Melbourne is right in the center of a long north-south corridor - coastal Brevard County - coastal Brevard County - Historically, the place that gives this area its "its name" is Melbourne, the oldest and best-known community on what calling "the Space Coast" It is sandwiched between the St. Louis Johns River Basin to the West and the Atlantic Ocean. It stretches from Palm Bay and other smaller communities in the south Melbourne, West Melbourne, and Melbourne Village in central Brevard to Viera, Cocoa and Titusville in the north.
This "greater Melbourne" is one of the most rapidly growing residential areas in Florida, and it currently boasts the fifth most rapidly appreciating home property values in the whole United States [USA Today, Sept 2, 2005]!
Yet Melbourne itself is reminiscent of an older not so built up Florida.
It's Arts, Fine Dining Health and Educational facilities that compare with the best Florida 's larger cities offer. It & # 39; s just an hour from Orlando and three hours from Miami.
Even remote key West is just a 5 or 6 hour drive. The beaches are not the auctioneers in in my opinion it & # 39; s one of the best places in Florida. jammed, there is plenty of access and it & # 39; s not wall to wall development.
When you approach the Ocean over the high bridge across the Indian River (the Intra-Coastal Waterway or ICW), your view is sweeping. It is not blocked by condos and hotels, thanks to strict zoning laws activated well before the rapid rapid growth and For one thing, there are 3 - and 4 - story height limits, unlike what you find through much of South Florida.
Before development there was conservation, and Melbourne and its beachside communities have some of the nicest public beaches in all of Florida
There are dining places overlooking both the Indian River Lagoon (the IntraCoastal) and the Ocean. Another Old Town section, Eau Gallie, Melbourne also has a great Old-Town, downtown area with specialty shops, features art galleries and the county art museum.
In a recent study, with a major space employee in Melbourne, the employees had this to say.
Melbourne is a safe place to live
It has great weather and lots of sun
It's easy to travel and get to work and there are good job opportunities ..
There is a wide variety of recreational facilities.
It's easy to get involved in the community.
It 's a great place for creative people.
Three out of four would recommend a friend or family member to relocate to Melbourne.
Melbourne has the amenities that a larger town would have already it has a small town atmosphere.
I call it user friendly.
As that this writing (summer 2005) single-family homes, minutes from the beaches can be had from 200,000 up.
Melbourne, and its landside communities of West Melbourne and Melbourne Village, plus its beachside communities of Indialantic, Melbourne Beach, and Floridana (going south), or Indian Harbor Beach and Satellite Beach (going north) is simply a great place to live. Ditto for the greater Melbourne area from Sebastian Inlet to Cape Canaveral. What a great place to relocate or retire to.
