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The Fundamentalists Next Door

May 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 71 Comments

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It is up to the citizens of Flagler County–no matter your political persuasion or your party affiliation, your social views and religious beliefs–not to allow the voices of ignorance and intolerance decide what information you are permitted to consume.

Flagler Unemployment, Down to 6.1%, Continues Sharp Recovery Over Last 12 Months

May 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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There were in fact 87 fewer Flagler residents with jobs in April than in March, though the number of Flagler residents on the unemployment rolls also declined, by 219, to 2,616.

At Rymfire Elementary, A Medical Lab Radiates School’s Health, Fitness and Science Flagship

May 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Rymfire Elemetary teamed up with Florida Hospital Flagler and the Education Foundation to develop a student-centered medical lab as part of the school’s health-centered flagship program, and showcased it to acclaim Tuesday evening.

Two Months Late, Salamander Makes $250,000 Payment That Induced Hammock Beach Hotel Agreement

May 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The payment is part of the $500,000 Salamander agreed to pay for better public beach access in exchange for county approval of a 198-room beachfront hotel at Hammock Beach Resort.

Economy Resumes Climb With Healthy 223,000 Jobs, Unemployment Ticks Down to 5.4%

May 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The 5.4 percent unemployment rate is another new low since the Great Recession: the rate was last this low exactly seven years ago, in May 2008, when it was beginning to rise rapidly.

Marketing 2 Go Celebrates 5 Years in New Digs at City Place in Palm Coast

May 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Marketing 2 Go owner Cindy Dalecki took her new-media company from one employee to six and celebrated with a ribbon-cutting attended by some 200 people at City Place.

662 Spaces Would Convert to Paid Parking in Flagler Beach in Panel’s Vast, Costly Proposal

April 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

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Flagler Beach’s Ad Hoc Parking Committee, at work two years, will submit its recommendations Thursday to a special meeting of the city commission, with a focus on two options that call for paid parking either in city lots or throughout premium areas of the city, including A1A.

As Palm Coast Groans Over Its Anemic Golf Course, Flagler Beach Wants One Of Its Own

April 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

the Flagler Beach City Commission will look to buy the last 3 acres within the old Ocean Palm Golf Club at the south end of town and look to return the whole parcel to a golf operation through a lease with a private company, assuming one can shoulder the task.

Flagler-Palm Coast Added 12,300 Jobs in Last 5 Years, Powering Unemployment Down to 6.5%

April 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Unemployment figures released Friday show the solid, continued improvement of Flagler-Palm Coast’s economy, especially when compared to where the county was five years ago.

Candor, Humor and a Few Sharp Jabs from Jim Landon in a State of the City Overview

April 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Addressing Walmart’s renewed interest in its potential second store in Palm Coast, golf courses, construction and economic activity, Palm Coast City Manager spoke for almost two hours Monday morning to some 90 residents about the state of the city and its near future.

Bunnell Joins County in Big-Debt Refinancing Trend, Saving Large Amounts

April 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

By cutting its financing costs by almost half, Bunnell will save $600,000 on two loans dating back to the 1990s. County government similarly saved millions by refinancing loans for the courthouse and the Government Services Building.

For Palm Coast’s Money-Losing Golf Course, Grass Is Always Greener On Other Side of Promises

April 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

An update on the city’s golf course did not go well this morning at city council. Instead of projecting when the golf course and tennis center would stop losing money, City Manager Jim Landon directed the company managing the operations to simply stop making projections to the city council.

Florida Lawmakers Float Measure to Regulate Drones Amid Buzz of Privacy Concerns

April 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The proposals prohibit the use of aerial drones to capture images that could infringe on the privacy of property owners or occupants but also give police some authority to use drones.

Geography as Destiny: Hospitals Leave Downtowns For More Prosperous Digs

April 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

By moving to wealthier areas, hospitals can reduce the percent of uninsured and lower-paying Medicaid patients, but relocations often spark anger from those left behind, who worry about loss of jobs and of access to care, particularly for the poor.

Blues No More: Island Grille Will Pick Up Where Famed Flagler Beach Restaurant Left Off

April 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Island Grille Restaurant will open before Memorial Day where Blue Restaurant used to be, with a partnership bringing together Blue’s Chef Gary Maresca, Woody’s Joe Rizzo and Chris Zwirn, Realtor David Alfin, and Flagler Beach’s Carla Cline.

Chick-fil-A Phenomenon Camps Out in Palm Coast: If Grateful Dead Fans Loved Chikin

March 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

Chick-fil-A’s grand opening in Palm Coast brought with it what has become a near-cult following of groupies, overwhelmingly from out of town, who camp out for 24 hours to earn their 52 free meals. A profile of the phenomenon, and the company.

Flagler’s Unemployment, No Longer Leading State, Plummets Below 7% For First Time Since 2007

March 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler’s 6.9 percent unemployment rate sent the county down to 14th place among counties with the worst unemployment, ending years of Flagler sitting at or near the top of that chart.

Echoing Advocates, Flagler Commission Unanimously Approves Sea Ray’s Parking Lot Expansion

March 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The vote was a victory for the Brunswick Corp.’s Sea Ray manufacturing plant, the unanimity of the vote was a victory for the county’s business establishment, though opponents had voiced concerns about the company’s existing pollutants and its future plans.

Sea Ray’s View: We Are Building a Safer Parking Lot, Not Expanding Production

March 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Craig Wall, operations manager at Sea Ray’s Palm Coast plant, counters concerns about the company’s intentions by laying out precisely what the manufacturer intends to do–and not do.

We Don’t Oppose Sea Ray. We Oppose Pollutants and Debasing Flagler Beach’s Quality of Life.

March 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Two Flagler Beach residents lay out the case against Sea Ray’s proposed land use change to accommodate a parking lot, a change opponents say paves the way for more pollution without compelling the company to take stronger toxic-emission control measures.

Palm Coasters Rate Their Town: Great Bedroom, Terrible Workplace, Measly Shopping

March 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Palm Coast residents love their government services even as they attack them in a broad survey, but they also find work opportunities dismal and shopping and cultural opportunities not much better.

FPL Volunteers Power Vast Make-Over at Juvenile Justice Council’s Community Garden in Bunnell

March 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Florida Power and Light’s “Power to Care Group” on Thursday helped rebuild the community garden in four hours–a project garden overseeers had expected would take a year.

Another Strong Month Adds 295,000 Jobs to Economy, Lowering Unemployment to 5.5%

March 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Wages continue to sag, growing by just 3 cents over the month, and just 2 percent over the past year, not enough to overcome inflation, let alone give workers a sense that they’re getting ahead.

As FAA Issues Rules, New Palm Coast Drone Company Beguiles Realtors and Others

February 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

CAVU Aerial Photography, a drone company in Palm Coast since August, has been showing Realtors, communications companies and others the many uses of drone technology, which is expected to boom with the FAA’s new, more permissive rules.

Ending Long Fight, County Approves Short-Term Rental Regulations–With Grandfather Clause

February 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

New rules limit short-term rental homes to 10 overnight occupants, and require inspections and a certification process, ending a three-year effort by the county to change state law and enable the commission to regulate the industry.

Fearful of Scaring Buyers or Undervaluing Property, School Board Haggles to $2.3 Million Price for Corporate Building

February 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Flagler school board now finds itself in the paradoxical position of attractively advertising the ex-ITT property for sale after it was essentially condemned as a school facility.

“Halleluiah Jesus”: From “Project Hot Dog” to Foreign Investors, Flagler Sees Commercial Real Estate Turn-Around

February 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Ukrainian entrepreneurs, Chinese investors and local businesses looking to expand are resulting in robust new activity on Flagler’s long-dormant commercial real estate sector, the county’s economic development council learned this morning.

Publix Doesn’t Want You To Buy Liquor In Grocery Stores. Wal-Mart and Target Do.

February 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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A proposed law to end Florida’s 80-year-old prohibition on liquor in any but stand-alone stores cleared a House committee over the objections of Publix, some sheriffs and liquor store owners.

Flagler Does Its Growing Part as Florida Attracts Record 97 Million Visitors in 2014

February 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Monthly tax collections from Flagler’s 4 percent surtax (or bed tax) on fees at hotels, motels and other short-term rentals were up 13 percent by the end of the 2014 fiscal year (it ended in September), after increasing 5 percent the previous year.

Third General Manager in 5 Years Takes Over Palm Coast’s Troubled Golf and Tennis Clubs

February 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Six-figure deficits that taxpayers have subsidized year after year have riddled the budgets of Palm Coast’s Palm Harbor Golf Club and its tennis center since they opened.

Palm Coast Begins Conversion to LED Street Lights In Latest Push For Conservation

February 11, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Palm Coast won’t retrofit its 3,000 street lights to LED just yet, but all new installations will be LED, and in a year or 18 months may consider a broader retrofit program if the investment shows solid savings over time.

South and West Palm Coast Getting 2, Possibly 3 New Gas Stations, With First Opening in June

February 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

A gas station on Pine Lakes Parkway and Wynnfield Drive will open in June while Race Trac is securing permits to open a station on SR100 and Seminole Woods Boulevard.

DSC’s Kristy Presswood Is “Fearless and Focused” Series Speaker at Feb. 12 Lunch

February 5, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

For $15 a spot, “The Importance of Education in the New Economy” is the topic for the Palm Coast Business Assistance Center’s first “Fearless and Focused: Women in Business” Lunch n Learn for 2015.

County Approves Salamander’s Bid For 198-Room Hotel, With Conditions and Donations

February 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

The Flagler County Commission’s verdict, just before 2 a.m. Tuesday, includes some last-minute promises of land and dollars from Salamander, and a four-year deadline to build the $72 million project.

Salamander’s Hammock Beach Hotel: An Invitation to Future Prosperity in Flagler

January 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Tim hale, a Palm Coast business owner and Hammock resident, argues that Flagler County’s economic future is intertwined with Salamander’s proposed 198-room hotel at Hammock Beach.

FPL Reports 2014 Profits of $1.52 Billion as It Announces Solar Power Expansion

January 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

FPL, which provides electricity to most residences and businesses in Palm Coast and Flagler County, reported net income, or profits, last year of $1.52 billion, or $3.45 a share, up from $1.35 billion, or $3.16 a share, in 2013.

Ray Peter Takes Over for Joe Roy at Palm Coast’s Business Assistance Center

January 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Raymond Peter, 68, a consultant and certified business analyst at the Palm Coast office, takes over region’s management of the Florida Small Business Development Center at UCF. Roy remains in a diminished capacity.

No Surprise: Florida’s Economic Development Agency Wants Tax Subsidies for Daytona Speedway, Jaguars and 2 Other Sports Venues

January 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Daytona International Speedway is seeking $3 million a year for 30 years to subsidize its operations, the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars have asked for $1 million a year for three decades.

Flagler Unemployment Falls to 7.6%, Lowest Since April 2008, as State and Nation Improve

January 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler County’s better numbers in December are clouded by the fact that they are not do to healthier job creation, but rather to a decreasing in the county’s labor force.

Flagler Schools’ Classroom to Careers Symposium Showcases Business’ Growing Presence on Campuses

January 20, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The first Flagler County education symposium featured the spread of flagship programs that merge private or non-profit businesses with classroom projects, from banking to journalism to medicine.

Missing From Salamander Hotel Proposal: Community Consensus and Respect for Past Agreements

January 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Chris Goodfellow, a resident of the Hammock, argues that Salamander Hotels’ proposed 198-room re-development requires a precedent-setting change the county commission should avoid absent clearer consensus from the Hammock community.

Flagler Commissioner Revels Faces $2,500 Fine Over Ethics Violations as Investigation Points To Discrepancies

January 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Though she was the swing vote, County Commissioner Barbara Revels now concedes that she should have abstained from voting to buy the old Memorial hospital in Bunnell in 2013, and that she should have filed a conflict-of-interest form.

In a Blow to Utilities, Alternative-Energy Coalition Proposes Solar Power Amendment For 2016 Ballot

January 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Backers of the initiative said during a news conference in Tallahassee that they are using the constitutional amendment route because well-funded utilities have repeatedly lobbied the Legislature and the Florida Public Service Commission against expanding solar and other alternative-energy choices.

Palm Coast Staples Store’s General Manager Is Arrested Over Refund Fraud Scheme

January 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Robert M. Harper, the general manager of the Staples store on Old Kings Road in Palm Coast, was arrested Tuesday after confessing to defrauding the store of at least $3,000 by creating fake refunds to himself since last April. Customers were not involved.

As Showdown Looms Over Salamander’s Hammock Beach Hotel, County Asks For Delay

January 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A hearing before the Flagler County Commission Monday evening was to decide the fate of a proposed 198-room hotel at Hammock Beach Resort. The county administration is asking for a delay until February.

6 Cars Broken Into or Tampered With at Outback and Nearby Lot Tuesday Evening

December 31, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Four of the six cars had a window smashed out and items of varying value stolen in a crime spree that took place during dinner hours Tuesday evening.

Lower Fuel Costs Will Bring FPL Power Bills Down $2 a Month Starting in 2015

December 31, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Like all utility companies, Florida Power & Light Company, which services almost all of Flagler County, is required by law to pass on fuel savings to customers.

Chiumento Law Firm’s Ron Hertel Is Named 2015 President of Flagler Bar Association

December 30, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Ron Hertel of Palm Coast’s Chiumento Selis Dwyer replaces Doug Williams as president of the Flagler County Bar Association, with Vincent Lyon, an attorney at the same law firm, as president-elect.

Unemployment in Flagler Falls to 8.1%, But Labor Force and Employment Rolls Shrink

December 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler County’s unemployment rate continued to improve in November, falling to 8.2 percent, the fourth successive monthly improvement and the lowest rate since the Great Recession as Florida’s rate, too, fell in November, matching the national rate of 5.8 percent.

White Elephant No More: County Approves 5-Year Lease of Costly Ginn Hangar in Deal With New Company

December 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Delta Engineering of New Catle, Del., expanding in Flagler with 10 to 30 high-paying jobs, will fill the old Ginn building that had left the county with a $2 million liability when Ginn went bankrupt.

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