From: jgacker@neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov (James G. Acker)
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Subject: ALL:  Silver beach map & update
Date: 28 Jan 93 16:46:06 GMT
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The setting for "SILVER SANDS"  --  Silver Beach!

     Silver Beach is a barrier island beach, shaped roughly
like a recurved bow and arrow, or an overweight bracket,
i.e. {.  The northern end tapers to a slender point, while
the southern end is wide and thick.

     The business district of Silver Beach is located on the
thick southern end of the beach, and has a population of
about 2,500 to 3,000 people.  A draw bridge connects the
island to mainland Florida and the larger town of Paloma.
The body of water between the beach and the mainland is
Palmera Bay.  Greene's Pass separates Silver Beach from a
smaller, unpopulated island named Egret Key.  Silver Beach
would be on the West Coast of Florida, so the island has a
Gulf side and a bay side.
     Paloma has a two-year college, Paloma Community
College.

     The Marine Science Institute is located on Greene's
Pass, just outside the business district.  The business
district has city hall, a jail, police department, a 7-11,
several cheap motels, a seashell souvenir shop, low-rent
housing, and a large bar on DeSoto Road (the main drag which
connects to the drawbridge and runs 2/3 of the length of the
island).  The bar is named "Buddy's Beach Brew Base".
     The fishing boat docks are located north of the
drawbridge on the bay side behind the business district.
There are two seafood companies on the docks, Paloma Seafood
and Greene's Seafood.

     Driving north on DeSoto Road, the first turnoff is to
an expensive beach and tennis resort, the "Cristal y Verde
Resort".  The resort features 2 grass and four clay tennis
courts.  The resort's restaurant is named "The Court Room".

     Next on the Gulf side are the Hernando's Hideway
condominiums (any resemblance to this and Sarasota was
probably intentional).  On the water on the bay side,
directly across from the HH condos, is the island's premier
restaurant, "Medaillons".

     Further north on the Gulf Side are the Sunset Haven
condominiums, and just north of them the moderately-priced
Sunset Haven Motel.  On the bay side across from Sunset
Haven are the beach's expensive homes, some of which are on
Marina Avenue.  Marina Avenue leads (you guessed it!) to the
Silver Beach Municipal Marina and the Silver Beach Yacht
Club (which also has a dining room).  Sunset Haven is the
island's most expensive condominium complex.

     A little further north of Sunset Haven on the Gulf side
are the ugly high-rise concrete Ocean Sands condominiums.
A few homes are on the bay side across from Ocean Sands.

     Desoto Road makes a turn toward Palmera Bay north of
Ocean Sands, and ends at a ferry to the mainland.  Next to
the ferry is a moderately-priced ramshackle-in-appearance
seafood restaurant named "Sumbuddy's Steamery".

     Just as Desoto Road turns toward Palmera Bay, Park Road
heads straight north.  Some moderately-priced beach cottages
are on the bay side of Park Road, and though the beach is
empty on the Gulf Side, the Ocean Sands developer wants to
put up more condos there.  Just north of the proposed
development site is Loggerhead State Park, a small state
park preserved as the beach used to be, with sand dunes, sea
oats, and scrub palms.  The state park is named for the
loggerhead turtles who lay eggs there.  AS we all know, the
bright lights from high-rise condominiums could affect the
hatchlings ability to orient toward the ocean, hence there's
a battle shaping up between the conservationists and the
developer.


     There's a sign just as you cross over the drawbridge
from Paloma to Silver Beach, that always has a few seagulls
and a maybe a pelican perched on it.  The sign reads
"Welcome to Silver Beach -- Where Sun and Fun Meet the Gulf
Waters".

**************  WELCOME TO SILVER BEACH ******************

     Production notes:  Yesterday's query led to an
assistant producer, a continuity person, and five writers
including an executive story consultant.  We need more!!
The writing load will be about 1-2 scenes per week, with one
"show" produced per week.  Anyone else interested?


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