Lower Keys Blog by Tracey

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Sugarloaf Key information

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Former home to the Sugarloaf Pineapple Plantation, Sugarloaf Key offers quite solitude to its residents. If you are looking for larger floorplans, more luxurious landscaping and privacy this is the Key for you. The majority of homes are located south of the Overseas Highway looking out onto the distinctive blue white waters of Upper and lower Sugarloaf Sounds. Large ocean front Estates rim the outside of the island facing out to the Atlantic.

Boating is excelent for shallow draft boats with quick access to the backcountry, but there is no access for large boats or sailboats. The Sugarloaf backcountry is legendary for flats fishing.

If you are a pilot, Sugarloaf has a basic public airstrip you can fly into. There’s a popular sky diving operation, and you’ll definitely see folks falling from the sky. The houses along the airstrip get together at Christmas and the “Ho-Ho-Ho” and lights can be seen for miles.

Sugarloaf has a whimsical downtown, where you can also rent a kayak or a boat, buy essential supplies, and get a bite to eat.

Properties here tend to be expensive, partly because the average lot sizes are roomier than those found on the other Keys

0 commentsTracey Krieger • February 11 2009 10:39AM

Fl Keys health and medical info

Florida Keys Health:

The Florida Keys demand good healthcare facilities. Although the total population is less than 90,000, due to the influx of tourists,
good healthcare has to be available. In addition Miami and its world class Baptist hospital and all the other facilities, is just hours away.
Healthcare Facilities in the Keys:

* Hospitals, 4
* Assisted living, 3
* Health Care clinics, 8
* Skilled Nursing facility, 3

For more information (other facilities and their address) see http://facilitylocator.floridahealthstat.com/
See the health department Web site http://www.doh.state.fl.us/chdcollier/services/services.html

Another great site that has all the local resources for Monroe Colunty is at
http://www.aidshelp.cc/html/local_resources.html

Hospitals

* DEPOO HOSPITAL
* 1200 KENNEDY DRIVE
* KEY WEST , FL 33040
* TELEPHONE#:305 294-9200

* FISHERMEN'S HOSPITAL
* 3301 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY
* MARATHON, FL 33050
* TELEPHONE#:305 743-5533
* http://www.fishermenshospital.com/

* LOWER KEYS MEDICAL CENTER
* 5900 COLLEGE ROAD
* KEY WEST , FL 33041-9107 TELEPHONE#:305 294-9200

* MARINERS HOSPITAL
* 91500 OVERSEAS HWY
* TAVERNIER, FL 33070 TELEPHONE#:305 434-1582
* OWNER: BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA

A list of Services for people with disabilities
http://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/Pages/MonroeCoFL_CommServ/guide

For names and numbers of physicians in the Keys go to http://www.mcms.org/contents/refserv/referralservice.htm
In addition to local facilities, the world class health facilities of Miami are 3 hours away from Key West.

Tracey Sweeting-Krieger
REALTOR®
Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate 29967
Overseas Highway Big Pine Key, FL 33043
Toll Free: 1-800-488-3050x5249
Business Phone: 305-872-5249
Business Fax: 305-872-4220
Website: www.traceyshomes.com
E-Mail: tsweetin@bellsouth.net

0 commentsTracey Krieger • February 11 2009 10:36AM

Fl Keys-Big Pine Key metro

The Lower Keys or what I’ll call “Big Pine metro”, includes the islands of Big Pine, Little Torch and Big Torch Key, Ramrod and Summerland, Cudjoe and Sugarloaf. Each Island is unique in its environment and boating access, which does translate down to home prices. More on that below.

When you enter the Lower Keys, you will see right away that it is much more laid back. Generally, the further you get away from Miami, the more the Bahamian feel. And to some extent, particularly on Big Pine and its attached No Name Key, and a couple of other spots in the Lower Keys, that sensibility is well-preserved despite the rapid development of the very limited remaining land available for new building. Parts of Sugarloaf preserve this same feel, and residents of the Torches and Ramrod would claim that too. It’s less true on Cudjoe and Summerland, but they have other advantages.

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    Tracey Sweeting-Krieger
    REALTOR®
    Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate 29967
    Overseas Highway Big Pine Key, FL 33043
    Toll Free: 1-800-488-3050x5249
    Business Phone: 305-872-5249
    Business Fax: 305-872-4220
    Website: www.traceyshomes.com
    E-Mail: tsweetin@bellsouth.net

0 commentsTracey Krieger • February 11 2009 10:19AM