covering st. Johns County now where that
County continues to grow it is the 14th
fastest growing County in the whole
country sheer water is a new community
off of County Road 210 it was developed
to promote healthy living community
engagement and a connection to the
outdoors and the lifestyle director
Dillon Reid is here along with a senior
project manager for freehold communities
Mike McCallum both joining us this
morning welcome to you thank you Lisa
great to be here this is quite the thing
happening particularly down in that
knockety area down in st. Johns County
for people who aren't familiar with
these communities can you kind of give
us an idea of what it's like to be there
in Northern Santa Johnson County has
seen a lot of growth in the past few
years as we just were discussing off air
9 B just opened up which is really is
the gateway to the Shearwater area just
west of 95
lots of master plan communities like
Shearwater our niche as we promote
healthy living lots of options lots of
natural trails through the preserve area
heavily amenitized as you can see on the
video running now lots of options and a
lot of golf carts yeah a lot of Golf
Course driving the community yes man you
see a lot of people taking their kids to
the grocery store in the golf carts I
know in the knockety area down in that
area so what kind of advantage do you
have by buying a home inside a place
like share water well one of the
advantages that we have in sheer water
is our emphasis on lifestyle so as the
lifestyle director I plan a full
calendar of events social activities
just to get all our residents engaged so
they meet each other make those
connecting friendships that will last a
lifetime how many homes are we talking
about here 2600 total we've got actually
310 homes that have closed in the last
two years with residents living in
Shearwater so it's really starting to to
come together and we have lots more room
and one of the big selling points we
just saw there and that video is your
your splash park your that has got to be
a big seller for young families
definitely is we've got the the two
pools the fun pool zero injury a three
story waterslide lazy bird river so when
you come to the kayak club our amenities
center there's definitely a lot to do
for the whole family
right what do homes run in that
neighborhood starting a low threes and
up we have lots of different options
different lot sizes we have seven
different builders in Shearwater
and we have about 12 model homes that
are open okay and I we were talking
about a lot of homes here and I would be
remiss if I didn't mention the traffic
because a lot of people who live in the
the big growing areas are very concerned
about the infrastructure but what is
your response to people who were
concerned about the traffic because of
these bigger communities at least a
great question that's one of the reasons
why 9b was extended and that just opened
last week so leaving Shearwater within 5
minutes you're on 9 be straight shot
downtown straight shot to the town
center all right and I understand that
you are having a big grand-opening so
people can check it out for themselves
even if you're you're not necessarily
interested in moving there you can go
down and check it out see what it's all
about so next Saturday on August 25th
from 10:00 to 1:00 we're celebrating the
opening of our newest neighborhood the
falls so at this event it's free and
open to the public we're inviting
everybody to come on out and join us
we're gonna have tether to hot air
balloon rides weather permitting the
world-famous frisbee dog show
disconnected canines are gonna be doing
different dog shows live music farmers
market so definitely a lot to do for the
whole family
it sounds like a lot of fun and a lot of
people moved to Saint Johns County
because of the schools so how is that
zoned in that area we have Timberland
Creek on-site walking distance Swiss
point middle school bars from trail high
school but all award-winning st. Johns
County schools and you're walking
distance to the 11th elementary school
so it's unlikely people would be getting
Ruiz owned every two years you never
know but but we're thrilled to have us a
school site on site and another k-8
school coming soon at also on Shearwater
all right Mike and Dillon thanks so much
for being with us this morning we
appreciate it the Falls grand opening is
coming up next Saturday August 25th from
10:00 in the morning til 1:00 in the
afternoon it's at the Shearwater
community on kayak way in st. Augustine
technically st. Augustine yes man ok and
you can RSVP by going to share water
living calm and you can find the link on
our website news for Jax comm just look
on the morning show page