By Rob Johnson on January 26, 2019
Bob Benaquis, John Pankratz, Larry Jones, Nancy Benaquis, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach lease fees, Navarre Beach Leaseholders, Roy Andrews, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners
Local

Four years after county commissioners agreed to cap the annual lease fees on Navarre Beach residential property at $250 a year, about 130 leaseholder accounts are still overdue with total delinquencies of $216,819. Some of the lease accounts have had overdue balances dating to long before the county capped the fees in 2015, and a […]
By Staff Reporters on January 30, 2018
Gary Buroker, Juana's Pagodas, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Leaseholders, Navarre Beach Leaseholders Association, Peter Birckhead, Phil Babiak, Sailors Grill
Local

The Navarre Beach Leaseholders Association met Saturday, Jan. 20 to discuss the projects they will be participating in, one of which is to be more active and sponsor events in the Navarre community. Peter Birckhead thanks outgoing president Gary Buroker for all he accomplished in his year as […]
By Gail Acosta on December 20, 2017
Commissioner Bob Cole, Commissioner Grover Robinson, Commissioner Lane Lynchard, Commissioner Rob Williamson, Commissioner Sam Parker, Congress, escambia county, fee simple title, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Gary Buroker, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Leaseholders, Navarre Pass, Preservation clause, Ryan Brown, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissionesr, Santa Rosa Island, Sen. Bill Nelson, U.S. Rep Matt Gaetz
Headlines

Fee simple title for leaseholders on Navarre Beach is just out of reach pending an agreement on certain issues holding up the bill locally and in Congress. In the most recent effort to put property ownership into the hands of the leaseholders, the bill introduced by Sen. Bill Nelson and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz made […]
By Sandi Kemp on December 7, 2017
Congressman Matt Gaetz, East River Smokehouse, fee simple title, Holley Navarre Fire District, Holley-Navarre Intermediate School, Howie Rounsaville, Hurlburt Field, Matt Gaetz, Mike Sandler, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Area Chamber Foundation, Navarre Beach Leaseholders, Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center, Open Gaetz Day, President Donald Trump, Ron Norton, Rotary Club of Navarre
Local

Answering questions, sharing concerns and listening to comments is what Congressman Matt Gaetz set out to accomplish on Open Gaetz Day in Navarre held Monday, Nov. 27. The 12 hour day started at 8 a.m. at West Navarre Intermediate School where he met with every fourth-grade class to answer their questions and ask questions of […]
By Jamie Gentry on February 15, 2017
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Headlines

Twice now a bill to allow Navarre Beach leaseholders to claim fee simple titles for their leased properties has made its way to the U.S. House of Representatives. Read the full article in the Feb. 16 issue of Navarre Press. Subscribe online at navarrepress.com for as little as $38 per year.
By Rob Johnson on October 27, 2016
Attorney Roy Andrews, condominiums, delinquent lease fees, Larry Jones, Leaseholders, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Leaseholders, Navarre Beach residents, rental property, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Commissioners, South Santa Rosa County, Sunset Harbour Villas, Taj Goodpaster
Local

With the Nov. 1 deadline imminent for the payment of delinquent lease fees, nearly 200 Navarre Beach residents still haven’t caught up on overdue amounts that range from a few hundred dollars to more than $9,000. Read the full article in the Oct. 27 issue of Navarre Press. Click here to subscribe for as little […]
By Rob Johnson on September 15, 2016
Attorney Roy Andrews, Kerry Anne Schultz, lease fees, Navarre, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Leaseholders, Phil Babiak, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Propery Appraiser's Office, South Santa Rosa, Sugar Dunes Complex, Sugar Dunes condominiums, Tammy Pahal-Morgan, Tina Drive
Local

Even the most aggressive bill collectors must sometimes resign themselves to writing off some debts. Whether the difficulty is because of a bankruptcy, the death of a debtor or the lack of adequate records to legally support the claim, most banks, retailers and others with stale receivables on their books know that the time may […]
By Rob Johnson on August 25, 2016
Attorney Roy Andrews, capping fees, delinquent lease fees, foreclosure, Larry Jones, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Leaseholders, rental property, Santa Rosa County, Santa Rosa County Commissioners, Sunset Harbour Villas condominium, Tony Gomillion
Local, Santa Rosa County

Santa Rosa County is trying to give about 400 Navarre Beach leaseholders some incentive to pay their delinquent lease fees by imposing a deadline. But the measure recommended to commissioners by County Attorney Roy Andrews lacks teeth. Instead, meeting the county’s new Nov. 1 deadline to catch up on overdue lease fees – which in […]
By Sandi Kemp on December 17, 2015
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Beach

Weeks Marine won the bid for the Navarre Beach restoration project and operations are expected to commence in March with completion in mid-June. Weeks Marine is the same company that performed the Navarre Beach restoration in 2006 and was the low bidder coming in at $14,920,300 – $3 million less than the original estimate. The […]
By Sandi Kemp on December 17, 2015
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Beach

In the unlikely event there is a tsunami, Santa Rosa County Emergency Management has completed a Tsunami Plan and completed a “table-top exercise,” according to Brad Baker, Director of Emergency Management for Santa Rosa County, in a memo addressed to the board of county commissioners. Recent studies headed by the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico […]
By Rob Johnson on September 9, 2015
beach lease fees, cap, Navarre Beach Leaseholders
Local

The roughly 1,500 Navarre Beach residents eligible for the new $250 cap on their property lease fees who didn’t file by June 30, 2015, as specified by Santa Rosa County Attorney Roy Andrews can still apply and receive the reduced rate retroactively. “There’s been some confusion on this,” said Mike Burton, the county finance […]
By Romi White on August 28, 2014
fee simple title, Navarre Beach Leaseholders, Santa Rosa County
Beach, Santa Rosa County

A recent Florida Supreme Court decision upholding beach property tax assessments helped clear the way for fee simple legislation which Congressman Jeff Miller introduced for the first time last year. However, the Department of the Interior (DOI) is seeking three amendments, including a request for language prohibiting any future reopening of Navarre Pass, which closed naturally within months of its 1965 opening, following damage sustained during […]
By Bill Arnett on May 27, 2014
Florida Supreme Court, Greg Brown, Navarre Beach Leaseholders, Property Appraiser, Santa Rosa County
Community, Headlines, Local, Santa Rosa County, State

The Florida Supreme Court May 22 denied a motion filed on behalf of Navarre Beach leaseholders seeking clarification of the court’s March 20 decision, which determined the land and improvements on Navarre Beach are taxable. “The courts have now unanimously agreed with my decision to tax the leaseholders on the beach just like everyone else […]
By Staff Reporters on March 20, 2014
Florida Supreme Court, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Leaseholders
Headlines

VII. CONCLUSION We therefore conclude that the taxpayers are the equitable owners of the real property at issue and that section 196.199(2)(b), Florida Statutes, is inapplicable here. The certified question of great public importance is answered in the affirmative, and the decision of the First District Court is approved. The entire ruling can be found […]
By Sandi Kemp on January 22, 2014
Leaseholders, Navarre Beach, Navarre Beach Leaseholders
Community, Local

Linda Coley was voted in a second term as the president of the Navarre Beach Leaseholders and Residents Association (NBLRA) during the Jan. 18 board meeting. Coley replaced outgoing president Teresa Pack in January 2013. Coley and her husband Robert have lived on Navarre Beach for 14 years but have owned property on the beach […]