An integrated campus environment designed to foster innovation, collaboration, and meaningful progress on the challenges that matter.
The Good Samaritan Institute campus is located at 900 N County Highway 393 in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, on Florida's Gulf Coast. The campus includes 60 residential units, a 7,000-square-foot office facility, and a 5,000-square-foot event pavilion, creating an integrated environment where teams can live, work, host, and collaborate without fragmentation across separate locations.
Santa Rosa Beach sits in Walton County in Northwest Florida, positioned between the vibrant cultural hub of Destin and the scenic Route 30A, within driving distance of major research institutions and technology ecosystems. This Gulf Coast location combines lower operating costs with proximity to emerging talent, research talent, and the kind of natural environment that supports both deep focus and renewal.
Beyond these core facilities, the campus infrastructure includes a cyber café for informal collaboration, secure data storage systems designed for sensitive research, and a clubhouse for community gathering. Point Preserve, a private 5,000-square-foot event venue with kitchen and guest cottage, sits at the forest edge near Point Washington State Forest, providing a natural, private setting sized for gatherings of up to 350 seated guests while remaining intimate enough for small strategy sessions and workshops.
60
units for residents, visiting researchers, and event guests
5,000
square feet with kitchen, cottage, forest access
7,000
square feet for workspace, collaboration, and research
The campus infrastructure extends beyond primary facilities to support diverse work modes and gathering formats. A cyber café provides informal collaboration spaces for spontaneous meetings and knowledge exchange. Secure data storage infrastructure, purpose-built for sensitive research, enables teams working with confidential data, proprietary systems, or classified information to operate with full compliance. A clubhouse serves as a central gathering point for community building and informal events. The combination of 60 residential units and these shared facilities enables multi-day retreats, intensive workshops, and extended residencies without requiring teams to coordinate external lodging—a significant operational advantage for organizations hosting convenings.
Point Preserve is a private, forest-edge venue integrated into the GSI campus ecosystem, designed specifically to support multi-day retreats, workshops, dinners, and formal convenings. Positioned near Point Washington State Forest and adjacent to 24 nearby condo units, Point Preserve creates a self-contained gathering environment where groups can work, dine, rest, and explore without leaving a coherent geographic footprint.
Positioned near Point Washington State Forest, offering privacy, direct trail access, and the restorative qualities of a natural forest environment—critical for multi-day focused work and retreat programming.
Nearby residential units sit approximately 200 yards from the pavilion, providing convenient on-site lodging for visiting teams, partners, and event guests without fragmentation across town.
The pavilion accommodates seated events up to 350 guests while maintaining flexibility for smaller 20-person strategy sessions, workshops, and board meetings at the same venue.
Minutes from 30A, Gulf Coast beaches, and regional trails, allowing programs to integrate both focused work sessions and the restorative benefits of coastal proximity and outdoor recreation.
For GSI, Point Preserve transforms the campus from a place to stay and work into a platform for hosting. Programs can flow seamlessly from office-based sessions to pavilion-hosted workshops, from intimate planning meetings to larger public-facing convenings, all within a unified geographic and logistical framework. The full 5,000-square-foot pavilion includes a functional kitchen, making it practical for catered meals and extended multi-day events. The adjacent guest cottage provides additional private accommodation for visiting speakers, visiting leadership, or small groups requiring separate space.
Explore Point PreserveLocated on Florida's Gulf Coast with direct access to white-sand beaches, emerald waters, and protected state forests. The coastal environment provides natural renewal and restoration between periods of intense focus work.
Positioned in Walton County, Northwest Florida, part of a growing regional technology and research ecosystem with emerging talent pools and collaborative partnership opportunities.
Minutes from the scenic 30A corridor and the cultural and professional networks centered in Destin, creating proximity to tourism infrastructure, dining, and entertainment while maintaining operational separation.
Florida's tax structure creates financial incentives for professionals and organizations establishing roots, extending operating budgets and attracting talent without income tax obligations.
Compared to equivalent facilities in major metros, Santa Rosa Beach offers significantly lower real estate, labor, and operational costs, maximizing resource allocation without compromising location quality.
Strategic positioning with reasonable access to major regional airports, including Panama City Beach, Destin, and Pensacola, plus direct highway connectivity to major corridors.
Campus Address: 900 N County Highway 393, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
Geographic Coordinates: 30.3774° N, 86.2286° W
The campus is accessible via County Highway 393 in Santa Rosa Beach. Visitors arriving by air can use Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (XWA), Panama City Beach-Bay County Airport (PFN), or Pensacola International Airport (PNS), all within 1.5 hours drive time. The facility provides parking for vehicles and is located in a walkable area with local restaurants, retail, and Gulf Coast attractions nearby.
For tour scheduling, program participation, or facility rental inquiries regarding Point Preserve, please contact GSI directly through the connect page or reach out to our team at doug@goodsamaritaninstitute.org.
Beyond infrastructure, tax policy, and transportation logistics, Santa Rosa Beach offers something less quantifiable but equally valuable: a working environment that supports both intensity and renewal. The rhythm of the Gulf Coast—white sand, emerald waters, the natural pace of coastal life—creates space for deep thinking and sustained focus. Teams drawn to this location frequently report that the environment itself becomes part of their work process: morning clarity from proximity to water and light, afternoon restoration from access to trails and beaches, and evening collaboration made more natural by shared surroundings and reduced external friction. This is by design.