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Leisure & Tourism

A Little Less Stingy, a Lot More Conditional: Palm Coast Approves $25,000 in Culture Grants

November 6, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Eleven cultural organizations applied and all 11 got cultural grants from Palm Coast government, but with many strings attached even though none of the grants exceeds $2,370, and the total awarded is still a far cry from the $40,000 budget of six years ago.

Always Up For Strange Cases, City Repertory Theatre Does Halloween With Jekyll and Hyde

October 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

With “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” which opens at 7:30 tonight for a two-weekend run, Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre at Hollingsworth Gallery is back to its dark delights with a scary, profound and edgy play of the Robert Louis Stevenson Classic.

Flagler Beach Again Punts on Mobile Food Vendors, Opting to Redraw Looser Regulations

October 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

In their latest wrangles over whether to allow mobile food vendors or not, Flagler Beach commissioners appeared confused about who would be allowed where, and how to balance the rights of property owners with the rights of business owners and entrepreneurs to freely compete, without the city’s interference.

Nothing Flagler Can Do About Divisive Vacation Rentals, Attorney General Bondi Confirms

October 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The expedited Attorney General’s opinion cited Flagler County’s own absence of regulation of vacation rentals before 2011 as one reason the county’s hands are tied in controlling what has become a center of conflict for permanent residents of the Hammock. Since 2011, a state law prevents local governments from imposing new regulations.

For Taxpayers, A Rain of Excuses From Deficit-Ridden Palm Harbor Golf Club Contractor

October 8, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Since Palm Coast began running the Palm Harbor Gofl Club on taxpayers’ dime in 2009, the facility has cost close to $6 million in capital and start-up costs, and annual deficits since. Contractor Kemper Sports told the city council Tuesday that it aims to break even next year, but greater success may be elusive as golfing faces numerous challenges.

Flagler County Buys 276 Minutes on Electronic Billboard Near Times Square, for $15,000

October 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

The 10-second spot will run once an hour, 18 times a day, through Jan. 2, on a billboard on 42nd Street, four and a half blocks south of Times Square, and is paid for half by the county’s tourism bed tax and half by the general fund, through the economic development department.

Shutdown Hits Home: Castillo de San Marcos and Ft. Matanzas Among Parks Off Limits

October 2, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Starting Tuesday, the National Park Service closed all 401 national parks, including Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas National Monuments in St. Augustine, affecting the local tourism economy. Potential foreign visitors’ visas are facing processing delays.

Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre Opens 3rd Season With Webber’s Amazing Technicolor

September 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

City Repertory Theatre in Palm Coast launches its third season–seven plays this year–with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” a musical very loosely based on the story of Joseph and his brothers from the Book of Genesis.

Bike MS: 2,500 Riders Course Through Flagler This Weekend in Annual Fund-Raiser. Be Alert.

September 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The 27th annual ride by the North Florida Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a major fund-raiser for MS research, and will fill A1A, SR100 and John Anderson Highway with bikers Saturday and Sunday. Police are asking drivers to be cautious.

Florida Festivals and Events Association Hosting Workshop at Palm Coast’s Hilton Garden Inn

September 17, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Florida Festivals and Events Association (FFEA), the state’s primary professional organization for producers, vendors, and sponsors of festivals, fairs and special events, is hosting a workshop and seminar at the Hilton Garden Inn Palm Coast on Thursday, October 10, for all those interested either in learning the ropes or capitalizing on special events.

Life Sentence for Rest-Stop Murder That Shattered Florida Tourism Is Reduced

September 16, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Audra Akins was 14 when he murdered British tourist Gary Colley at an I-10 rest stop near Tallahassee 20 years ago. His life sentence was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. He was re-sentenced to 40 years, making him eligible for release in 12 years.

Flagler Celebrates Arts in Education Week as Congress Again Targets Cultural Funding

September 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler arts organizations have a line-up of events all week to celebrate Arts in Education Week, which Congress started three years ago. The same Congress a few weeks ago began debating a measure that would reduce funding to the National Endowment for the Arts to its lowest level since 1974.

Flagler Tourism Office Rebuffs Consolidation With County, Hinting at More Autonomy Instead

August 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

County Commissioner George Hanns and Administrator Craig Coffey had talked of absorbing the tourism office–currently a branch of the chamber of commerce–into county government. It won’t happen. Rather, Tourism Director Georgia Turner is talking of having a stand-alone tourism office in a few years.

Palm Coast Food and Wine Festival Returns, This Time With Wine, and Free Admission

August 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The Palm Coast Food and Wine Festival at Town Center’s Central Park is scheduled for noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31, with no gate admission, a dozen wines and more than a dozen food vendors from several countries, along with cultural and other entertainments.

Palm Coast Tax Holds Even, But Council Tiring of Deficit-Ridden Golf and Tennis Operations

August 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Palm Coast golf course had a $50,000 deficit this year, the tennis center a $100,000 deficit, both covered by taxpayers, with more deficits expected ahead. Palm Coast City Council members are wearying of carrying both centers. But they’re not ready to end the subsidies, either.

Florida Unemployment Stuck at 7.1% For 3d Month, Flagler’s at 10.3% On Low-Pay Jobs

August 16, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The national economy, Florida’s and Flagler County’s might as well be the three twins of lethargy: all three economies are mirroring each other in fitful but anemic activity, adding some but mostly low-paying jobs as Florida’s unemployment rate remains at 7.1 percent for the third straight month and Flagler’s continues in the low double digits, at 10.3 percent.

Palm Coast’s Bike and Poetry Shows Slam Their Way Back On Gargiulo Foundation’s Wheels

July 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The second and ongoing annual “Art of the Bicycle” livening up Palm Coast’s City Marketplace this month is all spokes: the Gargiulo Art Foundation, the Flagler County Art League, Hollingsworth Gallery and City Repertory Theatre are all in on it, minus last year’s training wheels, and adding momentum to the evolving cohesiveness of the small town art scene.

Independence Day Weekend Ruffles Tricolor Blasts From Palm Coast to Flagler Beach

July 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Palm Coast celebrated July 4 with a complete reading of the Declaration of Independence at Heroes Park before Flagler Beach let loose with its parade, its booze, food and fights, though only one person ended up incarcerated against his will, and mostly for his benefit.

2013 Little Miss Flagler County Pageant Contestants, Age 8-11

June 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive |

A complete, click-through chart and photo gallery of the 6 Miss Junior Flagler County 2013 Contestants, Ages 8-11.

2013 Miss Junior Flagler County Pageant Contestants
Ages 12-15

June 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A complete, click-through chart and photo gallery of the 6 Miss Junior Flagler County 2013 Contestants, Ages 12-15.

Miss Flagler County Pageant Contestants, Ages 16-23

June 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive |

A complete, click-through chart and photo gallery of the 6 Miss Flagler County 2013 Contestants, Ages 16-23.

Little Miss Flagler County 2013 Contestants, Ages 5-7

June 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive |

A complete, click-through chart and photo gallery of the 8 Little Miss Flagler County 2013 Contestants, Ages 5-7.

Flagler Film Festival Broadens Palm Coast’s Cultural Frame–and Seeks Local Filmmakers

June 14, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The first annual Flagler Film Festival will be held Jan. 10-12 at Palm Coast’s Hilton Garden Inn, and will include shorts and feature films, totaling about 24 hours worth of reels, from filmmakers around the world and the States, but organizers are pressing for Flagler County entrants.

With Medieval Wit and Drama, “Lion in Winter” Ends City Repertory’s Second Season

May 17, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

James Goldman’s “Lion in Winter”–opening at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre this weekend–may be set in a Medieval Christmas, but the themes are as contemporary as family love, quarrels, mistresses and jealousies, and the action blazes with humor and passion.

In Flagler Beach, a First Friday Flare-Up Derails a Hot-Rod Idea, Cautioning Businesses

May 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Flagler Beach has been urging businesses to get involved in planning First Friday events. A restaurant owner did, only to see her initiative–a hot rod contest judged by commissioners–cancelled, costing her $1,000, over questions Commissioner Steve Settle raised about the legality of Commissioner Jane Mealy’s judging the auto contest.

Pink Ladies in a Mud Run, On the Other Side of Flagler’s Beaches

May 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Mud runs in Flagler County–such as Saturday’s FL.ROC Mud Run on Cemetery Road in Bunnell–are a mostly unknown sub-specialty of Flagler County special events. Casey Ryan takes you into the mud on her October run, as she prepares for Saturday’s.

Jacksonville Symphony’s Sunday Concert in Town Center Cancelled

May 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s 7th Picnic and Pops concert with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will feature the usual favorites, surprises and a celebration to Cinco de Mayo as the big event takes over Palm Coast’s Central Park on May 5.

Flagler’s Tourism Industry Takes Its Pulse, Declares Itself Healthy, and Cheers Its “Heroes”

May 3, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

In Flagler County, 2,600 people work in tourist businesses, which have weathered the recession and are seeing strong, sustained activity. Flagler County’s annual Hospitality Employees Recognition of Excellent Service (or H.E.R.O.E.S.) awards lunch at the Hammock Beach Resort Thursday was an occasion for the county’s tourism industry to cheer its own.

Forget Rio: Palm Coast Lands Soccer Academy in Planned Expansion of Economic “Niche”

April 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The New Jersey-based Player Development Academy will build up to six fields on 65 acres west of U.S. 1 that will link with the Indian Trail Sp[orts Complex–and with Palm Coast’s sports-niche market, which has turned into an engine of economic development.

Waiting for Godot’s Funnier Version: “Line” Opens at City Repertory Tonight

April 19, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

“Line” is the longest-running off-off Broadway play in history, a funny blend of the wit and philosophy, and what it means to be first. It opens at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre tonight, and runs for just six performances this weekend and next.

Flagler Lands Its 1st Statewide Horseshoe Pitching Tournament at New Old Dixie Park

April 19, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Flagler County Horseshoe Pitching Club will host a Florida-wide horseshoe tournament at the 18-pit Old Dixie Park the county built last year. The tournament is another addition to a growing list of specialty sports tournaments bringing visitors the county.

Many of Flagler’s Arts Groups Begin to Look Beyond Egos to a Cooperative Alliance

April 16, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

An emerging arts alliance for Palm Coast and Flagler County would capitalize on the economic benefits of an arts scene with more coordinated projects and strategy, led by the tourism council’s conciliating voice of Georgia Turner. Obstacles remain, however.

Steve Solomon’s Jewish-Italian Neuroses Back At Flagler Auditorium: The Live Interview

April 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Comedian Steve Solomon grew up in Brooklyn, taught physics and lived through the nightmare of being a school administrator in Long Island before finding fortune on the stand-up comedy circuit. He sat down for an interview with FlaglerLive before his show at the Auditorium on Friday, April 12.

Sports Welfare’s Engines: Lawmakers Prep $60-Million Tax Break to Daytona Speedway

April 8, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

A measure that could land more than $60 million in sales tax rebates for the Daytona International speedway was unanimously supported by the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee on Monday, allegedly to keep the speedway “relevant.”

Earth Day at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park April 20 and 21

April 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Friends of Washington Oaks Gardens State Park will welcome all visitors from 10 am until 4 pm. This two day event will include Live Entertainment, Living History re-enactors, Environmental Groups and Arts and Crafts.

Sex, Drugs, Tombs and Magical Thinking in 3 Dazzling Shows at City Repertory Theatre

March 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Three weekends, three one-person shows, three experiences that will shock, touch and awe as John Sbordone directs “Sex Drugs, Rock & Roll,” “The Year of Magical Thinking” and “Spoon River” in a whirlwind of triple performances through March 31.

Booze Up: Palm Coast Government Is Your New Special-Events Bartender

March 12, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

After some reservations two weeks ago, the Palm Coast City Council Tuesday agreed to have the city acquire a liquor license and itself sell booze at the city’s special events, generating more cash the city says it will reinvest at those events.

Fuego del Mar Restaurant in Flagler Beach Spices Up Town’s Gastronomic Renaissance

March 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Nicholas Kimball’s Fuego del Mar restaurant on A1A’s Oceanshore Boulevard in Flagler Beach is expected to employ 100 people and provide high wages to full-timers while burnishing the city’s growing reputation as the county’s destination for authentic, original, non-chain restaurants.

Tourist Draw: Special Driving Permit Rule for Canadians in Florida May Be Repealed

March 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

State lawmakers are speeding toward repealing a new law that says international visitors need special permits to drive in Florida. The law, which took effect Jan. 1, has caused a brouhaha, particularly for Canadian snowbirds who pile into the Sunshine State each winter to take a break from the cold.

Flagler’s Taste of the Arts Festival Captions Mix of Unity and Rivalries Between Organizations

March 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Palm Coast Arts Foundation, the Flagler County Art League, the Flagler Playhouse, and Flagler Youth Orchestra open their second Taste of the Arts festival today, but county arts organizations have a way to go before calling themselves truly, communally unified.

Appeal Court Rejects Taxing Online Travel Bookings, a Blow to Flagler and Other Counties

March 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The 1st District Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 ruling, said companies such as Expedia and Orbitz cannot be forced to pay local tourist-development taxes on part of the money they collect from customers. The majority found that the disputed amounts relate to reservation charges — not to the actual amounts paid to rent hotel rooms — and described the companies as “conduits.”

Tipsy on Daytona Beach’s Example, Palm Coast Considers Getting Its Own Liquor License

February 26, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council is now considering applying for its own liquor license and, in an even more remarkable move, designating Central Park as a civic center where vendors could sell booze at special events under the city’s umbrella.

With “Twilight,” Rodney King Riots Transform Palm Coast Stage Into a Rap of Revelations

February 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

“Twilight,” the new play opening at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, is a violently exuberant recreation of the world of the 1992 South-Central riots into a unique theatrical experience that manages to coil hope, humor and grit out of despair.

Online Booking Companies’ Tax Evasion Fleeces Flagler Tourism and Florida Dues

February 20, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Online booking companies like Expedia and Hotels.com are short-changing Flagler and Florida of millions of dollars in sales and bed taxes, and unfairly competing with local hotels, argues Milissa Holland, yet the Legislature is looking to give those companies more tax breaks. It’s not the way to go.

Ten Tenors Rekindle Flagler Love Affair With Two Shows at the Auditorium

February 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Ten Tenors, an Australian group that’s been coming to the Flagler Auditorium for years, is among the rarest of acts that commands two shows locally. The Ten Tenors will perform Feb. 11 and 12.

Light, Poetry, Action: Hollingsworth and Art League’s New Shows Look to Raise Roofs

February 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Flagler County Art League opens its second annual Art & Poetry Show this evening as Hollingsworth Gallery opens its fourth annual Members’ Show. Both events, near each other, are free and feature a wine and cheese reception from 6 to 9 p.m.

As Flagler Beach Sees a Fortune From Parking Fees, Locals See Only Alienated Tourists

February 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

Flagler Beach government could make up to $3 million over 5 years by turning its streets into revenue-generating parking slots, but the city manager’s proposal faces stiff-but not unanimous–opposition from local residents and businesses, who fear jeopardizing the city’s charms and its appeal to tourists.

Florida Taxpayers Asked to Subsidize Pro Soccer on Top of NFL, NBA and Other Sports

February 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Up to two Major League Soccer franchises would be eligible for subsidies given to other pro sports teams in Florida under a bill filed in the Legislature, a nod to Orlando’s bid to bring an MLS team to the area.

Flagler’s Tourism Council Would Relax Rules Governing Subsidies for Special Events

January 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The changes, affecting $100,000 in bed-tax dollars county government, through the tourism council, awards organizations that put on special events, would dispense with the requirement that organizations spend the money advertising their event, and would allow them to spend it on incidental expenses that may be more difficult to track.

Flagler Beach City Government Wants to Take Over July 4 Events, But Unsure How

January 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler Beach government, eager to replicate Palm Coast’s method of making money from special events, would take over July 4 festivities run until now by the chamber of commerce, but city commissioners are uncomfortable with a complete take-over.

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