I will give you another reason to love Alys Beach. They are sending a large contingent of their construction crew to a town in Mississippi to build several houses for displaced people, at their expense. In fact, I think they are there right now.
The developer's wife has also been instrumental in forming a children's health network which is a vehicle that help's provide some basic services that are often neglected by the children's family due to lack of insurance or other reasons. This has already provided needed dental care, eyeglasses, and other things to many local children who might otherwise go unserved.
I am not affiliated with Alys Beach nor do I own property there, but am fortunate to now call them(the Comer's) my friends. They are one of many reasons that we love South Walton County.