Q: What new or existing projects are you excited about and why?
Development of the downtown riverfront will be an exciting new dimension for the River District. The new 225-room, $50 million Sheraton Hotel will link the new water basin to the Harborside Event Center, which thanks to a joint venture of the City and County will undergo a $9 million renovation. Developers also have expressed interest in three additional sites around the water basin for retail and restaurant uses and work is underway on conversion of the former Amtel Hotel into an upscale senior independent living community.
Q: What is the latest update on the City of Palms Park, ideas for this facility? If not used for another baseball league what are the next best options? What is holding this up?
The county has leased the City of Palms Park to Florida Southwestern College for their baseball programs and the park continues to attract league and tournament play. Additional ideas for the future of the park will be developed as part of the Midtown Plan, which is just getting underway.