Development proposals divide Madeira Beach

MADEIRA BEACH — Strong opposition is brewing to two proposed hotel-condominium-marina developments that could reshape the city’s downtown. Despite the objections of many in an overflow crowd at last week’s marathon five-hour meeting, the City Commission, with little discussion, approved rezoning the first of the two projects in a 4-1 vote. A final vote for…

Blight takes over High Springs

HIGH SPRINGS, Fla. — After years of what seemed to be a code-less city, members of the High Springs code enforcement board met this month for the first time in four years. Their next move? Clean up blight that spans blocks of the city’s neighborhoods. “It’s a hazard,” resident Bill Richards says referring to the abandoned…

City of Fort Pierce – Mural Artist Registry RFP

The City of Fort Pierce seeks mural artists and artist teams to submit qualifications for consideration and inclusion in their Mural Program Artist Registry. The Mural Artist Registry will be used to aid the selection of qualified artists for the City’s mural program and to distribute notifications regarding upcoming mural artist opportunities throughout the City…

Lawyer for Naples who argued against three-story building with underground garage now defends it

Naples City Attorney Bob Pritt, who previously agreed that a three-story building with an underground garage violates the city’s charter, now has changed that opinion, arguing that a similar downtown development proposal is consistent with the charter. In the city’s first filing responding to a lawsuit by two downtown property owners in Collier County’s Circuit…