For over ten years, skateboarders in Walton County have been dreaming of a new skate park. Those dreams are now close to coming true. Walton County has allocated 20,000 square feet of space at Helen McCall Park off U.S. Highway 98 in Santa Rosa Beach for a new skating facility. Walton Skate Society is now making a major fundraising push to help bring the project to fruition. The group held a fundraiser on February 20 at Trebeaché that drew huge crowds, showing what a large support base the project has. The Owsley Brothers performed for a packed house. Check out this video: Listen to this 30A Radio interview with Justin Gaffrey, a local artist and skater, about the project: Learn more at waltonsk8s.com.
For our Valentine’s Day edition of The 30A Show, we brought in one of the best couples we know — George and Ann Hartley, owners of the most historical restaurant in South Walton, Seagrove Village Market Cafe. The Hartleys give blind date tips, relocation advice and play a special “Match Game” contest. They also give an update on the cafe, which had to be relocated after the building was torn down last year, as well as share some breaking news on their next big project on 30A. Hear all this and more in the third episode of The 30A Show, brought to you by 30A Cottages and Concierge. The 30A Show airs Friday mornings on 30A Radio and is also available on Soundcloud, in the 30A mobile app and wherever you get your podcasts. Love what we’re doing? Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes to help more people find us. And now on to the show!