Market Common is a lifestyle center with several stores and a movie theater. It is located on the site of the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base. Education Public schools See Horry County Schools College/post-secondary The Grand Strand provides following college and post-secondary schools: Coastal Carolina University Horry-Georgetown Technical College Webster University - Myrtle Beach Campus NAIA Flight School Cathedral Bible College Golf Academy of America Miller-Motte Technical College Private schools Below is a list of private schools along the Grand Strand. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic High School St. Andrew's Catholic School Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach Carolina Bays Academy Chabad Academy Calvary Christian School Bridgewater Academy Cathedral Hall High School Christian Academy Life Christian Academy & Child Communities along the Grand Strand Order listed by location (north to south) Horry County, South Carolina Little River - pop. 8,960 (2010, unincorporated Horry County) North Myrtle Beach - pop. 13,752 (2010, city) Cherry Grove Beach (neighborhood, North Myrtle Beach) Ocean Drive Beach (neighborhood, North Myrtle Beach) Crescent Beach, South Carolina (neighborhood, North Myrtle Beach) Windy Hill Beach (neighborhood, North Myrtle Beach) Atlantic Beach - pop. 334 (2010, town) Briarcliffe Acres - pop. 470 (2010, town) Myrtle Beach - pop. 27,109 (2010, city) Springmaid Beach (neighborhood, Myrtle Beach) Surfside Beach - pop. 3,837 (2010, town) Garden City - pop. 11,014 (2010, unincorporated Horry County) Georgetown County, South Carolina Murrells Inlet - pop. 8,547 (2010, unincorporated Georgetown County) Litchfield Beach - (unincorporated Georgetown County) Pawleys Island - pop. 103 (2010, town) DeBordieu - (unincorporated Georgetown County) Georgetown - pop. 9,163 (2010, city) Infrastructure Air Myrtle Beach International Airport opened in 1976 and is located on the south side of town. The Grand Strand Airport, located in the North Myrtle Beach area, is a single-terminal airport (CRE), serving primarily banner planes and small aircraft. A private helicopter facility operated by Omniflight services the Grand Strand. Rail The closest passenger rail station to Myrtle Beach is the Amtrak Station in Florence SC, about 70 miles. Southeastern Stages does offer limited bus service from the Florence Bus Station to Myrtle Beach. Roads Farrow Parkway Ocean Boulevard Harrelson Boulevard Robert Edge Parkway Robert Grissom Parkway Within the last decade, new roads have been created to ease congestion caused by the yearly influx of visitors. Most of these roads follow the Metro Loop Road Plan, organized in 1997 to improve the traffic flow of Myrtle Beach. Some