b'C o m m u n i t yThe seaside village setting that is being created at The Islands of Rockport is the communitys most import-ant amenity. This golf cart-friendly neighborhood is designed to make it easy and safe to venture from your Waterfront or Villa home to one of two club-houses and resort swimming pools, to catch a pick-leball game, or jump over to the marina to hop on a boat and enjoy the day bay fishing. Then afterward, to relax with their friends and family with a perfectly prepared meal and cocktails watching boats coming into the marina, at the end of the day.The site for The Islands of Rockport that developer Kiki DeAyala chose provides the most important at-traction for buyers who most appreciate the Coastal Bends untamed, marine environmentand that is its location on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, in the middle of the best inshore fishing waters on the Texas Gulf Coast. Just ten minutes north is the downtown Rockport Arts District and site of popular community festivals held throughout the year. Twenty minutes south is Corpus Christi, home to attractions like Wha-Top: Oceanfront resort in Belize, where multiple water recreation options are offered to guests and are included in many hotel pack-ages, including fishing charters. Above: Magnificent indoor/outdoor common area at a Bahamas oceanfront resort, offering space for weddings, reunions and corporate events. While a facility of this caliber does not exist in the Coastal Bend, The Islands of Rockport may soon endeavor to fullfill high-end markets coming from the big, Texas cities. Below: One of several five-star restaurants at a Bahamas oceanfront resort, which invite public access while providing the most desired amenity for resort guests and residents.taburger Field, home to the Corpus Christi Hooks, American Bank Center for entertainment, the Texas State Aquarium and USS Lexington Museum on the Bay, modern healthcare facilities at Christus-Spohn Hospital Shoreline, and shopping and dining at La Palmera Mall.In the six decades since Florida-style, waterfront de-velopment came to the Coastal Bend, both bay and ocean front communities have emerged of all variet-ies. In the history of building every waterfront region of the country, there is an evolution in building and community standards, access to fishing and boating or the beach, and quality of life among neighbors who share an affinity for the marine environment.The Islands of Rockport represents the new, high wa-ter mark for all the standards that make seaside living in the Coastal Bend the very best in Texas.44THE COASTAL BEND GUIDE TheCoastalBend.com'