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Palm Coast Approves New Self-Storage Facility Across from Sawmill Creek on US1

January 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

A rendering of the Horizon self-storage facility to be built across from the Saw Mill Creek subdivision on U.S. 1 in Palm Coast.

The Palm Coast Planning Board approved Horizon Self-Storage, a 98,400 square foot facility on 7 acres off U.S. 1, immediately across from the rapidly sprawling Sawmill Creek development.

Flagler Beach Rejects Realtor’s Odd Bid to Run City Information Website Only He Would Own

January 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Realtor John Horan, left, and Matt Morton, pitching the idea of a privately-owned website that would be a portal of public, city information. The Flagler Beach City Commission, hearing the proposal at a workshop Thursday, rejected it in favor of in-house products. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Beach video)

Increasingly troubled by a perceived if amorphous failure of communication between the city and residents, the Flagler Beach City Commission considered then rejected the possibility of contracting with a local Realtor to run a city-related website, then opted to develop a new Facebook page and launch a new app on Monday.

Palm Coast Council Very Conditionally Approves Controversial Harborside Development

January 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

There are no push-overs in Palm Coast's planning department. From left, Jose Papa, Ray Tyner and Bill Hoover. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast video)

The Palm Coast City Council is looking for a compromise on the controversial 17-acre Harborside proposal that would total 432 apartments and housing units, mostly in a massive, U-shaped tower by the Palm Coast Marina. The number includes 72 units in an existing tower.

Florida Press Club Names FlaglerLive State’s Best Independent News Site, Among 3 Awards

January 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 62 Comments

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FlaglerLive won the Florida Press Club’s top award as Florida’s best online independent news site in all divisions. FlaglerLive also won first place in education reporting, and FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam won second place in commentary.

Jersey Mike’s Opens at Palm Coast’s Island Walk, Near Brass Tap, on Wednesday

January 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Jersey Mike's at Island Walk in palm Coast is opening on Wednesday. (© FlaglerLive)

Jersey Mike’s Subs will open its first location in Palm Coast or Flagler County on Wednesday at Island Walk, where it’ll be sandwiched between Brass Tap and Tropical Cafe on one side and Metro Diner on the other.

As Green Lion Closes and Loopers Winds Up, Food Trucks Will Fill Cravings’ Gap

January 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Ramon's Kitchen is one of two food trucks that will rotate servioce at Palm Harbor Golf Club while Loopers, the new restaurant, gets up to speed. (© FlaglerLive)

Two food trucks will rotate service over the next few weeks at Palm Harbor Golf Club as the Green Lion Cafe ends operations on Sunday and Loopers, the new restaurant and bar taking its place, ramps up operations, first with a significant amount of renovations.

Bunnell’s Sizemore Welding Will Buy Former Sheriff’s Operations Building Ahead of Expansion

December 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Duane Sizemore has been growing his company since he started it when he was 24, four decades ago. He will be moving Sizemore Welding into the former Sheriff's Operations Center on Old Moody Boulevard. (© FlaglerLive)

Duane Sizemore of Sizemore Welding–Bunnell’s largest manufacturer–confirmed that his company will be buying the former Sheriff’s Operation Center off State Road 100, for just over $3 million. The 36,000 square foot facility will be expanded by 15,000 square feet, and will receive a $96,000 incentive from the city.

Planned Hospital on US 1 All But Dead, Mayor Says, as Advent, Baptist and Halifax Vie to Buy Flagler Health

December 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The interiors of AdventHealth Palm Coast's new hospital on Palm Coast Parkway during an earlier phase of construction. AdventHealth used that hospital successfully to block a planned development of a Flagler Health Plus hospital at the edge of Palm Coast Parkway, off U.S. 1. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Health+’s plans to build a hospital on a 70-acre parcel west of U.S. 1 and Palm Coast Parkway appear to have died. And the St. Augustine-based company is on the market, with AdventHealth, Halifax Health and Jacksonville-based Baptist Health competing to buy it, according to Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin.

April Groundbreaking for 100-Room Margaritaville Hotel in Flagler Beach, With Opening in Fall of 2024

December 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 92 Comments

The 100-room hotel ion the heart of Flagler Beach should open in the fall of 2024.

Large-scale construction for Flagler Beach’s 100-room Margaritaville Hotel in place of the former grounds of the farmer’s market will take place at the same time as the construction of a new pier and the dune-rebuilding project on 2.6 miles of beach.

2,000 Articles, 2 Million Words, Countless Revelations in ’22: Help FlaglerLive Keep You Richly Informed in ’23

December 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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If you are reading these words right now, consider yourself very fortunate: You are NOT a resident of one of the hundreds of U.S. cities, towns and counties that have no local, reliable print or online source of news. But it takes your help to keep your community from becoming a news desert.

Ending Green Lion Era, Palm Coast Readies to Sign 5-Year Lease With Loopers at Palm Harbor Golf Course

December 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Green Lion at Palm Harbor Golf Club is soon to become Loopers. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council at a meeting Tuesday is set to approve a five-year lease with Loopers at Palm Harbor Golf Club, replacing the Green Lion after five years. Loopers is owned by Jamie Bourdeau, who has owned Beach Front Grille in Flagler Beach since 2014.

Wawa Will Rise in Place of Paul Katz Building on Palm Coast Parkway and Florida Park Drive

December 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 60 Comments

A second Wawa in Palm Coast will take the place of the Katz Office Building at 1 Florida Park Drive, one of the oldest and architecturally more eye-catching structures in the original part of the city. (© FlaglerLive)

A second Wawa is coming to Palm Coast. It’ll be built in place of the Paul Katz Professional Building at 1 Florida Park Drive South, on Palm Coast Parkway, next year. The three-level, 35,000-square-foot Katz office building, one of the oldest and more architecturally eye-catching structures in the city will be demolished.

Be Local Buy Local with the Holiday Gift Guide and Small Business Saturday

November 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Palm Coast's Art Among the Flowers is among the businesses featured in the city's Holiday Gift Guide. (Facebook)

Just like last year, the City of Palm Coast has partnered with several local businesses to offer special promotions in the Holiday Gift Guide and on the City’s social media channels valid from November 25 through December 31. Residents may view the Holiday Gift Guide by  clicking here.

Local Scout Troops Open Inaugural Christmas Tree Lot in Palm Coast

November 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Parents and scouts from Boy Scout Troop 281 and Scouts BSA Troop 4281 have set up a massive Christmas tree operation at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 156 Florida Park Drive North in Palm Coast. Trees start at $80.

Some Circle K Stores Will Pair Up With Medical Pot Dispensaries, But Don’t Celebrate Just Yet

October 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Green Thumb Industries announced today it will begin selling medical marijuana at certain Circle K gas stations and convenience stores in Florida starting next year. But the pilot program is limited to just 10 of the 600 Circle K locations in the state. The locations of what the company calls a “test and learn” approach have not yet been announced. 

Palm Coast’s First Fall Arts Festival in Central Park Saturday, With Spotlight on Local Artists

October 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Fall flames. (© T. Paige Dalporto for FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast government and the Palm Coast Arts Foundation are hosting the first Fall Arts Festival in Central Park in Town center Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s free. And the focus will be on local artists.

Beach Front Grille of Flagler Beach, as ‘Loopers,’ Wins Former Green Lion Lease at Palm Harbor Golf

October 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

If all goes as planned, Jamie Bourdeau, co-owner of Beachfront Grille in Flagler Beach, will be among the new faces running the restaurant at Palm Harbor Gofl Club in Palm Coast, until now the domain known as the Green Lion Cafe. (© FlaglerLive)

A proposal by Jamie Bourdeau and Dudley Shaw, co-owners of Beach Front Grille in Flagler Beach, is the Palm Coast city administration’s top choice to replace the Green Lion Cafe at Palm Harbor Golf Club. The city today announced its intent to award the new lease for the concession at the club to Loopers, the name Bourdeau is giving to the new enterprise.

Karen Barchowski Sells Storied Sally’s Ice Cream in Flagler Beach as She Plots Her Next Revolution

October 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Karen Barchowski has owned Sally's Ice Cream for the past 10 years. She is passing the torch to new owners on Nov. 1. She'd been painting this afternoon when she took a break for a picture. (© FlaglerLive)

Karen Barchowski has owned Sally’s Ice Cream on A1A in Flagler Beach for 10 years. She is selling the business and moving to Vermont, after her embracing outlook fostered through Sally’s a powerful hub of acceptance and diversity. “We found invincible love,” Barchowski says of her years in Flagler Beach.

2 Men Syphoning Off Cooking Oil at Woody’s BBQ Charged with Felony Burglary

October 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A 1,000-gallon oil drum behind a pump inside the box truck that was used to syphon off used cooking oil in back of Woody's BBQ this morning in Palm Coast. (FCSO)

Two men face felony burglary charges after being caught allegedly syphoning gallons of used oil from Woody’s BBQ’s supplies in back on the business early Thursday morning. Used cooking oil theft is frequent, feeding a $6 billion global business that recycles the product into diesel fuel.

After Extension, Just 2 Bidders Apply to Take Over Green Lion Restaurant Lease at Palm Harbor Golf

October 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The double-trailer at Palm Harbor Golf Club shelters the restaurant, the club's pro shop and shared bathrooms. (Palm Coast)

The low response was likely disappointing to the city. At least two local restaurant owners have shown interest by downloading the bid packages: Thai and I in Bunnell, and the Turtle Shack in Flagler Beach. That doesn’t mean they are among the bidders–only that they downloaded all bidding documents. 

In Flagler Beach, ‘We Got Hit the Hardest’ in the County, Manager Says at Emergency Meeting, Calling for Patience

October 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Flagler Beach was in repair mode all the way to its water tower today. (© Rick Belhumeur for FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission took stock of Hurricane Ian’s impact on the city at a hastily arranged emergency meeting at noon today, balancing the fact that the hurricane largely spared Flagler County of severe impacts but still left Flagler Beach with the most damage locally.

Rep. Paul Renner Headlines Flagler Humane Society’s 40th Anniversary as Hanneke Frederick’s Name Looms

October 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Rep. Paul Renner at Sunday's 40th anniversary celebration at the Florida Agricultural Museum with, among others, a very joyful Jen Hobgood of the the ASPCA. (© FlaglerLive)

There was a constellation of stars at Sunday afternoon’s 40th anniversary celebration of the Flagler Humane Society at the Florida Agricultural Museum in Palm Coast, not least among the Paul Renner, the soon-to-be Speaker of the Florida House and Palm Coast resident.

Flagler Recovery Roundup: Curfew Lifted, Latest Power Update, Storm Numbers, Schools’ Reopening Plans

October 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

It was one way to get back in the swing of things: a boater preparing to launch at Bings Landing this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

Here’s a roundup of the latest conditions in Flagler County and its cities, status of closures and openings, where to seek help for repairs, when to expect schools and colleges to reopen, and what the latest power cut numbers are.

County Approves BJ’s Wholesale Club Despite Unresolved Jam of Traffic Problems Ahead

September 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

A view of State Road 100 looking west from near Bulldog Drive, away from the eventual BJ's shopping center. The state transportation department considers SR100 a crucial road, but traffic is growing, and in places may be failing or will soon fail as additional developments grow along the road. (© FlaglerLive)

A traffic nightmare may be developing on State Road 100 and on Seminole Woods Boulevard as several new commercial developments are crunching their way through the county’s regulatory steps. But the biggest development, a BJ’s Club and five satellite businesses, is moving along despite lacking a full analysis of traffic issues ahead.

Flagler Beach Historical Museum Celebrates 21st Anniversary with Moondance Fundraiser

September 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Celebrate the Flagler Beach Museum’s 21st Anniversary at their ‘Moondance’ fundraiser on October 6 from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30.p.m. The event will be held at Beachfront Grille, located at 2444 S Ocean Shore Blvd., Flagler Beach.

Huey Magoo’s Opens on Nova Road in Ormond Beach

September 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Huey Magoo’s Ormond Beach is located at 222 N. Nova Road. (Huey Magoo's)

Huey Magoo’s celebrated the grand opening of its newest restaurant in Ormond Beach today. This is the second Huey Magoo’s in the area for owner Buck Harris.

Building Plans for BJ’s Wholesale Club, Gas Station and Several Stores on SR100 Clear County Board

September 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

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It’s almost all over but the permitting before Palm Coast’s BJ’s Wholesale Club, a big gas station and a half dozen satellite stores begin going up on a 31.5-acre site of State Road 100, just west of Seminole Woods Boulevard.

Distant Recession Signs Flash Even as Flagler Unemployment Remains at 3.2% and Labor Force Grows

September 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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If a national recession is looming–by one traditional measure, it is already happening–the signs are mostly not apparent in Flagler County and in Florida. But there are glimmers of warnings.

Only One Bid Filed Near Deadline for Green Lion Restaurant Replacement, so City Extends Window

September 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Would you like a drink with that? A potential bidder is asking whether the lease agreement at the Palm Harbor Golf Club's restaurant would enable a beverage cart attendant to roam the course and sell drinks. It would. It was done several years ago, until 2017. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast government issued a request for proposals on Aug. 24 to replace the Green Lion Cafe at Palm Harbor Golf Club. It did not receive a single bid. So it is extending the bidding window to September 29, based at least on some interest shown by two parties.

AdventHealth Career Expo Sept. 7-8 Includes 116 Job Openings at AdventHealth Palm Coast

September 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

AdventHealth hired a plane to advertise its career expo over the sands of Flagler Beach on Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

AdventHealth’s hospitals in the greater Daytona Beach area, including AdventHealth Palm Coast, are hosting a career expo for job seekers at the Daytona International Speedway Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 7 and 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

‘We Have Too Much Stuff’: Palm Coast Board Approves Key Steps for 3 More Self-Storage Facilities

September 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Renderings of different perspectives of the Kings Crossing self-storage facility, to be built on acreage between Old Kings Road North and I-95, north of Palm Coast Parkway.

The Palm Coast Planning Board last week approved in three successive unanimous votes different regulatory steps advancing the development of three self-storage facilities–on Old Kings Road North, on Old Kings Road south, and on Matanzas Woods Parkway near U.S. 1. In contrast with considerations of such items before local boards in recent months, the approvals, which point to a continuing bullish trend in self-storage businesses in the area, drew neither opposition nor any appearances from the public.

Daytona Lagoon Offers Free Waterpark Admission to First Responders Sept. 10-11

August 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Daytona Lagoon welcomes all active firefighters, lifeguards, emergency medical service (EMS) professionals and law enforcement to a free day at the water park. Daytona Lagoon’s Waterpark will be open from Noon to 6:00 p.m. on both Saturday, September 10 and Sunday, September 11.

Woody’s BBQ Now Serving Ketchup with a Cause, Benefiting Families of Fallen and Wounded Soldiers

August 30, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Woody’s Bar-B-Q is proud to announce that it is teaming up with Red Gold. Through Red Gold’s national “Ketchup with a Cause” partnership with the Folds of Honor Foundation, with every case of Red Gold ketchup Woody’s Bar-B-Q purchases to stock its restaurants, the Jacksonville, Fl.-based franchise will be doing its part to benefit the families of fallen and wounded soldiers.

David Weis Named President and CEO for AdventHealth Daytona Beach

August 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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AdventHealth has named David Weis president and CEO for AdventHealth Daytona Beach and the East Volusia market, effective Aug. 28. He will report to Audrey Gregory, PhD, president/CEO for the organization’s Central Florida Division – North Region.

Palm Coast Seeks Proposals to Replace Green Lion Cafe at Palm Harbor, Rent and Utilities at $3,000 a Month

August 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The interior of the Green Lion Restaurant at Palm Harbor Golf Club in one of the images the city is including in its request for proposal.

After its falling out with the Green Lion Cafe earlier this summer, Palm Coast government this week formally launched its next step in possibly replacing the popular restaurant at Palm Harbor Golf Club with a new company.

Metronet’s Bill Gilliam Will Head Palm Coast and Florida Markets

August 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Metronet's Bill Gilliam.

Metronet, the nation’s largest independently owned, 100 percent fiber optic provider, announced that Bill Gilliam will serve as the first Vice President and General Manager of Metronet’s Florida Market.

Goodwill Opens Larger Palm Coast Store, Expecting $35,000 in Business Per Week

August 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The very first shoppers, followed by a few dozen more crowding in, as Goodwill opened its store on Palm Coast Parkway this morning, following a ribbon-cutting. (© FlaglerLive)

Goodwill’s 16,000 square foot store on Palm Coast Parkway is about 5,000 square feet larger than the previous location. It employs 28 people, is expected to cater to 280 to 300 customers a day and generate $35,000 in sales per week.

‘Disturbing’ Beach Erosion Near Pier Meets Split and Muddled Response from Flagler Beach Commission

August 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Cliffs instead of a beach: the nearly catastrophic erosion at the Flagler Beach pier and north of it is prompting an emergency response from city government, but options are limited and expensive. (© FlaglerLive)

A 90-minute emergency meeting of the Flagler Beach City Commission this morning resulted in more confusion, disagreement and speculation than direction on how to address what City Manager William Whitson described as “disturbing” and relatively sudden erosion of a massive portion of beach at the pier and just north of it. Others–including surfers and a city commissioner–said the sand has merely migrated, and will return of its own.

Goodwill’s New 16,000-SQ. Ft. Store Marks Opening with Ribbon-Cutting Aug. 17

August 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The new Goodwill on Palm Coast Parkway. (© FlaglerLive)

Goodwill Industries of North Florida will celebrate the new store’s opening with a ribbon cutting on August 17 — National Thrift Shop Day — at 10 a.m. with Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin.

FPL’s Covert Campaign Against the Free Press

August 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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FPL got a consultant to hire a private investigator who spied on a Florida Times Union reporter, his girlfriend, and their dog. FPL CEO Eric Silagy swears he didn’t do it. And, if somebody did it, he didn’t know about it.

Developments Would Halt in Flagler, Devastating Economy, If County Voids School-Planning Accord

August 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Palm Coast City Attorney Neysa Borkert addressing the ILA Oversight Committee on Thursday. Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin is in the background. (© FlaglerLive)

If the Flagler County Commission makes good on bailing from a crucial joint agreement with cities and the school board on school construction on Sept. 1, without a new agreement in place, it would be potentially devastating to the local economy: many local developments would stop. People would be out of work. The local economy would be needlessly jolted. The commission will decide later this month whether to agree to a later deadline enabling a new agreement to be in place by then.

School Board’s Colleen Conklin Rips Into ‘Inappropriate’ Developers’ Involvement in Policy Negotiations

August 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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The long-simmering tension between the school district and home builders surfaced today as Conklin addressed it directly, challenging the way developers have sought to influence public policy in the county and on the school board.

We Need More Homes and Apartments in Palm Coast. A Lot More.

August 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 81 Comments

The view from the author's backyard in Palm Coast's P-Section: a Horton home under construction, and car speeding down Point Pleasant Drive, beyond which a 35-acre spread of scrubland is about to be leveld to make way for a 72-home subdivision. (© FlaglerLive)

With the median price of a home at $400,000 and fewer than six weeks’ inventory, Palm Coast is in an affordable housing crisis. Existing residents are exacerbating the crisis by opposing developments, opposing smaller-lot homes and opposing apartment complexes. It’s hypocritical and untenable.

Gas Prices Below $4, Big Oil Profits Set Massive Records, Flagler Commissioners Gripe of Higher Local Costs

August 1, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

At a gas station in Orlando Sunday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

Gas prices in Palm Coast are a shade under $4 and not far from the Florida average of $3.93 a gallon, though Flagler County Commissioners want an explanation from the agriculture commissioner as to why higher prices continue in the county. Oil company profits, meanwhile, again shatter records.

Possible In-Patient Facility for Addicts in Place of Former Sheriff’s ‘Mold-Ops’ Raises Some Eyebrows

July 29, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The former Flagler County Sheriff's Operations Center in Bunnell after it was abandoned and sold by the county, seen here last February. (© FlaglerLive)

An in-patient drug-treatment facility that closed in St. Augustine is planning to re-open at the former, once mold-plagued Sheriff’s operations center off State Road 100. The sheriff had to abandon the building in 2018. The for-profit facility would be run by Dr. Duke Vinson.

Home-Buying Is Beginning to Stall: Blame Fed’s Inflation Fight

July 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Home sales are slowing as the Fed hikes rates. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage hit 5.81% in June, the highest level since 2008 and up from less than 3% throughout most of 2021. The rate currently stands at 5.54%. On a $200,000 mortgage, a 5.54% rate translates into over $400 in extra interest costs every month compared with 3%.

Junior Chamber and Waste Pro Cleanup S.R. 100 and Bulldog Drive

July 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Waste Pro and the Junior Chamber of Commerce partnered today on a community cleanup near Flagler-Palm Coast High School (FPC) and SR-100.

Palm Coast Pitches Breakthrough That Could End County Clash with District Over School Construction

July 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Jason DeLorenzo, left, and Ray Tyner, director and deputy director of Palm Coast's development department, proposed a compromise solution to payment of school construction fees just as a working group seemed primed for a crash. (© FlaglerLive)

The working group of local government staffers struggling to craft a formula requiring developers and builders to pay their fair share had a breakthrough at its last meeting, devising a new formula that could resolve a conflict and prevent the county from reaching the point where a lot of further development could be stopped, because of the absence of a formal agreement.

Palm Coast United Methodist Church Takes Another Step Toward New Matanzas Woods Campus

July 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Pictured with a rendering of the new Palm Coast United Methodist Church campus are, from left: PCUMC church officials the Rev. Dr. Kevin James Sr., Jim Gary and Larry Torino, plus Brian Walsh, CEO of the Collage Companies. FlaglerLive photo

Some 50 congregants of Palm Coast United Methodist Church gathered Wednesday for the groundbreaking of their new 25,500 square foot, $7.1 million campus at the southeast corner of Matanzas Woods Parkway and Belle Terre Parkway.

Costco in St. Augustine Opens on Aug. 3 Near Buc-ee’s, Halving Distance for Palm Coast Shoppers

July 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The pandemic did not affect Costco's growth. (© FlaglerLive)

The new Costco is about a 34-mile distance from the intersection of I-95 and Palm Coast Parkway. Until now, Flagler County shoppers’ Costco options were either at a warehouse at the south end of Jacksonville, about 65 miles away, or in Altamonte Springs, 70 miles away.

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