After reading the most recent email exchange between Fernandina Beach City Manager Joe Gerrity and developer Dick Goodsell, it appears that the only private project under development for the city’s riverfront Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) has now been shelved indefinitely. An April 23, 2013 post entitled Does the City of Fernandina Beach want riverfront development? …
TREASURE ISLAND — As part of a continuing effort to encourage hotel and retail development, city officials have presented a plan to create a new zoning district they say will allow developers more flexibility. The new zoning category — a planned development district — is aimed at attracting more hoteliers by increasing allowable densities while…
Frank Mannadmits he was frustrated. Presented with an opportunity to lure a Fortune 500 company headquarters to Lee County, commissioners were asked to vote on a $4.6 million incentive package this week. The only hiccup — they don’t know what company they’re luring. “It just kind of seems absurd,” Mann said of the vote to…