There are those who say it’s too costly to spend a few million dollars now to create a pedestrian skywalk or underpass to move visitors safely between CityPlace and the Palm Beach County Convention Center and hotel. We disagree. The potential cost of doing nothing is greater. Read full article
DetailsBonita Springs’ community center was filled with the spirit of civic engagement Tuesday afternoon as a steady stream of residents entered to educate themselves on the proposed downtown improvements project and leave city leaders comments, suggestions and no shortage of concerns. “I think change is difficult. Period,” said Councilman Stephen McIntosh. “We didn’t have a…
DetailsNAPLES, Fla. – Naples City Council will hear several presentations on the history of Central Avenue and future plans on Wednesday, when business owners are expected to fill council chambers to complain. Follow Naples Daily News reporter Aisling Swift for live updates from the meeting beginning at 8:30 a.m. The business owners are opposed to a plan by the…
DetailsLegacy Trail, the popular biking and jogging path built on a former railroad corridor in central and south Sarasota County, will be connected to downtown Sarasota under tentative plans approved by Sarasota County commissioners today. The additional segment would extend from the current cutoff in Palmer Ranch north to Payne Park, creating nearly 20 miles…
DetailsIn Manatee, overweight residents made up about 36 percent of the population, but nearly two-thirds of residents in both counties exercised for more than 150 minutes per week, a marker of physical well-being. “Our research very consistently shows that people that have high well-being scores in all five elements, which Sarasota-Bradenton-North Port have, consistently outdo…
DetailsINVERNESS — It’s not just county officials giving the Inverness City Council a hard time about its plans to expand the community redevelopment area (CRA) district. About 20 residents of a neighborhood off Vine Street, near a mobile home park and an orange grove, asked the council at a meeting Tuesday evening to exclude their…
DetailsDELAND — City officials are inching closer to deciding how to use $429,000 that became available after a proposed downtown mixed-use development fell through last year. The downtown Community Redevelopment Agency board, made up of the five-member City Commission plus two downtown business owners, met recently and went over the results of a January public meeting…
DetailsSEBRING — The sale of two historic downtown Sebring hotels have been finalized. Developer Tony Collins bought both the Santa Rosa Hotel at 509 N. Ridgewood Drive and the Nan-ces-o-wee Hotel at 139 N. Ridgewood Drive, according to press releases from real estate agent Madge Stewart. Collins has said that he plans to redevelop the two…
DetailsOne by one, your excuses for not making downtown Stuart’s entertainment district your regular weekend spot are getting scratched off the list. Read full article
DetailsTAVARES — City officials are poised to start a worldwide search for developers and investors to build a recreation, retail and entertainment square in downtown, adjacent to City Hall. The plaza dubbed “Tavares Square” would take over the property of the clerk of courts’ Public Records Center, which the city agreed to buy from Lake County for about…
DetailsThe city of Tavares, which transformed itself from a dreary government town with nowhere to get lunch into America’s Seaplane City over the past several years, is about to take the next step — but it should tread carefully. The new idea is to demolish the building where the clerk of the court’s recording section remains…
DetailsPANAMA CITY — One boat is fully submerged in Watson Bayou, with only its mast sticking up out of the water. Another is partially submerged, and a few more are just falling apart. The Panama City CRA wants to clear these and several others — at least five vessels — out of the Bayou. “Watson…
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