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June 17, 2008

 

 

FLORIDA PUBLIC PROJECT LEADS

 

Flagler County to build new $3M airport control tower

http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_jacksonville/~3/314137595/daily13.html

 

The state Board of Education ruled against the Palm Beach County school district for denying one charter school's application, but upheld the district in another case.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/local_news/epaper/2008/06/17/0617charter.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=76

 

Wakulla County Celebrates Renovation of Over One-Hundred Year Old Courthouse

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Wakulla-County-News/~3/313862262/

 

Marion County may borrow up to $100M for 'immediate'-need road projects

http://www.ocala.com/article/20080617/NEWS/806170305

 

Can Sarasota back out of deal on parking? The city stands to gain a public parking garage with 350 spaces built by the developer.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080617/NEWS/806170427/-1/rss01

 

Weston takes step toward charter schools; The city had worked extensively with the school district to secure a site.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/572694.html

 

Weston plan to create its own charter school system advances

http://tinyurl.com/56xl84

 

Tallahassee's Johns Building coming down on proposed site of arts center; The proposed site of a performing-arts center at Gaines and Bronough streets is getting cleaned up.

http://tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080617/NEWS01/806170327/1001/RSS

 

Collier School District planning solar demonstration project on Marco; The Collier County School District is planning to use an 11.6-acre site on Marco Island rather than sell it to the city

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/jun/16/collier-school-district-planning-solar-demonstrati/

 

Relocation of school portables to impact traffic; Eleven portable classrooms will be moved from Volusia schools in June

http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/EastVolusia/evlEAST01061608.htm

 

Charter high school on the move again - to Boynton Beach; After seven years and five locations in Delray Beach , Toussaint L'Ouverture High School for Arts and Social Justice is preparing to leave the city next month.

http://tinyurl.com/6fmy4s

 

Palm Beach County schools take years to fix some safety problems; Safety violations in Palm Beach County public school buildings dropped 10 percent in one year, but a state audit shows 65 percent of reported citations have gone uncorrected for years.

http://tinyurl.com/66aro3

 

The arsenic-tainted site for a new Midway Elementary School is more polluted than officials suspected, and an expensive cleanup is needed before the school gets built.

http://tinyurl.com/5cu4n2

 

Plan for Key Biscayne high school takes a step forward; Responding to hundreds of e-mails from Key Biscayne parents seeking a charter high school, the Village Council agreed Tuesday to start the application process.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/east/story/570161.html

 

Building slump lowers bids for Central Florida government jobs; Contractors may be suffering in the lagging economy, but local governments are reaping M-dollar savings on construction projects because of competition.

http://tinyurl.com/6mg8cc

 

 

 

 

FLORIDA PRIVATE LEADS

 

A group led by Trammell Crow Residential plans to build a 481-unit rental community called Alexan Plantation on a 44-acre parcel at the northeast corner of Interstate 595 and Northwest 136th Avenue.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/573170.html

 

Traffic worries focus of downtown Sarasota development foes; The plans, which would eliminate so-called traffic "concurrency" measurements and establish something called a special lodging district, are necessary for city approval of the $1 billion Proscenium project

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080617/BUSINESS/806170415/-1/rss01

 

Naples City Council members agree to hire consultant to direct downtown development

http://naplesnews.com/news/2008/jun/16/naples-city-council-members-agree-hire-consultant-/

 

The developer plans to build two phases of construction in Sarasota resulting in a 10-story and a 13-story tower with 276 condominiums, up to 35 retail shops and 350 public parking spaces.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080617/NEWS/806170427/-1/rss01

 

The West Kendall Community Council faced a dilemma Wednesday night: Side with residents who want to preserve all agricultural lands, or heed a developer's warning that it would significantly increase the number of homes proposed for a 466-acre property outside the urban development boundary if denied its requests to build a lake and clubhouse.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/west_kendall/story/570089.html

 

Neighbors had objections and council members were critical, but six months and four zoning meetings later, plans to build a 12-story building at 275 Fontainebleau Blvd. were approved 3-2 at a Westchester Community Council zoning meeting Thursday.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/kendall/story/570063.html

 

 

 

 

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