2008 Hot Retirement Towns

Daniel Island, South Carolina
IT TOOK YEARS OF THOUGHT- It wasn’t always so. Named in touched, giving the newly developed
ful planning and vision to make the honor of Robert Daniel, an early island a well-established look and feel.
thriving community of Daniel Island governor of South Carolina, the Daniel Island features several
a reality. Not long ago, the island, island was at one time made up spacious parks with playgrounds and
which is within the Charleston city of several large plantations. Harry open grassy spaces and is home to a
limits but also in Berkeley County, Frank Guggenheim bought the is- golf course designed by Tom Fazio
was nothing but acres of farmland land to use for cattle farming and as that is rapidly earning a reputation
and marshes. Now it is a nationally a family hunting and ﬁshing retreat as one of the best courses in the area.
acclaimed town designed to provide in 1947. When he died in 1971, Each April, the world’s best female
its residents with a true feeling of the land was passed on to the Harry tennis players compete in the Family
community–a slow-paced, small Circle Cup at Daniel Island’s Family
Southern town in a modern setting.
“... the island was at one-
Circle Tennis Center. The stadium
Daniel Island’s developers incor- also hosts Davis Cup matches and is
porated many historic design features
time made up of several
a popular venue for outdoor con-
of the neighborhoods of downtown certs. Blackbaud Stadium, one of
Charleston. The homes are set close
large plantations.”
the country’s premier soccer-speciﬁc
to the quiet, meandering streets to stadiums and the home ground for
enhance the neighborly feel and fea- Frank Guggenheim Foundation. the Charleston Battery, is also on
ture large covered porches, ideal for Though Daniel Island is a col- Daniel Island.
chatting with neighbors. Wide side- lection of carefully planned com- Just minutes from Mount Pleas-
walks crisscross the island, making munities, considerable work has ant, downtown Charleston, area
walking to stores, schools and parks gone into maintaining the rural feel beaches and the Wando River,
a practical proposition. Everything of the island. Large thickets of live Daniel Island’s prime location oﬀers
residents need, from dry cleaners to oaks, draped with Spanish moss, and residents almost unlimited recre-
dentists, is available on the island. towering palmetto trees remain un- ational and cultural opportunities.
At A Glance
Daniel Island, SC
Population: 3,100
Average Temp: 74 F
Average Age: 44
Nearest Hospital:
East Cooper Regional Medical
Center
Nearest Major Airport:
Charleston International Airport
Daniel Island Info:
Charleston Metro Chamber of
Commerce

www.charlestonchamber.net
(843) 577-2510
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