Came across this article yesterday .... just thought we would share ....
DOG ISLAND:
Island Off Panhandle -- Can Students Develop It? On this narrow spit of land in the Gulf of Mexico, there is no Publix and no paved roads. So when an Atlanta-based developer handed Indiana University five Gulf-front lots to develop, some of the folks who live here -- about 17 or so -- couldn't help but scratch their heads . . . or chuckle. The donation is intended to give students hands-on experience in developing and marketing raw land. But it will force them to first answer a more fundamental question: Can homes and water co-exist in a place where the water seems intent on taking over? "You might be able to build" some houses, said Joseph F. Donoghue, an FSU geology professor who knows the island. "But you'd have to build them fast and sell them fast." [Source: Orlando Sentinel]
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Beach Fanatic
A floating yurt, perhaps?
Beach Fanatic
Build a house fast on Dog Island??
Beach Fanatic
Almost as crazy as building on Santa Rosa Island (eastern end renamed Okaloosa Island).
needs to get out more
as crazy as building on our dune line...
Beach Fanatic
There's a reason why they call them "barrier islands".
picky
IU's article: http://www.kelley.iu.edu/bcres/ Hoosiers have a great affinity for Florida and the Kelley School of Business is formidable, so I don't doubt that it will turn out well and that it will be an invaluable learning/life experience for the graduate students involved. How it all happens (given the piece of land they have to work with) and what the end product will be, will be interesting to watch.
SoWal Insider
Came across this article yesterday .... just thought we would share ....
DOG ISLAND:
Island Off Panhandle -- Can Students Develop It? On this narrow spit of land in the Gulf of Mexico, there is no Publix and no paved roads. So when an Atlanta-based developer handed Indiana University five Gulf-front lots to develop, some of the folks who live here -- about 17 or so -- couldn't help but scratch their heads . . . or chuckle. The donation is intended to give students hands-on experience in developing and marketing raw land. But it will force them to first answer a more fundamental question: Can homes and water co-exist in a place where the water seems intent on taking over? "You might be able to build" some houses, said Joseph F. Donoghue, an FSU geology professor who knows the island. "But you'd have to build them fast and sell them fast." [Source: Orlando Sentinel]
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Wouldn't it be just great if the students told the University, "We're done! We think it's just beautiful the way it is...it doesn't need to be 'developed' any more."
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picky
Wouldn't it be just great if the students told the University, "We're done! We think it's just beautiful the way it is...it doesn't need to be 'developed' any more."
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Never say never. It IS a difficult piece of land to develop and market but maybe that's part of the education.
SoWal Insider
Never say never. It IS a difficult piece of land to develop and market but maybe that's part of the education.
....or maybe that's what Mother Nature had in mind as to how it is supposed to remain.
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Beach Lover
I just e-mailed this article to a couple of friends who own houses on Dog Island. I will be interested to see what they think and if they are even aware of it...
Beach Fanatic
Sacrilege!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beach Lover
Whatever happend to good old camping?
SWGB
I'm gonna go biblical:
Matthew 7:26
Matthew 7:26
Beach FanaticAuthor
I just e-mailed this article to a couple of friends who own houses on Dog Island. I will be interested to see what they think and if they are even aware of it...
Curious to know what happened when you shared this with your friends .... did they know about it?
Beach Lover
No. They didn't know anything about it but were certainly interested. I haven't had a chance to talk with them recently.
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