A third of the Santa Rosa School District’s capital outlay budget will be on the line March 28, 2017, with a special election to decide if a half-cent capital outlay sales tax will continue in the county.

Steve and Ann Hering get it: numerous neighbors of their would-be 60-house subdivision on Navarre Beach adamantly oppose the project, in part because the couple owes about $1.4 million in back property taxes.

Responding to a contentious crowd of Navarre area residents, Santa Rosa commissioners unanimously turned down proposals from out-of-town developers to build two low-income apartment complexes totaling 166 units planned for seniors.

County commissioners approved a request to amend the lease on a 7-acre Navarre Beach parcel to allow construction of the proposed 66-house Topaz Beach subdivision, but the project hit a snag Thursday night, Nov. 10.

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is looking for citizen input into their tentative five year road work program to consider whether changes to the plan are necessary. 

Design and permitting of Deepwater Horizon oil spill funded improvement projects for Navarre Beach Park are coming to a close as the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) prepares to put the roughly $2.8 million project out for bid in January.

The developer of two proposed affordable living complexes on the 17-acre parcel between Ortega Street and Elks Way has tabled them for now to pursue another South Santa Rosa project on land that has more favorable zoning.