News in Palm Coast
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Published September 24An Asphalt Plant Is Proposed for Hargrove Grade in Palm Coast, Generating 280 Truck Trips A Day
ACCI proposes building Palm Coast's first asphalt plant on Hargrove Grade, generating 280 daily truck trips, many of them at night. The heavy-industrial project will face strict scrutiny from city officials and local business owners. Previous batch plant applications met fierce…
FlaglerLive
Published September 23Reconfigured 544-Unit House and Apartment Development Off Belle Terre Boulevard Clears 1st Hurdle
The Palm Coast Planning Board Tuesday evening recommended on a 6-1 vote approval of a reconfigured plan for a 544-unit housing development called Magnolia Terrace on over 1,000 acres at the south end of Belle Terre Boulevard, near U.S. 1. The proposal, technically a rezoning,…
FlaglerLive
Published September 22Delayed Promenade in Palm Coast’s Town Center Adds Few Businesses and Starts Leasing Apartments
Palm Coast's Promenade, the mixed-use retail and apartment complex in Town Center, missed its projected opening target, with just six commercial leases secured out of a potential 12 to 16 available spaces, even as businesses are relying on a generous city incentive program.…
FlaglerLive
Published September 21Palm Coast Council Appoints Five New Members to Development Board After Unusual Surge of Vacancies
The Palm Coast City Council last week appointed four new members to the city’s seven-member planning board, and one alternate member, as five seats opened in an unusual confluence of resignations and completed terms.
FlaglerLive
Published September 15County Gives Final Approval to 502-Home Development in Seminole Woods, Against Neighbors’ Opposition
Flagler County commissioners approved a 502-unit development of houses, townhouses and apartments off of Seminole Woods Boulevard by a 4-1 vote following intense public pushback since February, with concerns about density, traffic and infrastructure, and more than 400,000 square…
FlaglerLive
Published September 09Should Palm Coast Allow Developers to Waive Some Neighborhood Meetings Ahead of Projects? Council Says No.
The Palm Coast City Council plans to eliminate land development code rules allowing staff or developers to waive mandatory neighborhood meetings for large residential subdivisions. Council members raised transparency concerns following recent public secrecy surrounding a Bunnell…
FlaglerLive
Published September 02Palm Coast Council Tables Seminole Woods Development Request to Go from 416 to 743 Homes, Citing Lack of Public Benefit
The Palm Coast City Council tabled a request to increase housing entitlements for the Cascades development in Seminole Woods from 416 to 743 units. Council members cited concerns over reduced lot sizes, inadequate setbacks, and the absence of clear public benefits. The developer…
FlaglerLive
Published September 02Lakeview Estates Developer Faces New Conditions As Palm Coast Council Tables Housing Proposal
The Palm Coast City Council voted 4-1 to table an amendment allowing the Lakeview Estates developer to build new houses on previously protected land and a commercial strip on a different tract. Council members requested concessions regarding environmental buffers, future…
FlaglerLive
Published September 01Lakeview Estates and Cascades Development, Controversial Pair of Déjà Vus, Confront Council Again
The Palm Coast City Council is reviewing two controversial land development proposals at this evening's meeting: The Lakeview Estates developer wants to build 39 homes on a protected strip of land originally designated to remain unbuilt for nearby residents and The Cascades…
FlaglerLive
Published August 27Palm Coast And County Edge Closer to New Joint Animal Shelter as Humane Society Advocates Protest
The Palm Coast City Council and Flagler County Commission are planning a joint animal shelter on U.S. 1 to be run by the nonprofit Smart. Officials discussed the proposal at a divided public meeting as funding, design and other details remain unresolved. Elected officials spoke…
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Published August 26Palm Coast Will Borrow Millions and Draw Down Reserves Sharply to Pay for Lawsuit Settlement Land
The Palm Coast City Council will borrow millions and use millions from its reserves to purchase land and settle a lawsuit with Allete, the Town Center developer, though there is some division among council members on the risks ahead. The council today also decisively ruled out…