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AdventHealth CEO Audrey Gregory Cautions Employers of Labor Crunch Ahead, and to Prize Workers Accordingly

January 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Audrey Gregory in an earlier phase of her career, as a nurse, and with her family, in a slide she showed the audience at a Tiger Bay lunch talk today. (© FlaglerLive)

A labor crunch is tightening the job market all over America from IT to education to retail, but more especially in restaurants, hotels, construction and healthcare, AdventHealth East Region Executive Vice President and CEO Audrey Gregory told a sold-out audience at today’s Flagler Tiger Bay Club monthly lunch. The way to manage through it is primarily to nurture and value existing employees, to further their education at the company’s expense, to move them up, and to pay them better.

Vincent’s Clubhouse Spurs Opportunities for People with Disabilities, Bridging Needs Beyond School District

January 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Vincent Cona, for whom Vincent's Clubhouse is named, embracing his mother and Vincent's Founder Erica Flores, with her husband, Hector Flores, left, at Tuesday's ribbon-cutting. (© FlaglerLive)

Vincent’s Clubhouse Enrichment Center at Palm Coast’s European Village is an evidence-based program focused on vocational and life skills training, personal development, hygiene, financial skills, marketplace skills, and literacy for adults and younger people. But it was not until late last year, after years of evolution and growth, that Vincent’s Clubhouse’s nomadic years ended with the opening of its permanent home, a 1,600-square-foot facility–what would otherwise be a shopfront–at European Village, with a faculty of five and 20 adult “members” enrolled.

Freytag Cancer Center at AdventHealth Palm Coast Opens

January 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

freytag ribbon-cutting

The Freytag Cancer Center at AdventHealth Palm Coast officially opened on Jan. 16, revolutionizing cancer care in Flagler County. This facility, made possible by many donors, including Peter and Sue Freytag of Palm Coast, offers advanced medical treatments and compassionate care closer to home.

It’s Not Your Imagination: Palm Coast Homes Used as Vacation Rentals Increase by 70% in 2 Years, to Over 500

January 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Many single-family homes in Palm Coast are being built expressly to capitalize on the short-term vacation rental market. (© FlaglerLive)

It’s not your imagination. The number of single-family homes used as short-term vacation rentals has increased by 60 percent in two years across Flagler County, while the number of vacation rentals in Palm Coast alone, where most of the growth is concentrated, has surged by 70 percent, with the overwhelming share of those in single-family homes, condos or town houses.

Ag Commissioner Sees No Harm to Florida Farms from Migrants’ Deportations

January 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A potato field in West Flagler. (© FlaglerLive)

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson advocated for a more simplified agriculture working visa program Tuesday, but played down prospects that mass deportations under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration would harm Florida farms.

Vincent’s Clubhouse Enrichment Center Sets Grand Opening at European Village

January 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Vincent's Clubhouse at European Village. (Palm Coast)

The Vincent’s Clubhouse Enrichment Center will host the Grand Opening of its new location at 101 Palm Harbor Parkway, Unit B120, in European Village. The celebration will take place on Jan 21, from 4 to 7 p.m., with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m.

Palm Coast Council Signals Willingness to Relax Commercial Vehicle Parking in Residential Driveways

January 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 65 Comments

palm coast commercial vehicles

The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday signaled its willingness to reconsider the city’s ban on the overnight parking of commercial vehicles in residential driveways without the vehicles’ signage being covered. The City Council considered repealing or amending the ban on commercial vehicles twice before, in 2010 and 2021, falling short each time.

Palm Coast Enacts Vacation Rental Regulations as 10-Guest Limit Survives, But Milestone May Be Sort-Termed

January 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Palm Coast City Council member Theresa Pontieri, left, whose district includes the city's C-Section, the neighborhood most affected by short-term rentals, had championed the regulation ordinance from its inception. Mayor Mike Norris, center, brought it home. Council member Ray Stevens, right, had with fellow-member Charles Gambaro favored raising the guest-limit cap in some cases, but that proposal failed. The ordinance drew significant public input throughout its gestation. (© FlaglerLive)

Ending a half-year slog, the Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday approved the city’s first-ever short-term vacation rental regulations, with registration and inspection fees and penalties for violators. There are well over 200 such rentals in the city. The 10-guest cap per rental survived after a last-ditch attempt by two council members to raise it, but children exempt from counting against the cap may now be up to 3 years old. The previous exemption applied for children up to 1 year old.

David Allen Gee, Known as Dr. Dave and Voice of FPC and Matanzas Football, Dies at 73

January 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

David Allen Gee, age 73, of Palm Coast, Fla., passed away on January 2, 2025 at his home, surrounded by loving family after a long illness. David was a sportscaster in Atlanta and in Palm Coast was a D.J. on WNZF and KOOL – Lunch with Dr. Dave – for 10 + years and a D.J. on The Blizzard for five years. A sports junkie, he was also the radio voice of Matanzas and Flagler Palm Coast High School football in Flagler County.

Despite Investigation Clearing Starbucks, Moody Targets Company for Alleged Race-Based Hiring

January 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody in May filed a complaint with the Florida Commission on Human Relations alleging that Starbucks had policies that “appear on their face to be racial quotas.” But after an investigation, the commission’s executive director in November issued a determination that there was “no reasonable cause” to believe that the Seattle-based coffee company violated a state anti-discrimination law.

Waste Pro Posts $900 Million in New Contracts in 2024

December 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Waste pro's days as Palm Coast's garbage hauler, after a 15-year relationship, may be numbered. (© FlaglerLive)

Waste Pro closes out 2024 as a record year for new and renewed municipal contracts and acquisition growth. This includes 32 new and 32 renewed exclusive long-term municipal contracts.

Bunnell Says No to Developer Seeking To Reduce Open Space By 10% at 8,000-Home ‘Haw Creek Reserve’

December 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The mega-development called The Reserve at Haw Creek, an 8,000-home project, looms over the Bunnell City Commission, which last Monday refused to allow the developer to lower the ratio of open space by 10 percent. (© FlaglerLive)

The 8,000-home development called Reserve at Haw Creek in Bunnell may proceed, but it will have to respect the city’s minimum requirement of 60 percent of open space. Rejecting a developer’s claim that his due process was violated or his veiled threat to build more apartment buildings if his request was rejected, the Bunnell City Commission voted 3-2 to deny an exception that would have allowed reducing open space at the Reserve at Haw Creek from 60 percent to 50 percent.

Ragga Surf Eviction Stands as Marineland and Flagler County Snipe at Each Other and State Snubs Them All

December 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Dozens of people crowded the Marineland Town Commission meeting room and spilled out into an adjacent room at the offices of the GTMNERR in Marineland Thursday evening, as the fate of the Ragga Surf Cafe, as well as that of the River to Sea Preserve, continued to hang in the balance. (© FlaglerLive)

If the 50-some of supporters of Ragga Surf Café who turned out for a Marineland Town Commission meeting Thursday evening to hear some hope, any hope, that the café can stave off eviction from its temporary home at the River to Sea Preserve on Dec. 31, they were disappointed. The eviction stands. The earliest Ragga may have a chance to reclaim its spot, if at all, may be March, judging from what County Administrator Heidi Petito estimated, though it would likely be longer.

Colossal 6,000-Home Plan in Bunnell is Now 8,000 Homes, and Developer Wants to Cut Open Space by 10%

December 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

A map in Flagler County offices where someone drew the outline of what would become The Preserve at Haw Creek, a massive development that would dwarf the city of Bunnelll, of which it would be a part. (© FlaglerLive)

The developer of the proposed Preserve at Haw Creek, a 2,800-acre development west of Bunnell that would dwarf the city in size and population, has raised the number of dwellings from 5,000-to 6,000 in a May presentation to 6,000 to 8,000 now, and is asking the city to lower the minimum required open space from 60 percent to 50 percent. The city’s planning board unanimously rejected the request. The Bunnell City Commission hears the appeal on Monday.

Commissioner Pennington Assails County Administration Over Ragga Surf Fiasco: ‘Issues Didn’t Get Handled Properly’

December 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

No thrills: Flagler County Commissioner Leann Pennington criticized the county administration and county attorney over the handling of the Ragga Surf Cafe fiasco at Marineland. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Commissioner Leann Pennington late Monday night sharply criticized the county administration, including its legal department, over a series of errors and missed steps that led to a state rebuke of the county’s permission to Ragga Surf Cafe, a for-profit company, to use public land at Marineland’s River to Sea Preserve to run its business. County Administrator Heidi Petito and County Attorney Al Hadeed defended their actions.

Ragga Surf Cafe Supporters Urge County Commission for Eviction Reprieve, But Hear Only Silence

December 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

ragga surf cafe open

A little over half a dozen people–fewer than expected or feared by county officials–urged the Flagler County Commission this evening to reverse its ordered eviction of Ragga Surf Cafe, the for-profit business operating rent-free at the River to Sea Preserve in Marineland in violation of state rules. County commissioners offered no solace or hope of further talks other than restating a terse explanation of what led to the eviction.

Ragga Surf Fiasco: How Flagler County Risked Losing River to Sea Preserve Over Botched Favor for a Private Business

December 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

ragga surf cafe preserve river to sea

Flagler County government and the town of Marineland have come close to losing their joint ownership of the 90-acre River to Sea Preserve, the public park, after the state’s land trust discovered that the county and the town were allowing the for-profit Ragga Surf Cafe to use the preserve for its operations since September without permission from the state and in violation of the county’s own rules and procedures. Here’s what happened.

Veranda Bay Annexation in Flagler Beach Tabled Until Next Year as City Mulls Threat of Lawsuit

December 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commission Chair Scott Spradley got no objections to tabling the Veranda Bay annexation until Jan. 23 next year. (© FlaglerLive)

At the suggestion of Scott Spradley, its chair, the Flagler Beach City Commission this evening voted unanimously to table the proposed annexation of Veranda Bay until next year so city officials have time to study the merits of what Spradley described as a threat to sue the city if annexation went ahead.

Flagler Beach May Start Policing Grease, Fats and Oil Discharges at Restaurants and Other Businesses

December 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A foggy sight: disgusting, polluting and unregulated. (City of Anderson Wastewater Utilities)

The Flagler Beach City Commission this evening will hear a proposed ordinance that would create a “fats, oils and grease” (or FOG) inspection program that would apply to all restaurants, fast food establishments, automotive businesses and others, with a $25-a-month fee. The program is intended to reduce grease clogging city infrastructure and causing taxpayers expensive repairs.

Threat of Lawsuit Over ‘Enclave’ Is New Snag on Eve of Flagler Beach Vote on Veranda Bay Annexation

December 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Veranda Bay land is in Orange. The enclave is outlined in red, from a map sent to city officials today.

The lawyer representing opponents of the Veranda Bay annexation into Flagler Beach sent a letter today to city officials warning them that annexing would create an illegal enclave, implying that a lawsuit might follow. The City Commission was prepared to annex at its meeting Thursday evening. The letter could pause those plans.

AdventHealth Partners with District’s Project SEARCH to Prepare Disabled Students for Workplace

December 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

AdventHealth Palm Coast was recognized by the Flagler Schools Board with a thank you certificate: “In appreciation for outstanding dedication and valuable contributions to the success and growth of young adults” during disability awareness month in October 2024.

Project SEARCH partners Flagler Schools with local businesses, like AdventHealth Palm Coast, and provides students with real-world job experiences that build skills for future careers and confidence in navigating the workplace.

Palm Coast’s Vacation-Rental Rules Ready for Prime Time as Council Refines Them, But They Could Be Short-Lived

December 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A vacation renter's rereational vehicle parked along the property line of a permanent resident in the Hammock earlier this year. A sight like this would not be permitted in Palm Coast if and when the city's new ordinance regulating short-term rentals is enacted next March, as recreational vehicles and boats would be prohibited from parking near vacation rentals. (© Angela Bailus for FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s debut short-term rental ordinance is heading for approval over the next few weeks as the City Council today, inheriting a draft in the works for months under a largely different council, signed off on it with minor adjustments. The council will vote on the proposal on Dec. 17 and Jan. 7, when the public may yet address it.

Five Star Pizza Owners Building $2 Million ‘Party and Play’ Indoor Playground in Bunnell, 1st in County

November 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

The location of what will be Party and Play, a 10,000-square-foot indoor playground on Steel Rail Drive in Bunnell. (Google)

The owners of Five Star Pizza in Palm Coast, Ormond Beach and Deltona are preparing to build a $2 million indoor playground in Bunnell, making it the first of its kind in Flagler County. The playground will be called Party and Play and will be part of a 10,000-square-foot building that will be built on Steel Rail Drive in Bunnell, with projected construction starting in January or shortly thereafter.

Turtle Shack Cafe in Flagler Beach Sustains ‘Significant’ Damage in Early Morning Fire

November 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Firefighters accessing th area of most damage through a dormer above the kitchen of Turtle Shack at sunrise this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

Turtle Shack Cafe, the popular Flagler Beach restaurant operating for two and a half decades between 21s and 22nd Street on State Road A1A, was damaged in an early-morning fire, drawing firefighters from across the county. The fire is believed to have started in the kitchen, but is still under investigation by the Flagler Beach fire marshal.

Hot Diggity Dogs & Shakes in Bunnell Has a New Top Dog: David Zummo

November 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Hot Diggity Dogs & Shakes Bunnell owner David Zummo

Hot Diggity Dogs & Shakes, a Bunnell icon known for serving classic comfort food, including specialty hot dogs, pulled pork sandwiches, milkshakes and more, has been purchased by David Zummo.

Why Palm Coast’s Debt Referendum Failed

November 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Palm Coast's vaunted Southern Recreation Center, like the tennis center that surrounds it, like all of the city's parks and facilities such as the Community Center and its fire houses, were built on a pay-as-you-go basis, without debt. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s debt referendum failed because it was deceptive and unnecessary. The city has several options to raise new revenue. It refuses to tap them. Enabling debt is not a solution. It’s a pander to the local chamber and private companies seeking to use city taxpayers as collateral for their projects.

Wawa Opens 2nd Flagler County Store on Palm Coast Parkway and Florida Park Drive Friday

November 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Palm Coast's second Wawa is opening Friday at Palm Coast Parkway and Florida Park Drive. (© FlaglerLive)

Wawa, the national convenience store chain with a strangely fervent following, is opening its second Palm Coast store and gas station Friday morning, on Palm Coast Parkway and Florida Park Drive. The store was built on the 2.5 acres formerly occupied by the Paul Katz office building, one of the many landmarks of Palm Coast’s earlier days as an ITT project that have been leveled to make room for housing or commercial redevelopments.

Craig Flagler Palms Hosts 20th Annual Candlelight Service of Remembrance

November 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Craig Flagler Palms Funeral Home, Memorial Gardens & Crematory hosts the 20th annual Candlelight Service of Remembrance on Sunday, December 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Garden of Memory Mausoleum. The event is held to help those that have lost loved ones cope with the loss during the holiday season.

Developer of Disputed 204-Boat Storage Facility on Scenic A1A Must Apply for Special Exception, County Rules

November 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

hammock harbour

The Flagler County Commission Monday evening rejected a settlement agreement recommended by its own attorney to end the four-year-old dispute with a developer who wants to build a restaurant and 204-boat dry-storage facility in the Scenic A1A corridor. What would be called Hammock Harbor is a planned  dry-storage marina, or warehouse, as the developer himself had described it in an early building plan, and as its opponents still describe it. A lawsuit by the developer is likely.

Pilot Faces Eviction from County Airport After Emergency Landing Infringed on Director’s ‘Authority’

November 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Roy Sieger, the airport director and a county employee, runs a successful operation, but his personality is sharp-edged. (© FlaglerLive)

Roy Sieger, director of Flagler County Executive Airport, is allegedly threatening to evict a pilot from the hangar he’s leasing there after the pilot made an emergency landing during Hurricane Milton, when the airport was closed. The pilot, who cites federal regulation in his defense, said he worried that Sieger’s anger would devolve into a physical altercation when Sieger confronted him soon after he landed.

Palm Coast Developers Will Pay Public Arts Fee on Projects Above $1 Million, But Spending Is Unclear

November 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

‘See,’ by Harry Messersmith, one of the sculptures slated to go up in Palm Coast’s Central Park. Click on the image for larger view. (GAF)

The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday approved imposing a 0.5 percent fee on all commercial projects in the city with a value of $1 million or more. The city will use parts of the money to fund its long-standing cultural arts grants, but it’s unclear how else it will use the money. It would largely be the purview of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, with a more specific policy to come to set out spending and installation criteria.

Palm Coast Walmart Will Build 10-Pump Gas Station in Its Store Parking Lot Off Cypress Point Parkway

November 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

The area of the Palm Coast Walmart parking lot slated to be transformed into a gas station. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s Walmart in the heart of the city has submitted a site plan to build a 10-pump gas station and convenience store that will take up a substantial portion of the parking lot at that store. The 10-pump station will be located in the northwest corner of the parking lot, toward the corner of the property along Cypress Point Parkway and Cypress Edge Drive.

Judge Declares Old Dixie Motel Owners in Contempt Over Continued Snubs, $1,000-a-Day Fines Loom

November 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

As dilapidated as ever: the Old Dixie motel as it stood today, without any signs of building activity. (© FlaglerLive)

After warning them that he would do so if they did not comply with his previous orders, Circuit Judge Chris France last week declared the owners of the Old Dixie Motel in contempt of court and warned of $1,000-a-dy fines starting on Nov. 15 if they do not comply with a pair of orders.

Chick-Fil-A Will Open Second Palm Coast Restaurant in BJ’s Wholesale Shopping Center

November 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

The Chick-fil-A on Palm Coast Parkway is getting company on the south side of the city. (© FlaglerLive)

Chick-fil-A, the popular restaurant chain that drew a small tent city of eager customers before it opened its first franchise in Palm Coast eight years ago, will be opening its second restaurant in the city in the BJ’s Wholesale shopping center, according to construction plans recently submitted to the city. City Manager Lauren Johnston dropped a hint about the restaurant in a presentation at a local chamber event earlier this week.

At Chamber’s Future of Flagler Forum, Rousing Cheer for Years Ahead from City, County and School Leaders

October 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

It isn't often that Superintendent LaShakia Moore is upstaged at an event, as she was today by the pulsating Alvin Jackson, the Bunnel city manager, who had an audience of more than 100 on the edge of its seats. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce gave a crowd of over 100 people the chance to hear the state of Flagler County’s cities, county and school board in less than 60 minutes, presented in rapid, compelling, and at times rousing succession by men and women more knowledgeable, less vapid and generally more intelligent than the elected officials who hire them: city and county managers and the school superintendent. 

Company Building Data Center in Palm Coast Clears Undersea Cables’ Final Hurdle in Flagler Beach

October 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The acreage in Palm Coast's Town Center that will be transformed into a data center. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach’s South 6th Street will soon be the landing point for up to six of the 600-some transatlantic data cables that form the backbone of the internet. The cables will then snake underground, across State Road 100 and into Town center, where DX Blox, the Atlanta-based company, will build a “cable landing station,” or a data center, near the intersection of Town Center Boulevard and Royal Palms Parkway.

Cajun Beach Restaurant in Flagler Beach, In Rare City Rebuke Over Noise, Is Denied Music Permit

October 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Cajun Beach restaurant is on Oceanshore Boulevard at South 12th Street. (© FlaglerLive)

In a rare rebuke that reflects a history of complaints about the business, the Flagler Beach City Commission denied an outdoor entertainment permit to Cajun Beach Boil and Sushi, the restaurant on State Road A1A at South 12th Street, after the business flouted a city ordinance.

‘Significant Reservations’ About Approving 2,735 Homes at Veranda Bay as Development Advances on 4-1 Vote

October 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The entrance to Veranda Bay off John Anderson Highway. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission is slowly moving toward approval of annexing Veranda Bay, the 900-acre development along that could potentially double the population of the city, change its character as a small town and upend its political center of gravity. But commissioners are pushing back against the number of homes, which could be a deal-breaker. The developer has made several concessions and is continuing to negotiate, but the total number of homes has so far been a hard line.

AI-Driven Technology Changing Heart Care at AdventHealth Palm Coast

October 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

With an assist from AI. (AdventHealth)

The new tool, called CathWorks, is enhancing the way doctors at AdventHealth Palm Coast and AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway detect and treat heart blockages, making procedures safer and more precise for patients. CathWorks uses advanced computer-based software to help cardiologists accurately pinpoint areas of concern within the heart’s arteries.

Palm Coast Council Wants Another Re-Write of Vacation-Rental Ordinance, Pushing Approval to Next Year

October 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The saltwater canals in Palm Coast's C-Section and a sliver of the F-Section have been an attractive amenity since the city's origins in the 1960s and 70s, when ITT Levitt dug them out. But they've never been dredged since, and the silt is accumulating. The question is: how much will it cost to dredge, and who should pay? (© FlaglerLive)

Four months after it directed its attorney to draft it, the Palm Coast City Council again delayed approving the city’s first-ever vacation-rental ordinance as numerous issues and new proposals arose after the latest draft, which was due for a first read on on Tuesday. Instead, the council agreed to table it and schedule another workshop in December or January, when three new members will be on the council. That means the council will barely have time to approve the ordinance before the state Legislature again tries to pass a law that invalidates local ordinances.

AdventHealth Offering Free Video Consults Through Centra Care Wednesday and Thursday

October 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The sun will come out. (AdvenHealth)

AdventHealth is deploying its extensive safety preparations as Hurricane Milton approaches the region. The health system has stockpiled thousands of gallons of water and generators are standing by to run the hospital on emergency power if necessary. Sandbags are prepared should they be needed to secure doors and windows.

Stand-Alone AdventHealth ER Once Planned for Matanzas Woods Parkway Will Be Built a Few Miles North

September 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The future ER is a short distance from the Flagler-St. Johns County line.

AdventHealth has announced the first phase of plans for 10.75 acres in St. Johns County. The health care system will build a 12-bed off-site emergency department (OSED) to expand services in the rapidly growing area. Located east of I-95, near the intersection of State Road 207 and Wildwood Drive, construction is anticipated to begin in 2025 and be completed by early 2026. The location is roughly 23 miles from the center of Palm Coast, and a shorter drive for north and northwest Palm Coast, where development has been brisk.

Senator Who Sponsored Vacation Rental Bill Deregulating Local Control Says He Won’t Do So in Next Session

September 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A vacation rental property in Flagler Beach, where local regulations have been grandfathered in all attempts to deregulate local control since 2014. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida lawmakers may once again attempt to pass legislation tightening regulation of short-term vacation rentals next year but, if they do, the state senator who has sponsored those bills during the past two sessions won’t be the one carrying it.

Annexation Into Flagler Beach of 2,700-Home Development Crosses Key 1st Hurdles, With Some Public Opposition

September 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The proposed annexation of Veranda Bay into Flagler Beach drew a standing-room-only audience at Tuesday's special meeting. The audience had dwindled by the time the commission voted three hours later. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission Tuesday night substantially moved forward with the annexation of Veranda Bay, a 2,700-home development along John Anderson Highway that will double the city’s population, hugely increase its tax revenue but also likely change its identity, its politics and its center of gravity as well as the character of its unincorporated surroundings by the time it’s built out near the middle of the century.

Greg Blose’s Sudden Exit from Chamber Was Preceded by Bitter Letter to Board About ‘Toxic and Unethical Behavior’

September 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Greg Blose, left, at a public meeting last year during his tenure as the Chamber of Commerce's CEO. Michael Chiumento, the attorney and current chair of the chamber, is in the front row at right.

In a lengthy and detailed letter days before his sudden exit as leader of the Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce, Greg Blose described what he perceived as serious problems in the organization, including “toxic and unethical behavior” among the chamber leadership and an attempt to undermine him with his staff. Blose’s tenure ended this week after four years.

County Approves Old Dixie Motel’s Plan for ‘Hotel Henry’ Even as Harsh Disputes in Court Continue

September 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

They have plans to fix it up. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government still doesn’t think the owners of the ruin known as the Old Dixie motel are admirable people by any stretch. But the Flagler County Planning Board on Tuesday finally approved on a 6-1 vote the owners’ site plan for a refurbished “Henry Hotel.” The vote does not end the county’s three-year-old legal dispute with the owners nor does it scrap the county’s pending order to demolish the motel–unless construction begins swiftly and proceeds earnestly.

BJ’s Wholesale Club Opens Palm Coast Store on Sept. 20 as State Road 100 Girds for Crush

September 12, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

bj's wholesale club opening

BJ’s Wholesale, a 103,000 square foot store, anchors the Cornerstone at Seminole Woods shopping center on State Road 100, with an archipelago of gas pumps that opened earlier this month, Miller’s Ale House that opened last month, a LongHorn Steakhouse and a Chase bank opening soon, and a yet-unnamed chicken restaurant slated for the near future.

Cell Tower Planned to Improve Coverage for Developments Along U.S. 1 and B Section in Northwest Palm Coast

September 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The monopole near Heroes Park in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Diamond Towers, the company working with Palm Coast government since 2017 to add cell towers around the city, is proposing to build a 150-foot monopole tower at 100 Park Square in a currently vacant city-owned field near the west end of Matanzas Woods Parkway. The proposal is being driven by AT&T, which wants to improve its coverage in that area.

Bronx House Pizza Parking Lot Approved Over Objections as Owner and Planning Board Member Attacks Resident

September 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

Bronx House Pizzza in the Hammock won approval of a special exception allowing it to have a separate parking lot a distance from the facility. (© FlaglerLive)

Though stand-alone parking zones are not allowed in the Hammock, the Flagler County Planning Board Tuesday evening voted unanimously to approve a special exception allowing Bronx House Pizza to operate a valet parking lot south of 17th Road to alleviate overflow parking. Planning Board member Mike Goodman abstained from the vote, since he co-owns Bronx House Pizza. He did not abstain from a personal and–in the words of attorney Dennis Bayer–a “highly inappropriate” tirade against Dennis Clark, a Hammock resident and the chair of the Scenic A1A committee that opposed the parking lot plan.

Astor Defence, a British Manufacturer of Military Packaging, Is Opening Plant in Palm Coast with 30 Jobs

September 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Astor Defence's 18,000-square-foot future manufacturing plant at Hargrove Grade. (Palm Coast)

Astor Defence, an England-based military contractor that makes ammunition containers, bomb pallets, mortar packs and other military packaging, will open a manufacturing facility at 15 Hargrove Grade in Palm Coast, where it is expected to be operational by January with 30 mostly local jobs. It’ll be the company’s first American site. The company will not be getting any tax benefits or incentives.

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