Kim & Karoline Frasch

It has taken us three years to get here and it is certainly the best decision we've ever made.

Of course, many thanks to Jeff Harrington whose terrific listening skills matched our needs to what became our patch where our home is under construction.

I am going to attempt to convey something that we are experiencing here at Rarity Bay that is unlike any place Karoline and I have ever lived, which is all over the East Coast.

In every city we have been in, one lives in their space. This becomes a bubble that actually confines and defines based on a need for safety, traffic escape or to be close to perhaps five or six couples that live in the same subdivision and share some level of commonality.

Since coming here to events and just sharing space with people in this community, we have been emancipated from that “normal” lifestyle by their company.

Once we actually MOVED here, this community made us part of its sense by just taking us in, inviting us to live in the WHOLE PLACE, reaching out to show us how much we could grow by living amongst them.

This is hard to define. There aren’t five or six couples with whom we might establish a connection. There are HUNDREDS of unique people reaching out with THEIR unique gifts to access our individual gifts and help us to grow WITH them.

I am not doing this justice.

Karoline and I are looking at each other in amazement that we have found a community with such a SENSE of community. We were drawn by the beauty of East Tennessee, but the people here who have arrived before us truly make Rarity Bay the PLACE that it is.

We will be forever trying to help other potential neighbors to understand what awaits each new resident that arrives, stumbling or gliding through the gates into the PLACE that is Rarity Bay.

We are on a roll now, learning to take our place with this plethora of unpretentious, helpful, fun-loving, gifted and generous people who are giving back like “servants to each other” making this the truly unique community that it is.

Thanks so much for all you and the Rarity Team have done to help us get here.

Visho & Kammo Sharma

At the edge of the Rarity Bay Championship golf course, Drs. Visho and Kammo Sharma will make their home. They chose the location for its’ central location between their children in Chicago, Kalmazoo and Atlanta. After searching throughout the southern United States and Canada for the perfect spot, the Sharmas found Rarity Bay. And at Rarity Bay they found Luke Noe, who they describe as “a super realtor”. A close friendship formed with Julia and Peter Misslin, property owners at Rarity Bay. The Misslins showed the Sharmas around town and introduced them to the community that they believe is “as close to Shangri-la as they were likely to come”.

The Sharmas are building a beautiful Klimek-design home on homesite 444. They are hoping to begin construction this fall and move in during the second half of 2008. They are “avidly looking forward to leading a newly-meaningful life in a blessed, somewhat unique nook of beautiful America”.

With investments at Rarity Bay, Rarity Pointe and Rarity Club, the Sharmas are building roots in East Tennessee. The culturologist and biologist attended the principal university of Kenya, East Africa. They won international, national, state and university academic and social awards during their 40 years at Western Michigan University. Both are keen golf and bridge players. Visho is a well-published author, with three new books. Kammo, past champion at bridge, badminton, and golf, is done formally with academic life and wants to now hone her considerable gourmet skills, especially North Indian cooking -- her parents were from the fabled land of Kashmir, India.

The Sharma family includes a lawyer daughter in Kalamazoo, a physician son in Atlanta, a consultant daughter in Illinois and a clinical psychologist son in Chicago. In addition, there are seven grandchildren they love to baby sit and spoil.

Dale & Lori Coates

Nestled near the beautiful Rarity Bay golf course is where Dale and Lori Coates, who moved here from Naples, Fl., decided to build their new villa home. The Coates, who had no plans to move to Tennessee, opted to relocate after their first visit to Rarity Bay. “We love the fact that Rarity Bay has the beauty of the water and mountains in one location. It’s just a bonus that there is no traffic here. No road rage in Vonore,” said Lori. “The people are very kind and caring, not to mention just fun to talk to.”

Lori and Dale are originally from Michigan, and they have found friends in Rarity Bay from both their home state, as well as Florida. The Coates enjoy many of the activities that Rarity Bay has to offer; they both love boating, golf and social activities. Lori and Dale return to Florida often to visit their two daughters, Traci and Ashley. Though the Coates still love Florida, they love the fact that they could build a home in Tennessee for half of what it would have cost them in Naples. They also enjoy the fact that gas is 30 cents cheaper here than in Naples.

The couple has settled into their new home while also settling into new jobs. Dale, who owned a printing business in Florida, is now working at Mastercraft in Vonore. He truly enjoys his new work and loves being around the beautiful boats that they construct. Lori spent some time working as a member of the Rarity Bay sales team after becoming a member.

“I love sharing this community with others! Knowing how life feels in Rarity Bay makes it easy to tell people what a wonderful community this is,” said Lori. “And knowing that they could be as happy here, as Dale and I are, makes it all the more easy.

Brian & Susan Kirby

Brian and Susan Kirby's retreat to Rarity Bay began with a job change for Brian that led to their new adventure. He is working as a consultant which means he travels all over the country. He told Susan she could choose any place in the country to live. Susan began her search on the internet and focused on Tennessee due to the ideal location - most of the country is within a 10-hour drive, not to mention the gorgeous mountains, trees, change of seasons and central location to their children in Nashville and Greenville. Susan was looking for a gated community where she would feel safe and secure while Brian was away and an area where she could make friends easily and have many activities to keep her busy.

Due to Brian's heavy workload, Susan made the trip to Rarity Bay herself and with the help of Luke Noe quickly narrowed her choice of a homesite to one that includes golf, lake and mountain views. They plan to break ground this spring on homesite # 460 and hope their home will be a neighborhood gathering spot for fun and relaxing on the back deck. To get a head start, they are already enjoying the Rarity Bay lifestyle by renting a villa in the Mont Claire neighborhood.

As avid boaters, the lake provides access to the world that they explore annually on a trip to the Bahamas. During the summer, their children will visit most weekends for family ski runs, wakeboarding and tubing fun.

Their children include Alan, who resides and sells commercial real estate in Greenville. Benjamin works for BMW and lives in Nashville with his lovely wife, Beth. Their daughter, Amanda, is a newlywed and is pursuing her graduate degree in Christian Marriage and Family Counseling. Her husband, Bryan, works for Infiniti, and they also live in Nashville.