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Our Purpose
The objectives of the Association are to operate exclusively for
charitable and educational purposes in providing information needed to combat deterioration of Perdido Key, Florida, and maintain its natural
beauty and lessen neighborhood tensions, while promoting its welfare and
aiding in its orderly development.
History of
Perdido Key Association
What is now known
as the Perdido Key Association originated in 1954 by a group of about 100
people. At that time the 700 acre Gulf Beach Gunnery range was declared
surplus by the Navy and the entire tract was auctioned off to a single
developer/builder. After much perseverance and trips to Washington, this
small group convinced the Government to honor their individual bids, and
in 1957 a portion of the land was subdivided into 700 lots known as the
Gulf Beach Subdivision. Records indicate that Gulf front lots were
originally $50+/- front/ft. or about $2700 for a 50 ft. beach parcel.
Initially known as the Gulf Beach Development Association (a not for
profit), the small group was incorporated in 1970 as the Perdido Key
Development Association, and later being more concerned with the "changes
in the environment", became the present Perdido Key Association, Inc. in
1986.
The gulf beach Gunnery Range became Holiday Isle, Gulf Beach, and others
before it was officially named Perdido Key in 1966. |
