MANTEO, N.C. (Sept. 15, 2008) - Recreational boaters looking for access to Manteo’s historic waterfront from nearby Shallowbag Bay, the Roanoke Sound and beyond have a new option with the opening of Marshes Light Marina.
Developer Kitty Hawk Land Company says the new marina is opening with 45 full-service dock slips already completed and another 113 slips approved by the Town of Manteo. In addition, Marshes Light Marina provides boaters with picturesque views and a 5-minute walk along a new boardwalk to Manteo’s nearby downtown shopping and restaurants.
The new marina is part of Marshes Light, the new waterfront community of townhome flats, villas and single family home sites designed to carefully blend in with the coastal traditions of Manteo and Roanoke Island.
A small dock master’s office is being completed this month and will provide ice, soft drinks, snacks as well as marine products, according to the marina’s dock master, Joe Chambliss. Restroom facilities are also available on site.
The new marina provides transient recreational boat slips by the day, week and month as well as a limited number of slips for purchase by individuals and Marshes Light property owners. Boat slip sale prices start at $75,000.
Marshes Light Marina’s slips can accommodate recreational boats up to 70 feet with running water and 30 and 50-amp shore power service, according to Chambliss. The marina is under 10 miles by boat from the IntraCoastal Waterway and some 15 miles from Oregon Inlet and the Atlantic.
“We’re very excited about Marshes Light Marina which offers a new dimension to living in the Marshes Light community and blends in so well with the historic character of downtown Manteo and the waterfront,” said Lee Whitley, director of marketing and sales for Marshes Light. “These are some of the most beautiful views available of Shallowbag Bay.”
The new waterfront boardwalk and marina at Marshes Light connects seamlessly with Manteo’s well-known boardwalk, extending literally to the last marina slip well out into Shallowbag Bay. The boardwalk is a regular favorite of walkers who enjoy the Manteo waterfront views, including a direct view across the bay of the Elizabeth II, the replica English ship that English explorers sailed to arrive at Roanoke Island some 425 years ago. The boardwalk also offers walking access to the state-operated Festival Park.
To introduce boaters to the new marina, Marshes Light is allowing the first 50 boaters who apply to have free weekend slip access through December 2008. Those not among the first 50 boaters who apply are entitled to a specially discounted transient rate through
December 2008.
Marshes Light and Kitty Hawk Land Company are making plans for construction of the additional marina docks, including a design to minimize wave disturbances in the marina. The marina also hopes to eventually have a full ship’s store as it grows, said Chambliss. Sound Marine Inc. of Wilmington is providing assistance with the launch and operations of the marina.
Marshes Light Marina is located on Shallowbag Bay just south of the entrance to Manteo’s downtown waterfront and is within easy walking distance of Manteo’s Town Marina. For boaters using the Global Positioning System (GPS), the new marina is located at Latitude 35 deg. 54.327' N and Longitude 75 deg. 40.143' W.
For more information about the marina, call Chambliss at 252-327-9803, e-mail marinainfo@marsheslight.com or go to http://www.marsheslight.com/. Visit the Marshes Light decorated model home at 326 Fernando Street in Manteo. For more information about Kitty Hawk Land Company, visit http://www.kittyhawklandcompany.com/.
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September 15, 2008
September 12, 2008
Kitty Hawk Land's Mickey Hayes to Retire - Capping More Than 30 Years of Success on the Outer Banks
KITTY HAWK, N.C. (Sept. 12, 2008) -- Kitty Hawk Land Company President Mickey Hayes will retire this month, capping a highly successful 32-year career as a well-respected developer of Outer Banks communities, parent company Boddie-Noell Enterprises announced today.
"Nobody’s more deserving of being able to slow down and relax than Mickey Hayes with all he’s accomplished as one of the best developers in this part of the country,” said Boddie-Noell Chairman Mayo Boddie, Sr. “Mickey is practically a legend on the Outer Banks for his success with quality resort and residential projects.”
Hayes, who joined Kitty Hawk Land Company in 1976, was involved in the development and sales management for the Southern Shores community and later with The Currituck Club resort and golf course community at Corolla. He has been president of Kitty Hawk Land since 1985 when the company was acquired and became a division of Boddie-Noell.
“Mickey is a local legend with exceptional knowledge of the Outer Banks real estate market and he has a true vision for quality developments,” said Doug Anderson, president of BNE Land & Development which is responsible for Boddie-Noell’s non-restaurant real estate and development activities. “His contributions to our company are immeasurable, and he will be greatly missed.”
With Hayes’ retirement, Anderson said Kitty Hawk Land will remain focused on the completion and sales of the company’s three newest projects – Marshes Light, a residential and retail development on Manteo’s historic waterfront; Arlington Place. a waterfront community on the Neuse River near New Bern; and Viniterra, a gated residential community between Richmond and Williamsburg, Va., that features a Rees Jones 18-hole championship golf course, a winery and other resort-style planned amenities.
A Virginia Beach, Va., native and graduate of Virginia Tech who remains actively involved in alumni affairs, Hayes is a landscape architect and designer who brought that skilled eye and creativity into developments he launched. He also has a successful real estate sales career in both North Carolina and Virginia, having been involved in sales management in Sandbridge Beach, Va., Sugar Mountain, N.C, and Bald Head Island, N.C. where he achieved successful results for the island development in the 1970s.
Hayes was later involved in the development of the Spindrift, SeaPines and OceanCrest communities in Duck and the WatersEdge community in Colington Island. The culmination of his success may have been The Currituck Club, the award-winning resort development in the Corolla area, a 600-acre golf course community with more than 700 residential homes built around the 18-hole Rees Jones-designed golf course. The project began in 1995 through a partnership of Boddie-Noell and landowner members of a historic waterfront gun club. The course was named one of the Top 10 new golf courses in America in its first year by Golf magazine. More than $350 million worth of property has been sold by the Currituck Club sales team since marketing began in 1996 and the resort won an Urban Land Institute award for use of environmentally sensitive golf course design innovations.
“There’s no doubt that The Currituck Club is associated with Mickey Hayes as much as any individual,” notes Boddie-Noell Vice Chairman Nick Boddie.
For more information about Kitty Hawk Land Company, visit www.kittyhawklandcompany.com
"Nobody’s more deserving of being able to slow down and relax than Mickey Hayes with all he’s accomplished as one of the best developers in this part of the country,” said Boddie-Noell Chairman Mayo Boddie, Sr. “Mickey is practically a legend on the Outer Banks for his success with quality resort and residential projects.”
Hayes, who joined Kitty Hawk Land Company in 1976, was involved in the development and sales management for the Southern Shores community and later with The Currituck Club resort and golf course community at Corolla. He has been president of Kitty Hawk Land since 1985 when the company was acquired and became a division of Boddie-Noell.
“Mickey is a local legend with exceptional knowledge of the Outer Banks real estate market and he has a true vision for quality developments,” said Doug Anderson, president of BNE Land & Development which is responsible for Boddie-Noell’s non-restaurant real estate and development activities. “His contributions to our company are immeasurable, and he will be greatly missed.”
With Hayes’ retirement, Anderson said Kitty Hawk Land will remain focused on the completion and sales of the company’s three newest projects – Marshes Light, a residential and retail development on Manteo’s historic waterfront; Arlington Place. a waterfront community on the Neuse River near New Bern; and Viniterra, a gated residential community between Richmond and Williamsburg, Va., that features a Rees Jones 18-hole championship golf course, a winery and other resort-style planned amenities.
A Virginia Beach, Va., native and graduate of Virginia Tech who remains actively involved in alumni affairs, Hayes is a landscape architect and designer who brought that skilled eye and creativity into developments he launched. He also has a successful real estate sales career in both North Carolina and Virginia, having been involved in sales management in Sandbridge Beach, Va., Sugar Mountain, N.C, and Bald Head Island, N.C. where he achieved successful results for the island development in the 1970s.
Hayes was later involved in the development of the Spindrift, SeaPines and OceanCrest communities in Duck and the WatersEdge community in Colington Island. The culmination of his success may have been The Currituck Club, the award-winning resort development in the Corolla area, a 600-acre golf course community with more than 700 residential homes built around the 18-hole Rees Jones-designed golf course. The project began in 1995 through a partnership of Boddie-Noell and landowner members of a historic waterfront gun club. The course was named one of the Top 10 new golf courses in America in its first year by Golf magazine. More than $350 million worth of property has been sold by the Currituck Club sales team since marketing began in 1996 and the resort won an Urban Land Institute award for use of environmentally sensitive golf course design innovations.
“There’s no doubt that The Currituck Club is associated with Mickey Hayes as much as any individual,” notes Boddie-Noell Vice Chairman Nick Boddie.
For more information about Kitty Hawk Land Company, visit www.kittyhawklandcompany.com
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