Richard Roux's (richardroux) Blog

Our award winning Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach, Yulee Florida Chamber of Commerce will be holding its Spring Home & Business Expo, Saturday, April 25 at Woody's Bar-B-Q in Yulee, right near the Lowe's Store, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event is open to the community and will give our members a chan...

    Looking for a great home at the beach? This is my first beach listing on Amelia Island, and it's a great one! Experience ocean breezes in this distinguished 3-story home (3 bedroom/4 bath) on Fernandina Beach. It has really great ocean views from both 2nd & third floors, each w/a balcony. Sec...

With the coming of Daylight savings time, Cumberland Sound Ferry announces its new '09 spring/summer schedule with increased service to and from St. Marys, Ga., and Fernandina Beach, offering 3 roundtrips daily, six days a week (Tuesday through Sunday) now through August 31, with a late ferry on ...

The 32nd Annual Gate River Run that's going to be held March 14, 2009 promises to be the biggest and best ever. Last year over 18,000 runners and walkers participated in one of the three featured events. The 15K is the main event with over 14,000 runners and walkers. The Gate River Run is the lar...

Some of my collegues think I'm crazy to get into the office so early. But when you live near the ocean, if you stay in bed you'll miss some of the most spectacular sunrises. Here's the sun popping up thru a low fog bank on Feb 26th on Fernandina Beach. I hope that you will agree with me that the ...

So many folks don't know where Amelia Island is located. Even when they do, they get confused by our local terminology. Amelia island is an Island North East of Jacksonville. The entire Island and some of the adjacent mainland (where there is no beach) is serviced by the Fernandina Beach Post Off...

The 2009 Fernandina Beach, Florida, City Tennis Tournament wil be held in mid-April to mid-May. events are: Singles (men, women, juniors, seniors) 17-19 April Doubles (men, women, juniors, seniors) 24-26 April Mixed Doubles (men, women, juniors, seniors), 8-10 May Events are further broken down b...

Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) has a new name...... Florida Sate College at Jacksonville. The change reflects the institutions expanded 4 year degree programs which are in addition to its 2 year degrees and vocational degrees. FSCJ has a branch in Nassau County at the Betty P. C...

The Jacksonville Port Authority has put their planning actions on hold for the proposed Mayport Cruise Terminal which offers the promise of 5000 associated local jobs. The current cruise terminal is inside the Dames Point Bridge and thus cruiseships are limited in size/height. Currently on one 20...

Amelia Island Plantation has been recognized by "Travel & Leisure Golf's best places to live in a golf community. AIP was one of the top 100 American golf communities. It has also been named as one of the top 10 green gold resorts by USA Today & Golf Magazine. In all, there are 72 holes of fantas...