Instead of making a recommendation to county commissioners, the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) May 13 decided to send discussions regarding the sixth annual Navarre Beach Sand Sculpting Festival back to committee level to be redesigned.
With the Memorial Day holiday here, fallout from the oil spill that left Gulf Coast beaches smeared with gooey tar balls and scared away visitors in 2010 is being credited, oddly, with something no one imagined back then: An increase in tourism in the region.
By the end of this year, a $171,300 project to add new landscaping along U.S. 98 from west of Andorra Street to Ortega Street could begin. State transportation funding will pay for the improvements, but the county will be responsible for maintenance, which is projected to cost $35,000 per year.
Business continues to thrive in Santa Rosa Industrial Park, and a visit last week by county officials to a large retail conference appears to have attracted more industrial scouts to the area.
When older adults have access to a geriatrician in the hospital, they are much less likely to die and more frequently leave the hospital healthier, according to a study UF Health researchers presented May 15 at the annual meeting of the American Geriatrics Society.
