Santa Rosa County Commissioners plan to narrow the list of proposed sites for the courthouse today. Six sites were submitting during the proposal process, and commissioners plan to move three properties forward for further consideration at today’s meeting.
Two Navarre Beach projects made the cut last week as Governor Rick Scott announced projects proposed in the third round of Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) funding. The early restoration dollars fund projects related to damages resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
For those who want to get a little more hands-on with their Christmas tree selection this holiday season, the north end of the county may be the place to go.
An investment group recently announced plans to build Waterstone at Navarre, a $30 million four-story apartment complex with a potential 250 units at the intersection of Joybrook Road and U.S. Highway 98.
A firm hired by Santa Rosa County to determine the feasibility of funding options for beach restoration made a presentation to county commissioners at the board’s Dec. 9 meeting, outlining five different local revenue generators which could be used to fund the effort, which is expected to cost $10-12 million.
A busy intersection along U.S. 98 and Navarre Park is set to get a pedestrian overpass earlier than leaders had expected. The proposed $2.48 million walkover could be constructed on U.S. 98 near the Navarre Beach bridge in 2018.
The unresolved murder of a Navarre man in his front yard still has more questions than answers, and has a grieving family finding it difficult to move forward.
A Navarre woman was arrested for petit theft, dealing in stolen property and fraud when she attempted to return merchandise and get a refund for items she had stolen.
The new year will bring a new management team to the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier. Santa Rosa County Commissioners stumbled through a revised proposal selection process on Tuesday, picking TC’s Coastal Porch to operate the county pier starting in 2014.
