PUBLISHER’S NOTE

Welcome to Summer

WWhen you live in a coastal area, the stretch of time between Memorial Day and Labor Day is a somewhat conflicted state. On one hand, it’s summer — the most blissful three months of the year, filled with early morning beach walks, warm-ocean swims and leisurely sunset suppers on the patio. On the other hand, it’s high tourist season, filled with more traffic, long lines at the coffee and doughnut shops and fierce competition for the dinner reservations and beach access parking. But when you live in a coastal area, sharing your hometown with visitors for part of the year is a trade-off you’re willing to make. You know that visitors make it possible for you to live in a place that you love. You welcome the influx of customers who keep the local businesses afloat, and you appreciate that it’s visitors who keep the local economy churning. And, very often, you find that you enjoy meeting new people from around the country and helping them find their way around your town. So, to all you summer visitors out there — welcome to Brunswick County! We hope that you enjoy reading our summer issue of South Brunswick Magazine and enjoy experiencing the taste of the beach life it offers. In this issue we’ve got stories of interest for locals and visitors alike. We introduce a new business in town, Next Stop Collective, in which Carolina Panthers football player Juston Burris and his wife, Brittany, are expanding their short-term rental business to Oak Island, and we celebrate 20 years of business with local favorite art gallery and studio Sunset River Marketplace. We meet the Gore family of Huckleberry Farm, introduce you to Red Hare Brewery and tell you about a new business, Hydreight IV, that will make you feel amazing. We explore sports with Brunswick County Tennis Association and Brunswick Athletic Club and music with piano tuner Rodney Williams and guitarist James Lenger.

Whether you’re relaxing on the beach, by the pool or in the back yard, we hope that you can find the time to read all the stories in this issue of South Brunswick Magazine. Please support the advertisers you see on these pages so we can keep this magazine coming to you. Enjoy your summer!

Justin Williams Owner/Publisher Publisher@SouthBrunswickMagazine.com