Business

When it comes to SoWal property rental and management, Gary Bennett and Ed Arnsdorff make no bones about it … their company offers the BEST in customer service and they have a couple of decades in the business to prove it.

They have been partners in the rental property management business since 1995 with Gulf Front Realty and then with Paradise Found Vacation Rentals. Seagrove on the Beach Property Rentals was acquired from Marge and Donna Crawford in 1998.

As a certified, professional dog trainer, Nancy Brown knows a thing or two about her furry friends.

After graduating from the Animal Behavior College in Santa Clara, California, she worked with various dog-owning clients who, for one reason or another, expressed a need to find a home for their dogs. She then worked with animal rescue operations and saw that many animals were simply being regurgitated through the system.

The latest SoWal Real Estate Report covers all of Walton County including South Walton real estate activity for March 2018, with statistics for single family homes, townhomes, and condos in Walton County, Florida.

Single family closed sales were down 2.3% for March compared to the same month last year. A rare decrease! The number of pending sales for Walton County was was up 6.3%. Inventory was down 6.1%, dropping for the 11th month in a row. Median sales price was down 3%. Dollar volume decresed 7.7% over last year at $172.8 Million.

As the owner of the longest-running gallery at Seaside’s Ruskin Place art colony, Annette Newbill Trujillo knew she wanted to celebrate her 25th anniversary in a sweet way.

Let’s see…chocolate, champagne…. chocolate AND champagne! So, for three days beginning March 15, she, her husband Patrick and store associate Cheryl Morrison greeted their patrons with chocolates and the bubbly.

On a recent visit to Crackings in Grayton Beach, owner Clayton Green couldn’t wait to offer up his most recent specialty dishes.

Fresh off the heels of another award-winning season with their first Sandestin restaurant, The Sunset Bay Café, Bryce Jarvis and his father Gary have decided to test the waters of Baytowne Wharf with the opening of Slick Lips Seafood & Oyster House.

The latest SoWal Real Estate Report covers all of Walton County including South Walton real estate activity for February 2018, with statistics for single family homes, townhomes, and condos in Walton County, Florida.

Single family closed sales were up 16% for February compared to the same month last year. The number of pending sales for Walton County was was up 11.7%. Inventory was down 6.7%, dropping for the 10th month in a row. Median sales price was down 4.8%. Dollar volume increased 2.9% over last year at $117.8 Million.

Fans of Edward’s Fine Food and Wine in Rosemary Beach have always loved unique touches like black-and-white movies in the courtyard, the Chef’s Counter, live music, and a farm-fresh menu.

Since taking over the helm from founder and local Chef Ed Reese in October 2017, Chef Josh Smith has worked to capitalize on those traditions while injecting his own style.

Café Thirty-A has played host to anniversary dinners, engagement parties, milestone birthdays and date nights.

The beloved restaurant, with its white tablecloth service, is known for accommodating those special memory-making moments that call for breaking bread together in style. But did you know that Café Thirty-A is also a happening spot for cocktails, good wine, small plates and dinner specials?

There's a new place in Blue Mountain Beach to get our taco fix! But it's much more than that ...

Red Fish Taco has opened the doors on the ground floor of Trebeache' in Redfish Village on the corner of Scenic 30A and County Road 83 by the local team that also operates six restaurants across three states. Chef Jim Richard and his creative team have done it again, venturing forth with a fast, fresh and casual concept just off gorgeous Blue Mountain Beach.