Flagler County government hosts a 6 p.m. meeting Tuesday at the Hammock Community Center, 79 Mala Compra Rd, Palm Coast, to get input on how Bings Landing should look with the upcoming relocation and expansion of Captain’s BBQ, following the county’s settlement of a breach-of-contract lawsuit Captains filed. (See: “In Settlement, Flagler County Will Pay Captain’s BBQ $800,000 and Allow New, 5,000 Sq. Ft. Restaurant at Bing’s Landing,” and “County Approves Captain’s BBQ Settlement, Bringing Lawsuit’s Cost to $1 Million, and Big Changes at Bing’s Landing.”)
The county is in the early data-collection phase of the plan that has been underway since late 2023. County saff has reached out to local stakeholders such as the Florida Public Archaeology Network, representatives of the Hammock Community Association and Scenic A1A and agencies with overlapping missions that involve the Bing’s Landing Park including the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Florida Department of Environmental Protection Aquatic Preserve program.
“This meeting, in part, will report back the themes and concepts that we have found in these conversations including ideas such as keeping the ‘Old Florida’ feel of the park, maintaining public views of the water, adequate kayak access, parking concerns, and historic preservation among others,” said General Services Assistant Director Michael Lagasse. “I hope to not only report back this information but to get feedback from the public on these themes and discover any themes we might have missed by soliciting additional feedback at this meeting.”
Flagler County will also announce an online survey to provide residents who are unable to attend this meeting with the opportunity to comment and share their ideas with regards to the forthcoming Bing’s Landing Master Plan.
“The master plan is being developed to guide the county, with the public’s input, about the next several years of park operations,” Lagasse said. “Bing’s Landing is one of the county’s beloved and most-used parks – particularly for access to the Intracoastal Waterway.”
JimboXYZ says
Probably fewer trees and additional restaurant capacity for a building structure ? Probably should look like the building that is already there, unless they intend to tear that down eventually to match the new concept. We are paying $ 800K for it. Does the settlement include having a say in what it looks like ? Don’t frequent the place, not sure anyone using the boat launch solely for launching their boat cares what it looks like either. It should probably look like any other BBQ restaurant. Maybe something more modern, yet rustic country themed interior like Sonny’s or Woody’s ?
J. T. Smith says
Exploring a new business opportnity, opening a new Legal Office specializing in trips and falls. The office would limit it’s practice to area’s east of the ICW and within a radius of 1 mile of Bings Landing. All contingency fees will be reduced with a maximum of 20% of recovered amounts including legal costs. When you experience a trip or fall, call. Will have photographers and staff available to respond to cell calls within 1 hour. Please watch for the announcement of the our Grand Opening.
Shark says
Went there once and that was enough !!! They should boycott the joint !!!!
DaleL says
November 19, 2018 was Thanksgiving week and just before Commissioner Nate McLaughlin was replaced by Joe Mullins. The county commissioners voted 3 to 2 to alter the lease with Captain’s. Nate voted in favor; Joe said he would have voted against. The claim was that the building that housed Captain’s was so bad that it needed to be replaced.
“Coffey, the county administrator, opened what would prove to be a nearly three-hour segment of tonight’s meeting to impress on the commission that the building “is no longer salvageable without building from scratch,””
“Commissioner Don O’Brien questioned how, when the restaurant boasted of $300,000 in improvements just a few years ago, structural problems could be so severe now as to require the whole building to be scrapped. “We weren’t addressing any structural problems, per se,” Coffey said.”
The original decision back in 2018 was rushed and based on false, perhaps even fraudulent, information. Since then, I rarely patronize Captain’s. I’m waiting for that county survey.