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Vacation Rental Bill Scaling Back Local Control, Opposed by Flagler County Government, Heads to House Floor

February 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Philip Griffits Jr., the Panama City Republican, is the bill sponsor. (Florida Channel)

The House Commerce Committee today approved a bill on a 10-4 vote pre-empting most vacation-rental authorities to the state. The bill heads to the House floor for a vote and reconciliation with the Senate’s version. It is the closest a pre-emption proposal has come to enactment in the dozen years that the vacation rental industry has pushed them.

Three School Board Members Are Champing at the Bit to Close Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club to the Public

February 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

The Synchro Belles, the synchronized swimming team, has used the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club for years. That won't change. But a majority of Flagler County School Board members are eager to close the swim club to the public. (© FlaglerLive)

If they could have voted on it Tuesday, Flagler County School Board members Will Furry, Christy Chong and Sally Hunt would have closed the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club to the public. They would have turned the 11-acre club gifted to the school board by ITT in 1996 into a facility for students and school programs only, with the exception of swimming pool rentals to other clubs or parties.

City Invites Residents to Grand Opening of Palm Coast’s Southern Recreation Center

February 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Southern Rec Center. (Palm Coast)

The City of Palm Coast is thrilled to announce the grand opening of the long-awaited Southern Recreation Center and the new Lehigh Trailhead, adjacent to the current Palm Coast Tennis Center, on February 23rd from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm at 1290 Belle Terre Parkway, Palm Coast, FL 32164. These projects are pivotal steps in aligning with the priorities outlined by the community during the recent countywide Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

Flagler Beach Will Sign 3-Year, $94,000 Deal for New Year’s Eve Fireworks, But With an Escape Clause

January 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The New Year's Eve fireworks in Flagler Beach a few weeks ago. (Suzie Johnston)

The Flagler Beach City Commission will approve a three-year, $94,000 deal with My Three Sons, the fireworks company, to produce New Year’s Eve fireworks through 2026, assuming there’s a place from where to set them off. The deal stems from last New Year’s Eve fireworks display, the first in the city on that date, which My Three Sons produced to local acclaim.

Flagler Receives $15.7 Million from State for Beach Project, Making Dip Into Reserves Unnecessary

January 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Let the beach reconstruction begin. (FDOT)

Flagler County will not have to dip into its reserves for $15.7 million after all. The county administrator said late this morning that the Florida Department of Transportation had just wired money pledged to the county to cover the county’s share of the cost of the long-awaited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ beach-reconstruction project in Flagler Beach, which begins in late spring.

Taking Liberties: City Repertory Theatre Goes Beyond Boomer Musical with ‘Edges’

January 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

City Repertory Theatre’s production of the song cycle “Edges” stars, bottom from left: Phillipa Rose and Savanna Dacosta; top from left: Eric Barnum and Andre Maybin Jr. (© FlaglerLive)

“Edges,” that song cycle (not a traditional musical, mind you) crafted by two Millennials when they were both 19 years old, is not just for Millennials. Its 17 songs about navigating the crossroads of life will appeal to all generations, say the cast and director of the City Repertory Theatre production that opens Friday Jan. 19 at the troupe’s Palm Coast venue.

Flagler Beach’s New Year’s Fireworks Celebration Draws 500 People and Hula Hoops of Raves

January 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Scott Spradley captured the picture above with his drone last night before the surf board drop.

Flagler Beach may have ignited a new tradition for itself and the county as some 500 people turned up at Veterans Park and around the pier in the waning minutes of 2023 Sunday for the city’s inaugural surf board drop and New Year’s fireworks.

Flagler Airport Marks Opening of 42 New T-Hangars, But $6.5 million Project Barely Reduces Waiting List

December 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

County officials dedicated the opening of 42 T-hangars at Flagler Executive Airport, adding to the 56 existing T-hangars. The $6.5 million project was mostly financed by the Florida Department of Transportation. Despite the new addition, the waiting list for hangar space is still 158 people.

Palm Coast Adopts Countywide Parks and Recreation Master Plan

December 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The new boat launch at Waterfront Park. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council took a significant step forward in its commitment to providing residents and visitors with a high quality of life by approving the 2023 Parks & Recreation Master Plan.

Palm Coast Holiday Boat Parade Draws More than 100 Boats as It Prepares to Lift Anchor Dec. 9

December 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The late Al Krier's last boat, an 18-foot Herreshoff Pilot named “Pilot 49” because it was the 49th such boat built. This year's parade is in Krier's memory.

More than one hundred boats have officially registered to participate in the 2023 Palm Coast Holiday Boat Parade which has held the record as Florida’s largest lit boat parade to be held December 9 at 6 p.m. It may be in range of the record for the largest such boat parade in the United States, behind the Newport Beach parade in California and the Newport, Rhode Island, parade.

County Not Yet Stoked for Skate Park Improvements But Approves 4 Pickleball Courts at Wadsworth Park

November 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The quarter century old skate park at Wadsworth park has steel ramps that rust in the salty air, and that, overall, is in dire need of renovation. (© FlaglerLive)

Wadsworth Park, the 45-acre county facility on the mainland side of the Flagler Beach bridge, will soon see a tennis court converted to four pickleball courts, but county commissioners are not ready to approve a plan to renovate the skateboarding park: the county administration is proposing a band aid, while users of the park are advocating for a more ambitious, but also more permanent, renovation.

Flagler Playhouse Season Will Continue at Matanzas’s Pirates Theater as ‘ReBuild’ Kicks Off at Woody’s

November 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Flagler Playhouse’s shows will go on: the venerable company’s 150-foot theater in downtown Bunnell was demolished two weeks ago, but in a Phoenix-like turn-around, its next three shows will be staged at Matanzas High School’s Pirates Theater, essentially more than salvaging the bulk of the season. The playhouse is launching its “Let’s Kick Off the ReBuild” campaign at Woody’s BBQ Tuesday evening.

Public-Notice Misstep Delays County Commission’s Decision on Captain’s BBQ Settlement to Nov. 20

November 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission held a two-hour closed-door session this afternoon to discuss a potential settlement in Captain’s BBQ’s four-year-old lawsuit against the county. What was to be a special meeting following the closed session was postponed because it was not properly noticed. So commissioners could not reach consensus, make motions or take a vote.

Flagler Playhouse Burns, Demolishing Home of County’s Oldest Theater Troupe and a City Landmark

October 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

The Flagler Playhouse at sunrise today. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Playhouse, for 46 years a mainstay of the performing arts in the county, lost the rustic theater it has occupied and packed with audiences since 2006 in Bunnell as a fire destroyed it Sunday night into early Monday. Flagler County Fire Chief Michael Tucker said the building was irreparable.

SunRail Offers Free Rides to Magic Ticket Holders for 27 Home Games

October 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the Orlando Magic have partnered once again to promote fans taking the Train-To-The-Game with free SunRail service and an added later train on weeknights (Monday-Friday) when the Magic have home games. The additional southbound train will give fans another travel choice to attend the game or attend an event downtown.

Flagler County Cultural Council Wants You To Know: ‘We’re Here To Stay.’ But It’s Going to Need Help.

October 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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FC3, the Flagler County Cultural Council, has big ambitions–among them, to be known as the county’s designated arts agency, as the driver, supporter, coordinator and promoter of local arts, culture and history, and as a magnet for state and national grants that will help local cultural agencies thrive, or incubate new ones. But for all its giddiness, the organization, after three years, remains cash-poor and mostly in the organizational stage.

Grim Year for Local Arts as 3 Big Organizations Vanish and Palm Coast Drops Grants to Lowest-Ever Level

October 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Palm Coast government on Tuesday scaled back its Cultural Arts Program almost by half, offering $20,000 to 13 organizations the coming year. It is the lowest nominal level since 2012, and the lowest level in the city’s history when adjusted for inflation. The retreat takes place in a year that has seen the disappearance of three major cultural organizations in Palm Coast and the county.

City Repertory Theatre’s Double Bill of Dares: Albee’s ‘Zoo Story,’ and an Unpredictable ‘Rabbit’

October 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Nassim Soleimanpour’s 2011 play “White Rabbit Red Rabbit.”

“White Rabbit Red Rabbit” will be staged with no rehearsals, no director, no set and performed over four nights by four different actors who will have never before read the script. Also on the double-bill, Edward Albee’s very first play, “The Zoo Story,” making it one of City Repertory Theatre’s more daring evenings.

Almost All National Parks Will Close In Government Shut-Down

September 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The salt flats of Death Valley. (© FlaglerLive)

Almost all National Park Service sites will be inaccessible during a partial federal government shutdown likely to start this weekend, the U.S. Interior Department said Friday.

‘Faith’ Bridge Over SR100 Goes from Maligned to Acclaimed as It Opens, But in the Absence of Its Champion

September 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Officials hope the look of the bridge, shaped like the Flagler Beach Pier's A-frame, will become just as iconic. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County and city officials inaugurated the formal opening of the $12.3 million pedestrian bridge over State Road 100, five years in the making, with speeches and a dedicatory run by the Flagler Palm Coast High School track team. But its leading champion, Faith al-Khatib, was absent.

City Repertory Theatre’s Audacious New Season Runs from ‘Perfect’ Love to Witch’s Cat to Freud’s Lingerie

September 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

John Sbordone. (Mike Kitaif)

Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre’s news season includes heady classics rarely staged in East-Central Florida: “Educating Rita” and Edward Albee’s unnerving “The Zoo Story.” There are acclaimed but off-the-radar, even experimental works: “Vinegar Tom,” Caryl Churchill’s Brechtian take on 17th-century witchcraft trials, and Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour’s bizarro, undirected “White Rabbit Red Rabbit.” Contemporary works include “Edges: A Song Cycle” and the comedy “Hysteria,” wherein Salvador Dalí meets Sigmund Freud.

Palm Coast Approves Doubling Housing Units to 845 at Lighthouse Harbor on Colbert Lane, Part of Future ‘Village’

August 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Lighthouse Harbor in marina Village, off Colbert Lane, would literally be a small village of some 850 houses, town homes and apartment units built around a marina, with public-space components that would welcome visitors.

The council approved several deviations from the Land Development Code to accommodate the developer, which is part of the Marina Village collection of developments. Between Marina del Palma’s 615 units to its immediate north and a 240-unit apartment complex immediately to the west of Colbert Lane, the cluster of new developments will add 1,400 housing units.

Waterfront Park Finds Its Latest ‘Paddle Straight to Paradise’ as $1.2 Million Boat Pad and Launch Open

August 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The new boat ramp at Waterfront Park, part of a $1.2 million project adding access for non-motorized boats to the Intracoastal Waterway , which the city celebrated with a ribbon-cutting today. In the distance, Mayor David Alfin addressing a crowd of a few dozens. (© FlaglerLive)

The new boat ramp at the very popular Waterfront Park is part of a $1.2 million project adding access for non-motorized boats to the Intracoastal Waterway, which the city celebrated with a ribbon-cutting today. The next phase of the project is construction of an 80-space parking adjacent to the launch.

Without Authority, a County Commissioner Asks Flagler Beach to Table Sales Tax Increase Discussion

August 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

County Commissioner Dave Sullivan is mulling over different ways to push for an increase in the sales surtax Flagler County residents pay. He faces a very uphill climb made steeper by inaccurate county information. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission pulled from consideration for now a county proposal to raise the local sales tax, after Flagler County Commissioner Dave Sullivan requested that the item be tabled–even though he had not secured the County Commission’s authority to do that. It was the latest example of factual, political and procedural messiness surrounding the county’s sales tax proposal.

Will Furry’s Rate Plan for Belle Terre Swim Club Is ‘Ludicrous’ and Disconnected from Reality

July 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

School Board member Will Furry is demanding a new rate structure for Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club that is based on "personal belief unmoored to any study or research," the author argues. (© FlaglerLive)

School Board member Will Furry is demanding a new rate structure for Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club that is based on “personal belief unmoored to any study or research,” Doug Courtney, who leads the club’s advisory board, argues. The rates would increase sharply, and be split into tiers. The board is voting on the new rates Tuesday evening.

“Summer of 1969” Exhibit at AACS Launches Series of Events Celebrating Florida’s Black Culture and Music

July 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

At AACS all summer.

The African American Cultural Society is launching “The Summer of 1969,” a student-produced, intergenerational exhibition created by AACS college intern Savannah Aziza Ryan. It is the first of numerous, wide-ranging cultural events at AACS throughout this summer and fall. 

Disney’s Bob Iger Calls ‘Preposterous and Inaccurate’ DeSantis Claims of ‘Sexualizing’ Children

July 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Disney's Bob Iger has a message for Ron DeSantis. (© Luka Tristam for FlaglerLive)

Disney CEO Bob Iger dismissed as “preposterous” arguments by Gov. Ron DeSantis that the company is “sexualizing children” or experiencing a drop in attendance at its Florida resorts because of a long-running fight with the governor.

Ugly as Tin, the Glaring, $12 Million Bridge Over SR100 Is Radiating Concerns–and Publicity

July 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 90 Comments

The pedestrian bridge over State Road 100 is drawing derision for its design and concern about its glare. The $12 million bridge was just completed. (© FlaglerLive)

The just-completed A-frame pedestrian bridge over State Road 100 has turned into a recurring joke and a legitimate traffic concern that the county is addressing. But some officials see an opportunity in the bad publicity the bridge is attracting, because with it comes tourist interest and a potential marketing coup.

District ‘Playing Games’ With Belle Terre Swim Club Books, Hurting Revenue Picture

July 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Flagler County School Board member Colleen Conklin is objecting to the way the district is accounting for the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club’s revenue numbers and pointing to a shell game that has made the club’s balance sheet look much worse than it is.

Court Revives One-Handed Man’s Disability Case Against Universal’s Volcano Bay

July 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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A federal appeals court Friday cleared the way for a lawsuit filed by a man who was barred from a ride at an Orlando water park because he has only one hand.

Flagler and Palm Coast July 4 Holiday Schedules, Travel and Safety Advisories

July 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Independence Day this year falls on a Tuesday, slicing through the earlier part of the week and creating a checkerboard of work schedules and closed offices. The one constant are safety and travel advisories. Here’s a  run-down.

Florida Cracker Ranch and Flagler Broadcasting Team Up for Red White and Boom Weekend

June 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler Broadcasting is teaming up with Florida Cracker ranch for an Independence Day weekend of entertainment and activities. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Broadcasting and Florida Cracker Ranch are collaborating in the production of Red White and Boom, a three-day weekend from June 30 to July 1 in the run-up to Independence Day, with camping, off-roading, entertainment and fireworks.

Exuberant Pride Day Follows Drag Night as Palm Coast Goes United Colors of LGBTQ+ in Town Center

June 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Quinn Vickers, who had performed Friday night at Coquina Brewery in Flagler Beach as a drag act, arriving at Pride Fest in Palm Coast's Town Center early this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

Bookended by an exuberant evening of drag the night before and Sunday evening’s more solemn vigil in memory of the Pulse massacre victims, Flagler Pride today celebrated the local and regional LGBTQ community with song, dance, causes and bounties of divergence in the fourth annual Pride Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center, drawing some 750 people.

No, Flagler Beach Isn’t Asking for Money. It’s Asking for Cooperation from County and Cities.

June 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Flagler Beach is quickly becoming "maxed out," Flagler Beach City Commission Chairman Eric Cooley says, and is looking for help from the county and its other cities to devise a balancing strategy and spread out visitors more manageably. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach is quickly becoming “maxed out” with visitors, Flagler Beach City Commission Chairman Eric Cooley says, and is looking for help from the county and its other cities to devise a balancing strategy and spread out tourists and day-trippers more manageably. He refutes the claim that the city is looking for more money.

Flagler Pride Fest Is On Despite Hostile Climate, Drag Show Included, With a Few Cautionary Tucks

June 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Flagler Pride Fest 2023

While some other communities have cancelled their celebrations because of state hostility, the fourth annual Flagler Pride Fest will be a three-day celebration this weekend, starting with drag night at Coquina Brewery, a day-long festival at Palm Coast’s Town Center, and the Pulse commemoration at veterans Park in Flagler Beach Sunday.

County All But Derides Flagler Beach’s Plea for Financial Aid to Manage Visitors’ Impact

June 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Flagler Beach is seeking help managing its beaches. The county says it's already getting plenty of help. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach government has invited the county and cities to a joint meeting on June 21 where Flagler Beach will make a plea for more money to manage visitors’ impacts on its beaches and infrastructure. But the city’s invitation got a cold and at times nearly derisive reception from the County Commission.

Hang 8 Dog Surfing Brings Out Throng of a Thousand in Flagler Beach’s Zaniest Contest Yet

May 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A drone view of just one half the segment of beach taken up by the Hang 8 Dog Surfing competition at its height this morning in Fl;agler Beach, showing the huge crowd. (© Scott Spradley for FlaglerLive)

The second annual Hang 8 Dog Surfing contest in Flagler Beach this morning drew spectators in the low thousands, double or triple last year’s turnout, as big and small dogs surfed in rough waves then donned costumes for the red-carpet competition. Fifty dogs were registered in total.

With Travis Hutson Cheering, Bill Upending Flagler’s Vacation-Rental Controls Clears Last Hurdle Before Vote

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

Sen. Travis Hutson, who represents Flagler County, speaking with County Commission Chair Greg Hansen in late December, at the county's legislative delegation meeting, when Hansen reasserted the county's priority of preserving local control over vacation rentals. A bill Hutson is championing appears set for enactment into law. The bill will do away with much local control. (© FlaglerLive)

The success of the vacation-rental bill sharply scaling back local regulation this year is a blow to Flagler County government, which was a leader in pushing for the 2014 regulations providing for local control, and has pushed back against attempts to weaken them since. The Flagler County Commission made preserving the 2014 law a legislative priority every year since.

Disney Monorail Is Next on DeSantis Hit List

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Please stand clear of the DeSantis. Por favor, mantengase alejado de las putas. (© FlaglerLive)

The Republican-controlled Senate Fiscal Policy Committee, chaired by Travis Hutson, who represents Flagler County, on Tuesday amended a transportation bill (SB 1250) to apply Department of Transportation safety standards to monorail lines that connect Walt Disney World resorts and parks.

Dune Restoration Will Extend from Beverly Beach to Varn Park Over Next 10 Weeks

April 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Even the color seems right. (Flagler County)

Dune restoration work for the next 10 weeks – weather permitting – will extend from Beverly Beach to Varn Park as part of Flagler County’s ongoing emergency sand operations.

DeSantis Decrees that Legislature Will Void Disney’s Autonomy on Development Rights

April 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Disney is not at war with Florida. Only with its vengeful governor. (© FlaglerLive)

The feud between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Co. escalated Monday after the governor said that the state Legislature intends to void an agreement on Disney development rights for years to come.

How a Palm Coast Organization Is Keeping Jazz Alive in Northeast Florida

March 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Longineu Parsons. (Tribal Records)

Established in Palm Coast in 1986 by Eugene (Jeep) and Muriel McCoy, the North East Florida Jazz Association (NEFJA) has been celebrating and promoting Jazz for more than 35 years. It’s marking Jazz Appreciation Month with an April 1 concert featuring trumpetist Longineu Parsons II.

County Approves Spending Extra $500,000 for ‘Gem of a Site’ as Future Visitor Center on SR100

March 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

A sketch by an unknown hand of the future visitor center on State Road A1A was included as part of the documents for county commissioners today.

Flagler County’s future visitor center got its biggest boost today on two grounds: The County Commission all but approved locating the center on State Road 100, next to the future pedestrian bridge and heritage trail. And it approved contributing an additional $500,000 as a local match for a hoped-for $8 million federal grant to build the center.

Belle Terre Swim Club’s Finances Are Not as Dire as Projected, Club Advocate Says

March 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club's fate has been uncertain for years, as it is again this year, and with it the ability of organizations like the Synchro Belles to use the facility's pool for training. (© FlaglerLive)

Doug Courtney, a member of the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club’s advisory committee, questions the school district’s claims that closing the club to public use would be a financial benefit.

Scapino Walks This Way Into City Repertory Theatre’s Farce, Ameliorating Molière

March 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

In the City Repertory Theatre production of “Scapino!,” the trickster Scapino (Beau Wade, center) with help from his minion Sylvestro (Trey King, left) schemes to help the love life of Ottavio (Austin Kelly, right). Photo by Mike Kitaif

In “Scapino!,” the servant Scapino schemes to manipulate his authoritarian master Geronte and a rival patriarch away from disrupting the romances of their offspring. It’s a “a free-for-all farce,” in the words of City Repertory Theatre Director John Sbordone.

Battle Over Vacation Rentals Resumes as Flagler Resists Lesser Regulation for 9th Year

March 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

A vacation rental company entered the Flagler Beach Independence Day parade in 2018. (© FlaglerLive)

For nine years, vacation-rental regulations in Flagler County have survived unscathed even as the short-term rental industry continues to grow in popularity and clout. Each year, local officials fear that era of local control may be over, as lawmakers attempt to pass de-regulation bills. This year is no different.

For 4th Year in a Row, Flagler Beach Will Have No July 4 Fireworks

February 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

With its pier condemned and other locations not feasible for a fireworks show, Flagler Beach will again have a dark July 4 this year. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach ruled out an Independence Day fireworks show again this year, opting to partner with the county and Palm Coast instead, but there will be better-funded entertainment downtown to keep the celebration from being just “a drunk day at the beach.”

Palm Coast Council Embraces Idea of $73 Million Events Venue in Town Center’s Arts District

February 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 59 Comments

The Palm Coast Arts Foundation's stage and big tent at its Town Center venue after the autumn storms of 2020. (© FlaglerLive)

The consultant Palm Coast government hired to map out how best to develop the city’s Arts District in Town Center is recommending building a $73 million (not including debt interest), 76,000 square foot multipurpose entertainment and conference center not focused exclusively on arts and culture. The venue would by far be the most expensive city facility ever built.

Jason Woods Brings His Whirlwind ‘Jasper & Casper’ 1-Man Show to Palm Coast’s CRT

February 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Jason Woods won Best Actor at the 2022 United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City for his performance in “The Near Disaster of Jasper & Casper.” Photo by Eriden Images

Jason Woods’s “The Near Disaster of Jasper & Casper” is a fantasy story about Jasper, your average-joe sort of guy, and his brother Casper, a narcissist with an affected blue-blood accent. Woods portrays all of the umpteen characters in the one-man show. There are no costume changes and no props – just Woods and his toolbox of accents and myriad vocal and physical mannerisms.

Palm Coast Council Surrenders Key Demands in 3-2 Approval of Controversial Harborside Development

February 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

The boat ramp at Harborside, locked, became a matter of contention in the Palm Coast City Council's approval of a redevelopment proposal there. (Palm Coast)

Ending a six-month wrangle over the proposed Harborside redevelopment around the Palm Coast marina, the City Council Tuesday in a 3-2 vote surrendered on key demands, overriding some staff recommendations, and approved the addition of 300 apartments and town houses, a project that will remake the character of one of Palm Coast’s original neighborhoods.

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