Diamond Edgewater

South Ridgewood Avenue traces the old US 1 corridor through Edgewater, a small Volusia County city on the Indian River just south of New Smyrna Beach, away from the busier tourist areas further north. Diamond Edgewater operates with 78 beds, a mid-size community generally large enough to support a dedicated activities staff and multiple common areas without reaching the scale of the region's largest campuses. Edgewater's riverside setting and small-town pace have made it a quieter alternative to the more built-up coastal communities nearby. A community of this size can typically separate residents into smaller groups for meals and programming even though the total population is fairly large. Families should ask how those groupings are formed and whether residents can request a change if the fit does not feel right.