The St. Augustine 450 Community Corps, a 501.c.3 non-profit organized in 2007 to generate community interest for the city’s 450th anniversary in 2015, then moving to a support role in 2009 rather than appearing to compete with city efforts, is ramping up again.
Mary Rose Taylor will discuss her effort to rescue and restore the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta tomorrow, Saturday, June 11th at 3:00 p.m. at the Anastasia Island Branch of the St. Johns County Public Library.
At a joint press conference called yesterday by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, St. Johns County Fire Rescue and the Division of Forestry, Historic City News learned that units responded to a brush fire in the 2900 block of South Ponte Vedra Boulevard early Thursday afternoon.
State employees in St. Johns County, who are now mandated to contribute 3 percent of their salaries to cover pension costs, will suffer a deduction one week earlier than required under Florida’s pension plan overhaul — due to the timing of the switchover.
Historic City News has learned that the non-profit citizens group, 450 Community Corps, convened a meeting of its executive board this week; the first meeting of that body in nearly two years.
