Learn about Marco Island Florida
Posted April 26th, 2011 by adminMarco Island is a place like no other. The largest of Florida’s renowned Ten Thousand Islands chain running from Everglades City in the north to Flamingo to the south, the island has quite an array of historically significant places to keep homeowners enamored with the community for a lifetime.
As part of the ninety nine mile Wilderness Waterway, Marco Island’s varied plant life alone is astounding. There are sand hills, pine forests, sandy fields and beaches, and a mangrove swamp. Burrowing owls are one of the main wildlife attracts–in fact, wildlife watchers say that the island is the only island in the Ten Thousand Islands chain to be home to these unique creatures.
Marco Island has a full range of city services, with an excellent school system and utilities infrastructure. Residents and tourists can find plenty of things to do on Marco Island, including snorkeling, canoeing, water skiing, sport fishing, and much more. There are even archaeological digs over 2000 years old from Native American tribes, such as the Calusa Indian burial mound and the famous “Marco Cat” found at the Frank Cushing Archaeological Site.
The uniquely habitable island was home to nearly 15,000 residents in the 2000 census, but new census data to be released on December 21, 2010 is expected to show some growth. The boom in real estate in the new millennium led to economic and population growth from the Naples metro area, with many gorgeous homes being built during that time. With the housing price pullback that followed, many exclusive parcels of Marco Island real estate can be found that are priced very attractively. In fact, Marco Island foreclosures and bank owned properties represent some of the best priced listings on the Multiple Listing Service.
Marco Island homes at the time of this writing range from $69,900 for a 460 s.f. condo to $10.5 million for a 11,000+ s.f. luxurious estate. There are numerous waterfront properties on the island, many with private docks for easy access to the pristine Gulf of Mexico.