The four-day 2024 Outer Banks Parade of Homes starts Thursday and features three properties in Southern Shores, one of which is a space renovation in the Southern Shores Crossing for the long-awaited coffee shop.
The homes in the 32nd annual Parade of Homes will be open Thursday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A trade expo and builder awards ceremony will be held Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head.
Tickets are $20 each and may be purchased online with a credit card or for cash at one of the participating homes. For ticket information, see https://www.obhomebuilders.org/2024-tickets/.
Sixteen of the properties on display are located in the beach zone, from Corolla to Nags Head, and the remaining two are on the mainland, one in Currituck County and the other in Manteo.
The Manteo entry is actually a remodel by SAGA Realty and Construction of the Firetender Restaurant, which is past the Manteo Hotel on Hwy. 64/264. The other commercial remodel in the parade is Neal Contracting Co.’s renovation in the Southern Shores Crossing, at 1 Ocean Blvd., for Shore Coffee Roasters
A list of the 18 homes, with detailed descriptions of each, may be found at https://www.obhomebuilders.org/2024-homes/.
Unfortunately, the Outer Banks Home Builders Assn. (OBHA), which hosts the parade, did not include the addresses of the homes on its listing page. You have to click on the individual home links to uncover them.
An interactive parade map is available on the OBHA’s website, but we did not find it particularly helpful. Perhaps a free Parade of Homes magazine available for pickup at the properties will have an easy-to-use list of addresses.
The other two parade homes in Southern Shores are a renovation by Sandmark Custom Homes, Inc., of a beach cottage at 223 Ocean Blvd. (see photo above), and the construction of a new home by Maso Design Build at 97 Ocean Blvd., which is on the west side of Ocean Boulevard at its intersection with Chicahauk Trail. You may park in the town parking lot on Chicahauk Trail to tour 97 Ocean Blvd.
All three of the builders represented in Southern Shores are husband-and-wife teams who live in the town. Sandmark Custom Homes also has a home in Harbinger, at 204 Cynthia Ct., in the parade.
The 18 properties will be available for viewing online after the parade, according to FAQs on the OBHA website. Virtual tours will remain active for at least one year, it says.
See FAQ at https://www.obhomebuilders.org/2024-poh-faq/?fl_builder.
The Outer Banks Tourism Bureau is a parade partnership sponsor with the OBHA.
COMING UP: EARLY VOTING; BULK TRASH PICKUP
*You no doubt have heard that early voting for the Nov. 5 general election starts Oct. 17 and continues until Nov. 2. If you are a Dare County resident, you may vote at any one of the three voting sites, listed below. On Election Day, you may only vote at your assigned polling place.
Early voting polls are:
Kill Devil Hills Town Hall, 102 Town Hall Drive, KDH
Dare County Administrative Bldg., 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive, Manteo
Fessenden Center Annex, 47017 Buxton Back Road, Buxton
Voting hours are:
Thurs., Oct. 17, and Fri. Oct. 18: 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 21 through Fri., Nov. 1: 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 2: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A list of all of the candidates on your ballot may be obtained on the Dare County Board of Elections website at https://www.darenc.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/12400/638398691853670000.
The ballot also includes an important proposed amendment to the N.C. Constitution that would restrict voting in state elections to U.S. citizens only. You are being asked to vote “for” or “against” citizens-only voting in North Carolina.
BULK TRASH PICKUP IS OCT. 18
The town-wide autumn bulk trash pickup will be held Fri., Oct. 18. You may begin putting approved items—a list of which is available through the website link below—on the roadside a week before. (No TVs, no building supplies, no rugs!)
See https://www.southernshores-nc.gov/community/page/bulk-waste-collection-semi-annual for details.
The Town has already scheduled the spring bulk trash pickup on April 4, 2025.
By Ann G. Sjoerdsma, The Beacon
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