Daniel Island is beautifully master planned island town within the city of Charleston featuring 23 miles of rivers and creeks and hundreds of acres of parks. Downtown Daniel Island has an array range of shops and many businesses now call Daniel Island home. 8 traditionally designed residential neighborhoods encompass the residential community. While suburban by design, there is almost an urban flavor with condos and townhomes at the Island’s center and in many cases, located above businesses and shops. Developed as a self-sufficient, small town uniting schools, churches, shops, businesses and residences, meticulous planning provides Daniel Island a lively sense of community.
  
Set in a park by the Wando River is the 17 court Family Circle Tennis Center with a clubhouse, fitness facility and a pro shop. The Family Circle Cup, one of the top tournaments in women’s tennis is held every April. Blackbaud Stadium, adjacent to Blackbaud Software, one of the first businesses to move to Daniel Island, is home to Charleston’s professional soccer team, The Charleston Battery. Daniel Island is an outdoor sports lover’s dream with hiking and bicycle paths, boating, fishing, swimming and more. There are community boat ramps and crabbing docks and a private nature preserve.
Fine dining abounds with fabulous Italian at Sienna and Ken Vedrinski, the former chef at Woodlands in Summerville. The finest Chinese restaurant in the Charleston area, Dragon Palace, has décor to match the food and a great bar and grill, Queen Anne’s Revenge, is my personal favorite in the category.
Downtown Daniel Island offers residents a variety of businesses and services within walking distance of their neighborhoods. Shops, restaurants, medical centers, a supermarket, office buildings and several of the areas largest employers call Daniel Island home. A new elementary school opened in fall 2006 joining Bishop England, one of the finest private high schools in the state and both are within walking distance of the most neighborhoods.
A limited number of homesites are offered each year and all builders on Daniel Island are carefully screened for quality and a strict architectural review board must approve all design plans. Where To Retire Magazine recently included Daniel Island in “America’s Top 100 Master Planned Communities”. |