Creating a Place With Sea Grove Village - Redefining Accessibility

Placemaking is a crucial aspect of urban planning. At its core, it’s about creating public spaces that foster community, spark social interaction, and reflect cultural identity. With Sea Grove Village, we’re working to build not just a development, but a true place here on Amelia Island.

That raises the question: What makes a space become a place?

Accessibility is the foundation — but it’s not only about roads and routes. It’s about how movement shapes experience.

At Sea Grove Village, we want to make that experience joyful. You could arrive by car, sure. But you could also walk beneath oak-shaded sidewalks, pause at a storefront or porch, ride your bike along a shaded trail, or cruise in on a golf cart. Even scooters have their place here. We want to rethink how people get around, so every mode of movement feels possible — and pleasant.

Edges matter, too. The edges of Sea Grove won’t be blank walls, but porches, shopfronts, and pocket parks that invite you in before you even realize you’ve arrived. The journey becomes as welcoming as the destination.

And perhaps most importantly: there is more than one way home. A network of paths, streets, and trails ensures the Village is open and approachable from every direction. Because when people have options, places feel not just accessible — but alive.

Sea Grove is being designed to slow the pace — to make every route feel like the scenic route. It’s accessibility not just in the practical sense, but in the experiential one: welcoming, walkable, and worth arriving at.