Tiger Point residents’ worries over traffic safety around the new Sacred Heart clinic under construction on U.S. Highway 98 are growing after they were excluded from a closed-door meeting of county and state officials on the issue last week.
Thursdays in the Park starts tonight with our favorite band – Not Quite Fab. This one-of-a-kind Beatles Tribute Band features one of our own, Dickie Williams, aka Paul McCartney. Not Quite Fab is in high demand and we are fortunate that they are playing tomorrow.
Tiger Point residents’ protests over traffic safety around the new Sacred Heart clinic under construction on U.S. Highway 98 are growing amid questions about the project’s engineering plans.
Two of Santa Rosa’s major wastewater utilities are citing state-regulated effluent treatment limits while lobbying county commissioners to grant expansion plans that face public opposition.
The City of Milton will soon hold its second outreach meeting for the property owners in and around Stewart Street. According to Milton City Planner Randy Jorgenson, the once vibrant commercial corridor no longer serves the needs of today’s consumer. Strip mall developments, though popular in the past, are no longer attractive to many of today’s shoppers. As a result, said Jorgenson, many of the buildings on Stewart are vacant or under-utilized. While there are areas that show signs of revival and recent investment along parts of Stewart Street, most of the street continues to languish. All properties along Stewart are currently zoned commercial and limited to those specific types of activity. The city is examining the potential of rezoning to again provide for residential usage.
Some backers of the proposed 1-cent sales tax to pay for a new Santa Rosa County courthouse are debating whether their plan should be put before the voters in prime time.
Oh what a night for art programs in the local schools. Educators, students and supporters of the arts gathered in the Gulf Breeze Library Meeting Room the evening of May 3 for a presentation where Gulf Breeze Arts, Inc., awarded a $20,000 grant for art programs and other education efforts in area schools.
The county’s new $750,000 Bagdad Mill Site Park that’s scheduled to open May 16 will be a recreational showplace, but some tourism leaders have questioned why it won’t have public restrooms.
Education is a continuing process. Many retired seniors in Santa Rosa County possess a lifetime of work and lifetime experiences and may want to learn something new or even share their expertise by assisting others in learning about new topics or skills. Research indicates keeping the mind active by learning new things keeps us mentally agile.
