The Hilton Head Island/Lowcountry area is a remarkably diverse community filled with welcoming, friendly people and blessed by a delightfully moderate climate that encourages a lifestyle that is just too much fun!

The key word here is “community”. Just a short visit with Rick and it becomes apparent that the area's greatest asset is its people. The diverse and cosmopolitan population has, over the last forty-five years, evolved into the East Coast's most dynamic, involved group of people, thereby creating a model for new town development on every level.

The Hilton Head area presents a vast array of world-renowned recreational venues. At the top of the list are Hilton Head's sixteen-mile sugar-sand Atlantic beaches, its celebrated golf courses crafted by the top course designers in the world and its internationally-ranked tennis facilities.

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The Atlantic Ocean and Intracoastal Waterway offer an unlimited variety of boating activities from kayaking to deep-sea fishing for the big ones or inshore adventures for catching red fish, sea bass cobia and a myriad of other delicious fish. And don't forget the bounty of summer-time blue crabs and succulent shrimp and oysters.

Sailing is very popular and the area sports many marinas and even protected harbors. Keep in mind all of this activity is supported by a year 'round temperate sub-tropical climate. Sweaters in winter, light jackets in early spring and fall and whatever you like in summer clothing the rest of the year. Gardening is popular and, of course, just plain restful sun bathing and lolling about on the beach.

The Lowcountry is located directly on the coastal migratory route for a multitude of birds. Bird lovers will spot over 250 varieties of birds over the course of a year. Other wildlife abounds as well. It is not rare to spot a wily raccoon peering around a tree in your backyard or an occasional white tail deer or even a coastal red fox. There are many protected nature preserves and even two rare wood stork rookeries.

Not another sleepy beach burg
One thing, though, makes the Hilton Head area completely unique on the East Coast. This is not just another sleepy beach burg with towel shops and pancake houses. Charles Fraser, a young Yale Law School graduate, put his remarkable visionary genius to work by spearheading in 1957 the first PUD (Planned Unit Development) built in America since the 1920's. He envisioned a true “community”, not just a resort enclave. Thus he stimulated the building of churches of nearly every denomination, theaters and places for showing and producing art, parks and playgrounds with gathering places on a human scale, schools, recreation centers, hospitals, etc. Whenever possible he would donate land, money, space or buildings. Now, 45 years later a real town (like you might have grown up in) with an astonishingly deep community spirit exists and compliments the all the natural beauty and recreational amenities.

The area boasts four performing arts theaters, numerous art galleries, a full symphony orchestra, not to mention a continuing International Piano Competition that annually sends the winner to a Carnegie Hall debut as part of the prize. There are several first run movie theaters, a fine arts movie house, an environmental and cultural museum, two town governments with lots of volunteer civic opportunities, six medical centers and one first-rate, fully equipped hospital with another under construction.

Educationally speaking, there are three private and two fine public high schools. And now, most recently and with great pride, the fully functional, four-year baccalaureate University of South Carolina-Beaufort opened its doors! Plus a popular two-year technical college is available.

Boredom not possible
The area's affluent, well educated population has evolved over 130 special interest clubs spanning the arts, literature, bridge, mahjong, needlework and quilting and including, of course, the various forms of painting, photography and sculpture. There are branches of all of America's major charitable and fraternal organizations, all very active. And if all this weren't enough there is a sprinkling of excellent private and public fitness centers in the area and a full cadre of personal trainers. And every year a full calendar of festivals, picnics, wine tastings, chili cook-offs, oyster roasts and crab boils, craft fairs, art shows, car shows, boat shows, fishing tournaments. Are you getting the idea? Boredom in the Lowcountry is simply not an option!

Your best and safest guide
Emboldened by the complex and varied real estate environment, Rick Turner has elected to focus his full attention and thirty-year plus experience on the Private Golf Club Communities in the Hilton Head area. In so doing he has become the area's stand-alone expert authority on these elegant yet diverse communities. As you explore this site you will find rich and useful detail on all of Rick's communities, offerings and informational resources. He will be your best and safest guide to finding or selling real estate in these Lowcountry communities. And what a Lowcountry it is!

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