Sense of Place

VisitSouth Picks Best Outdoor Dining in South Walton!

Check out who VisitSouth’s blogger extraordinaire, Susan Bennett Vallee, picks as the best outdoor dining along the Beaches of South Walton! On August 4, 2010, Sirius DJ Alan Hunter recorded his show from one of Susan’s top picks, CRUSH in Seaside! Locals would agree, you truly never know who you will run into in South Walton, especially along 30A!

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Southwest Airlines has recently launched several new commercials hailing the beauties of Northwest Florida and encouraging their customers to fly into the new Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (opening May 23rd!).

The 5th annual Girls’ Getaway Weekend, sponsored by the Rosemary Beach Foundation, raised $15,675 and 163 bags of groceries to help fill the food bank at Caring & Sharing of South Walton.


The Wall That Heals, an exhibition featuring a 250-foot replica of the original Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be traveling to Okaloosa County in June 2010.


We recently received the following information from the president of the Bay County Chamber of Commerce. This very important issue could effect the lives of everyone in our community and it is something of which all of us should be aware. Please see the message below.


USA Today has named Panama City Beach as one of the Top 5 Bargain Destinations of Spring 2010.


Floridians are joining hands across the sand on Saturday, February 13th to raise awareness of pending legislation that would allow offshore oil drilling along our coastal waters as close as 3 to 10 miles from the beach


The South Walton campus of Northwest Florida State College (NWFSC) has just opened!


Congratulations to the Big Bend Scenic Byway, which has just achieved National Scenic Byway status.


The jovial Destin Commons Santa is ringing in the season this year on Saturday, November 21, at 6 p.m.