Café Thirty-A, located at 3899 East County Hwy 30A, will host its annual Christmas Charity Ball benefiting Caring and Sharing of South Walton on Friday, December 2, 2022. From 6- 10 p.m., the restaurant will be transformed with festive holiday décor for the annual evening event. Attendees will be greeted upon arrival with complimentary valet [...]
On Saturday, October 22, The Market Shops will host its Seventh Annual Bloody Mary Festival benefiting Habitat for Humanity - Walton County. The annual event, powered by Step One Automotive Group, will feature unlimited tastes of South Walton’s most creative and innovative bloody marys made with Distillery 98’s Dune Laker Vodka and served by the finest restaurants [...]
The Young Professionals of Walton County (YPWC) will partner with Grayton Beer Brewpub to host trivia on Thursday, October 29 from 6-8 p.m. This will be the first in-person event hosted by YPWC since the COVID-19 pandemic, so proper health and safety protocols will be in place in order to protect all guests. Sponsored by [...]
On Thursday, June 25 the HSU Educational Foundation hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony in tandem with the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours event to unveil the new HSU Innovation Institute, a facility centered in the Fort Walton Beach Commerce and Technology Park, designed to inspire innovation among both the [...]
The Market Shops will host a OneBlood Drive on Friday, July 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All donors will receive a complimentary COVID-19 Antibody Test in addition to the regularly administered wellness checkup consisting of blood pressure, pulse, temperature and iron count, including cholesterol screening. The antibody test is authorized by the Food and [...]
On Wednesday, June 24, Back Beach Barbecue will celebrate their three-year anniversary. Due to continued precautions surrounding the spread of COVID-19, the Bay County restaurant will celebrate the occasion by opening up their dining room and outdoor patio, where tables are spaced six feet apart, for loyal patrons to come enjoy their signature barbecue. The [...]
Voting for Emerald Coast Magazine’s 2020 Best of the Emerald Coast has officially begun. The ballot for this year’s award can be found online or in the June/July 2020 issue of Emerald Coast Magazine. Now in its 21-year anniversary, Rowland Publishing and Emerald Coast Magazine created “The Best of the Emerald Coast” award to recognize various [...]
Beginning, Wednesday, April 22,Costa Enterprises McDonald’s will be offering free “Thank You Meals” for all first responders including healthcare workers, firefighters, police officers, and paramedics with a valid ID, badge, or uniform. This is a part of a national initiative created by McDonald’s to say thank you to those who have been putting themselves on [...]
South Walton Academy (SWA) will host its inaugural Color the Coast for Autism 5K and Fun Run on Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park. South Walton Academy, located at 305 Mack Bayou Road, is a private, non-profit school inclusion school and pediatric therapy center that is the first of its kind in [...]
Celebrate for a Cause: 20% of dinner proceeds to benefit South Walton Academy Restaurant Paradis will celebrate 11 years in business on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, with a portion of dinner sales benefitting South Walton Academy in honor of National Autism Awareness Day. Restaurant Paradis is co-owned and operated by local couple, Danny and Monica Cosenzi. [...]