Posts by : Rose Foggotte

The city and MB Chamber will officially open the city's new boardwalk with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon, a giant flip-flop shaped cake made by TLC "The Cake Boss" Buddy Valastro.  The event kicks off at 10am and ends 10pm with non-stop entertainment staggered on two stages.  The ribbon cutting is at noon with cake unveiling about 12:30 or 1pm.  Musicians include Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, Mark Roberts and the Breeze Band, The Coasters, The Catalinas then the finale with Ben E King.
There will also be various arts and crafts vendors, food and a beer garden.  Fireworks will end the celebration.

Myrtle Beach has been named the "Top U.S Beach and Sun Destination" by TripAdvisor.com.  The TripAdvisor Travelers Choice Awards are based on millions of reviews and opinions from travelers on TripAdvisor.com.  The top honor was determined by a combination of destination comments, favorite places and overall popularity.  Myrtle Beach beat our San Diego, CA and Poipu, HI

Allegiant Air starts non stop flights from Myrtle Beach to Youngstown and Knoxville today. The flight to Youngstown will leave MB at 2:45 with a plane returning 3:45.  The Knoxville flight will land in MB 12:35 with a return flight at 4:25.  Allegiant, which started flying to Myrtle Beach a year ago will add nonstop flights to Fort Wayne, Ind and Grand Rapids, Michigan later this month.

Grand Strand Real Estate market continues to improve with double digit increases in homes and condos.  Single family home prices increased for the first time in two years.  Home sales were up 17% compared to February last year, Condo sales improved 54%

Buyers are taking advantage of low prices increasing sales for the sixth consecutive month in January.  Single family homes are up 13 % and condo 74% when compared to the same month last year.

Myrtle Beach International Airport has landed a new non-stop flight to Grand Rapids Michigan.  The flight to Allegiants's new hub at Gerald R Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids starts April 30.  It will run on Mondays and Fridays.  The low cost carrier arrived in Myrtle Beach in 2009 with flights to Huntington WV and Allentown Pa and plans to resume those this spring.

The Myrtle Beach boardwalk is a bit closer to having sidewalk cafés after Tuesdays City Council meeting.  The provisions thus far are café seating outdoors can extend no further than 12 feet out into the boardwalk and the cafés can only be run by those who are already providing food services on site.  Pets and bicycles will be restricted before AM March 15 to Sept 15.

Grand Strand real estate showed a 24% increase in single family homes and a 57% jump in condos sales in December compared to the same time last year.    December marked the fourth month in a row with increased sales in the Grand Strand real estate market.  This is certainly a buyers market.

The Market Common won a design award from the International Council of Shopping Centers.  The McCaffery Investments development won the Silver award in inovative design and development at the 2009 US Design and Development awards.  Market Common has more than 40 shops and restaurants with apartments above them and is surrounded by housing, live-work townhomes, single family residences and $30 million of new lakes, parks and roads.

The Cypress Inn, a bed and breakfast in Conway and Divine Prime, an upscale steak house at the Market Common, were honored with the prestigious Four-Diamond Award by AAA.  The Cypress Inn has received the award for 12 consecutive years.  The Marina Inn at Grande Dunes and the Myrtle Beach Marriott Resort at Grande Dunes, both in Myrtle Beach, also received the honor.  AAA gives the Four-Diamond awards annually to hotels and restaurants in North America. 

The expansion at Myrtle Beach International Airport is a $90 million project and is expected to offer 400 construction jobs.  The project construction manager, MB Kahn, is helping small local contractors by holding seminars to provide information abut the project, requirements and the application process.

Real Estate sales in November were up from last year which marked a three month trend of increased sales here in the Grand Strand.  Single family homes were up 65% and condos 69% compared to November of last year.

The Coast RTA is expanding its services to Charleston.  The tentative route will start in December.  As of now the express shuttle will start in Conway , head to Broadway at the Beach, stop at Front Street in Georgetown, then continue to Charleston.  It is scheduled to run Thursdays and Saturdays.  Pricing will be $15 one way & $25 round trip with discounted fares for students at $10 & $15.

New Listing in beautiful Little River...Just a stones throw from North Myrtle Beach!

The Lighthouse Lagoon, a nautical themed mini golf course with a 65 foot lighthouse and sidewalk are planned for 700 N Ocean Blvd in Myrtle Beach.  It will be located by the mile long boardwalk between 1st and 14th avenues.  It will also include flower beds along Ocean Blvd, 3 three story waterfalls and will be the Strands first oceanfront mini golf course.

Condo sales were up 32% in August and homes 1% compared to last year marking the first time in two years that both single family and condo sales increased.  Each month is showing improvement based on statistics gathered from the Coastal Carolina MLS.

The City of Myrtle Beach installed two Web cameras to show viewers the area where the new boardwalk will be.  They are looking south from the 14th Avenue Pier & north and south from Plyer Park. 

Click here to view.

Positive trends continued in the Myrtle Beach area real estate market in August .  Condo sales jumped 27 percent over August 2008.  that is the third consecutive month that a segment of the Grand Strand market posted increases. 

A dedication ceremony September 3 will open the long awaited North Myrtle Beach connector bridge.  The parkway will go from Main Street in NMB, cross US 17 and the Intracoastal Waterway, and link with SC 31 & SC 90.  Started in 2005 the new road will reduce congestion on US 17 and travel time to SC31, the Carolina Bays Parkway.