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Grant award funds Bartram Scenic Highway

May 7, 2008

Bartram Scenic and Historic Highway
Historic City Media was notified today that the William Bartram Scenic & Historic Highway is taking a significant step toward preserving its beauty and protecting its intrinsic resources in an announcement from Karen Pan in the St. Johns County Office of Public Affairs. Read more

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Bricks Are Back

April 16, 2008

Commemorative brick
Thanks to Dr. Sue Middleton, saving the city’s brick streets is on city hall’s front burner.

In an interview with Kathy Schirmacher, Secretary/Treasurer of the Citizens for the Preservation of St. Augustine (CPSA), she informed Historic City Media that their organization has awarded its highest honor of recognition for citizen service to Dr. Middleton for her effort to raise community-wide awareness concerning the preservation of this City’s brick streets. Read more

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Sign of the times

April 15, 2008

Real Estate Office
With continued weakening of new and resale homes and fewer sub-prime loans available from lenders, slow real estate sales are taking their toll on real estate agencies — and St. Augustine is no exception.

There has been some consolidation in the local market; some real estate franchises have been sold to out-of-town investors and some independent and franchise agencies have been closed altogether. Read more

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Big brother: Traffic Cameras

April 6, 2008

Traffic cameras
I’ve read several articles and witnessed the installation of traffic cameras in surrounding areas and have to wonder if traffic surveillance cameras are not inevitable in our future.

Last week, red light cameras were activated at six heavily trafficked Palm Coast intersections. Read more

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CRA’s boost community redevelopment

April 3, 2008

Vilano Beach workers
The staff at The St. Augustine Record published an editorial rightfully supporting CRA’s that allow a local government to target an incremental increase in property taxes from an area for a certain period of time to erase blight.

In fact, CRA’s may well provide the biggest ever boost to much needed community redevelopment in many St. Johns County neighborhoods. Read more

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Proposed marina in limbo

March 28, 2008

Rivers Edge
A Fort Myers developer is proposing to convert Oyster Creek Marina into luxury condominiums and a yacht harbor, but the plan appears to be sinking.

Mark Knight, city planning and building director, said Thursday that Yacht Clubs of America had received approvals to build 99 condominiums in four buildings, 150 wet slips for large yachts, a 150-seat restaurant, retail and office space and a 10-foot wide river walk. Read more

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