When interviewed on CBS 47 Action News in Jacksonville and asked about the Visitor and Convention Bureau’s report that there are many hotel rooms downtown still available for the 450th, ranging from $129-$460 per night, Dana Ste. Claire replied, “The economic impact that we hope to measure is probably going to be gauged in a different way.”
One topic of recurring interest to Historic City News readers is the disposition of some $5 million annually collected by landlords and hoteliers in St Johns County in the form of a 4% tourism development tax collected on lodging and short-term property rentals.
Historic City News was informed by Chairman Lance Thate, that the featured speaker at the next meeting of the Saint Augustine Tea Party will be Derek Boyd Hankerson.
Historic City News received the following statement from St. Johns County Fire Rescue Chief, Carl Shank, after completion of the department’s internal review and investigation into the events surrounding the initial response to the Belleza condominium complex on July 13, 2015.
One month from now, Historic City News readers in St Augustine will celebrate the 450th anniversary of the founding of our nation’s oldest enduring city. Five days and more than $4 million later, it will finally be over, and residents can return to their normal way of life.
The Early Learning Coalition of North Florida reports to Historic City News in St Augustine that early educators and volunteers who read and mentor local young children held their first summer reading conference.
