the park can also take a shuttle to nearby Shell Island, a seven-mile-long, uninhabited island.

If golf is your passion, more than 20 golf courses, including championship courses, can be found between Panama City and Destin. An additional unending array of outdoor activities can be enjoyed in year-round mild temperatures. A rich historical and cultural heritage and impressive dining, shopping, and entertainment offerings combine with the many outdoor activities to create a leisure-time playground for residents and visitors of all ages and interests.

Diverse and Growing Economy

The Emerald Coast has it all. The area has an excellent transportation system, comprehensive education system, two highlyranked healthcare systems, and other major lifestyle components that assure economic growth and a sustained high quality of living. A very special dimension to the region’s makeup and economic stability is the presence of Eglin Air Force Base, the largest base in the U.S. Air Force, Tyndall Air Force Base, and Naval Air Station Pensacola.

Transportation

While residents can experience the laidback ease of coastal living every day, they can also conveniently travel to other parts of the country. Airports in the region include Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, one of the newest airports in the U.S., Pensacola International Airport, and Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport. For travel by car, major corridors in close proximity to the area include I-65, I-55, I-10, and U.S. Highway 331.