The web page of Eileen & Alex Hughes, Jr. Realtors with Century 21 Almar & Associates

Shopping, Schools, Churches, Restaurants Shopping
While Charlotte County may look large on a map, the main area is all within a 20 mile diameter circle.  That means that you are never far from shopping at outlets such as, Burdines, Dillards, Bealls, JCPenney and Sears department stores, K Mart, Walmart, Target and Sam's Club, Circuit City, Staples, and Home Depot  discount stores.  In addition to these stores there are many others along Route 41 and in our many malls, these consist of carpet stores, tile stores, furniture stores, etc.  We have major super markets such a Publix, Winn-Dixie and major drug stores like Walgreen's and Eckerd's.  And if that isn't enough, it is only 45 minutes to Ft. Myers and an hour to Sarasota..
Schools
Our school systems, Grade School through Junior High and High School perform very well.  Let us quote Mr. Max L. Schmidt, Superintendent speaking of 1998.  "We are having enviable success! On the Florida Writes assessment test, our tenth graders were first in the state with a never before 4.0.  Our eighth graders tied for first in the state and our fourth graders tied for the second highest score recorded in the state. On the High School Competency Test (HSCT), a graduation requirement in Florida, our eleventh grade students tied for third place in the state in the percentage passing.  We continue to be at or near the top in all standardized student assessment tests".    We have at least eleven private schools in the County and they are well rated.  If you would like to know about rates for private schools, just E-mail us.
Churches
We have something like seventy churches in our County and it appears that we have accounted for every denomination.  If you have a special question about churches, we would be glad to research it.

Restaurants
Our best restaurants are The Captain's Table at Fishermen's Village and The Turtle Club, downtown Punta Gorda.  Our newest and most exciting restaurant is the River City Grill in Punta Gorda.  It seems that a new restaurant opens everyday.  It's exciting.  Then we have all of  the chain from Outback to Olive Garden.  We have some very good ethnic restaurants featuring Greek, Italian, Mexican and others.  All together, there are over 200 eating establishments in our County.  You won't go hungry!