The
island community of Duck Key in the Florida Keys is
pictured above. Duck Key is a small islet located at
mile marker 61 off the Overseas Highway in the Florida
Keys. The Hawk's Cay Resort and Village can be seen in
the foreground with the homes of the residential Duck
Key community behind. Vehicles cross over the island's
canals by way of picturesque arched bridges. In the
distance is Grassy Key which is part of Marathon.
Sixty miles further south is Key West.
COMMUNITY
AND VISITOR PORTAL
This
Duck Key community website is a portal to the real world
community of Duck Key in the Florida Keys. Duck
Key Online created this community website as a resource
to residents and visitors of the island community. The
site goes beyond serving up local content, and hopes to
become a community asset and strengthen relationships
within the community by focusing on friends, civic groups
and organizations, social clubs, and community
businesses.
DUCK KEY ISLAND LODGING
A number of different sources of lodging on Duck Key are available. The list starts with the destination resort, Hawk's Cay. This is the largest resort in the Florida Keys. To see the entire list go to Duck Key Accommodations.
HOTELS AND MOTELS IN THE GREATER FLORIDA KEYS
To find hotels and motels and other forms of lodging elsewhere in the Keys go to Key West and the Greater Florida Keys.
CONTENT
AND SERVICE FEATURES
Here
you will find comprehensive information about the
residential community, resort lodging and the business community.
You'll find detailed information on Duck Key island
history, architecture and ecology. Portions of the
community site focus on the Duck Key Property Owners'
Association, the Club at Duck Key and the Hawk's Cay
Village Property Owners' Association.
Links
to Duck Key
weather and hurricane hotline information are included as
well.
Community
residents, groups and organizations, and businesses are
provided web space to add items of interest such as news,
fliers and coupons and community events in an effort to
increase communication and information
sharing.
RESIDENTIAL REAL
ESTATE AND HAWKS CAY VILLAS FOR SALE
ABOVE : 134 Bimini Drive, Open waterfront 4BR/3BA home sold on Center Island - for $2,000,000 - July 2009 - 134 Bimini Drive, previously asking $2,550,000 previously $2,995,000 previously $3,295,000
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Most recent addition to pictures of Duck Key - Postcard image of guest villa. The veranda portion at the left side has since been enclosed
The text on the card reads
Duck Key Villa - French Influence
'St. Pierre', a beautiful two story villa on Duck Key, illustrates the French influence on West Indian architecture. Note the beautiful wrought iron staircase and decorative scrollwork. The soft colour of the Duck Key villas matched with the aged tile roofs imparts the mellow restfulness of the semi-tropical island 95 miles south of Miami."
This was one of a several postcards of Duck Key sites and the Indies House published in the early 1960s by Jack Stark of Coral Gables and printed by Dexter Press of West Nyack, NY. Go to Additional Jack Stark postcards to see images of Villa St. Pierre, Villa Jamaica, and Villa Trinidad.
WHAT'S NEW ON DUCK KEY - September 2009
1. New Short-term rentals on residential Duck Key
2. Photos of Duck Key's Marcel Damiecki participation in Hemingway lool-alike contest. Link to background news from June 2009 here.
3. Short-term Rental proposals for unincorporated Monroe County - Lower Keys, Duck key, Key Largo
4. Wastewater construction to begin on Duck Key
5. Hawk's Cay rated second top resort in Florida, among top 50 in United States and Canada.
6. Duck Key History 1978 - Fatal Shooting of husband, George deConigh, on Duck Key - Court ruled wife's statements to be suppressed. The bedroom shooting took place in a residence built for Duck Key developer Bryan Newkirk. That home has changed ownership over the years and is now a corporate retreat for Halliburton.
WHAT'S NEW ON DUCK KEY - June 2009
1. Short-term rentals on residential Duck Key - UPDATED
1. Duck Key's Marcel Damiecki to participate in Hemingway lool-alike contest
2. Golf cart violations
3. Residents of Duck Key in Seven Mile Bridge Run
4. Service Calls on Duck Key - robbery and theft
5. Downstairs Enclosures
6. Hawks Cay News
New Managing Director - Sheldon Suga
7. Water Restrictions in Monroe County limited to one day a week - Press Release May 2009
Records show that South Florida just experienced the driest six-month period in history dating back to 1932. In April, an average of only 0.64 inches of rain was recorded increasing the dry season deficit to 10.64 inches, which is only 30 percent of the historic average.
8. FKAA update - May 2009
The Florida Keys Aquaduct Authority’s water use permit currently allows an average daily allocation to 19.93 mgd (million gallons a day) with the maximum daily allocation set at 23.79 mgd. However, the average daily allocation is limited to 17 mgd during the dry season (December 1 through April 30). Because of the lack of rainfall water restrictions have been extended beyond April 30, 2009.
9. Additional history on Bryan Newkirk, Duck Key developer
10. Additional history on Jack Stark
11. Additional history on Eugene Otto, Duck Key designer
12. Real Estate News
WHAT'S NEW ON DUCK KEY - April 2009
1. Real Estate News and Foreclosures - March 2009 - Duck Key, Florida Keys, Key West and Florida
2. Siege of Duck Key - Annexation
3. Added to Duck Key's Noteables - Stephanie O'Sullivan
4. Hawks Cay News
Hawk's Cay Sanctuary Villa Fire
Managing Director Steve Bello and several other Executives leaving Hawks Cay Resort
Compare the images
New Specials at the Tom's Harbor Bar
5. Channel Key History
6. Steep decline in Home Prices on Duck Key, 2006 - 2009
7. March letter to editor
8. Aquaduct Authority Meeting - April 26, 2009 Wastewater
ARCHIVES
Go to the archives for past months and year's postings of news and information items.
2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, and 2002
Humorous posting in March 2006 - Monroe County Sheriff's Arrest Records reveal surprises.
Posted in February - some history on the Playboy video filmed on Duck Key and in Marathon in 1984.
Is it a Hawk or a Turkey Vulture?
LINKS TO PAST REAL ESTATE NEWS FROM DUCK KEY ONLINE
September 2007 Real Estate News - Facts and figures on residential home sales. (Duck Key trends, Florida Keys, Tropical Breezes, Foreclosures, Economic trends in Monroe County)
Price Declines - Buy High, Sell Low - September 2007
For more go to Real Estate News - May 2007 - Facts and figures on residential home sales. (Duck Key trends, Florida Keys, Tropical Breezes, Economic trends in Monroe County, Real Estate Bubble)
Florida Keys, Key West and Duck Key Real Estate News 2006
Duck Key Real Estate News - Summer 2006 - The Monroe County Online Data Center
Monroe County Records also provides Maps of Duck Key presenting a visual representation of real estate sales for years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.
SEARCH
DUCK KEY ONLINE
The
dialog box below is configured to search for information
available through Duck Key Online website. Type a subject
word or name and activate Google Search to see what is
available.
You
may also search the the entire world wide web. Activate
the radio button "WWW", type in your subject word, and
click on Google Search.
MESSAGE
BOARD -
We
have had to remove the interactive element from the
community message board because of almost daily
submittals by spammers. While we are able to remove these
messages they interfere with the workings of the board
and may be viewable for hours until we take them down. If
you wish your comments and opinions to be read by island
residents you can post them by sending e-mail to info@duckkeyonline.com
RESIDENT
COMMUNITY
The
site offers island residents a chance to become part of a
single-focused, special-interest online community. The
website offers several features for sharing information
and communicating with the community. Since the Duck Key
community has year round residents, seasonal and part
time "snow birds" residents, owners of vacation
properties and business properties, the power of the
Internet would seem to be an ideal means of bringing the
people, businesses, and organizations in the community
closer together.
Free
web space is offered to individual residents and
nonprofit organizations for disseminating information of
interest to their membership and the community at large.
A community calendar showing scheduled
events and activities, and an archive file for community
publications are resources available for use by the
community.
BUSINESS
COMMUNITY SPONSORS
In
addition to the website's goal of providing residents
with news and information on island goings on, this Duck
Key Online Community website will serve as an interactive
business directory. The site offers businesses a chance
to have a web space with pictures, individual design and
links for a nominal fee. Fees from sponsoring businesses
are used support the development of the community
website.
Information
on Realtors and home sales together with information on
local fishing guides and vacation accommodations
available at Hawk's Cay Resort, the Duck Key Botels, and
the Duck Inn is presently provided on the site.
Business
and commercial entities desiring to be part of the online
community can find out more about listing products and
services by clicking on Free
and Fee Services.
NEWS
ITEMS
When
you belong to an online community, you can keep in touch
with other community members. News worthy items affecting
the community will periodically be placed in the archives and links
placed in the WHAT'S NEW section of this index
page.
SUBMITTING
INFORMATION
If
you'd care to submit information for inclusion in the
website, its archives, calendar or newsletter, e-mail the
information to Duck Key Online. The process for
submitting information, sending files and photos in
e-mail is fairly simple but sometimes the recipient's
e-mail program can't decode the attachment or lacks the
software the original file was created in. Before
e-mailing an attachment Read
Here.
A
list of some links to various sections to the site is provided
below.
RESIDENTIAL
COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY OVERVIEW
DUCK
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INDIANS
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HISTORIC
NOTES ON DUCK KEY
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NAMING
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MECCA
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HURRICANE
DONNA
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CANAL
BUILDING
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TREASURE
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BOTELS
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