Two local marketing and public relations professionals, Frank Berte and Tracy Louthain, are in the TOP 5 of Variety Magazine’s America’s Favorite Couple Contest, benefitting Oceana and the LA Food Bank. They have been long time residents of the area, calling Niceville, Destin and Freeport home since the early 2000’s. They were long-time friends and colleagues who reconnected over protecting access to the beaches of South Walton & Destin. You might see them around town on their electric bikes or SUP boards celebrating the beauty of our destination or working at local events and serving our community. Their recent passion project, Anchored in Freeport, conducted in partnership with the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County and the City of Freeport, aims to place concrete anchors decorated by local artists to bring cultural enrichment, beauty, tourism opportunities and enhanced sense of place to the City of Freeport. If you’d like to support this local couple in making it to the next round, vote for them online daily at Tracy and Frank | America’s Favorite Couple (https://americasfavcouple.org/2025/tracy-and-frank).
