The members of the Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board (CRAAB) were presented Thursday evening with a can that they don’t think needs to be kicked down the road.
It’s a piece of waterfront land that has almost been protected from flooding, almost worked into a parking lot with the same spaces that were there all along and a hefty 27% increase in green space that is quite possible.
It’s the land known as Parking Lots C & D, the land that runs from the southern marsh where the shrimp boats dock, north to the launch ramp for boaters.
Board member Eric Bartelt presented the draft plan after a presentation from Mayor Walter Duke of Dania, Florida, who said that improving down-at-the-heels Dania started with “taking that first bite.” The unspoken message was that Fernandina Beach has a waterfront opportunity that could be another “first bite.”
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