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Proposed RV park site owners pursuing townhome development. Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader

Proposed RV park site owners pursuing townhome development. Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader

Proposed RV park site owners pursuing townhome development

Julia Roberts
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Property owners who wanted to develop an RV park on Sadler Road are asking the city of Fernandina Beach to annex the property and provide water and sewer services in order to build townhomes at the site. The matter is set to come before the city’s Technical Review Committee Sept.
David Sturges

David Sturges

Sturges asks for changes to city’s Land Development Code

Julia Roberts
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Fernandina Beach Vice Mayor David Sturges, who owns and operates a construction business in the city, wants the city’s Land Development Code amended so that if there is development on adjoining lots, that development does not automatically combine them, creating one lot of record.
Ty Ross

Ty Ross

Fernandina Beach offers Ty Ross city manager job

Julia Roberts
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Pending acceptance of an offer from the City of Fernandina Beach, Ty Ross will become the City Manager, after an extensive process that included an executive search firm, a citizens’ committee and finally a consensus of the city commission.

Fernandina Beach approves rollback rate and budget

Julia Roberts
Thursday, September 7, 2023
The Fernandina Beach City Commission approved a millage rate and budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year, but there will be another special meeting before final approval, where commissioners can make changes to either of those items. The tentative millage rate is 4.8298 mills, lower than the rate of 5.
This pole is in front of Fernandina Beach Fire Station 2, currently under construction on Airport Road. It will be removed in order to allow fire trucks to access the new station. City Commissioner Chip Ross objects to the city paying $30,000 to AT&T to remove the pole, which he says the company had no right to put on that location.

This pole is in front of Fernandina Beach Fire Station 2, currently under construction on Airport Road. It will be removed in order to allow fire trucks to access the new station. City Commissioner Chip Ross objects to the city paying $30,000 to AT&T to remove the pole, which he says the company had no right to put on that location.

City agrees to pay AT&T to remove pole at new fire station site

Julia Roberts
Thursday, September 7, 2023
An agreement between the city of Fernandina Beach and AT&T will restart progress on a new fire station being built near the Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport. The issue is a telephone pole that is in what will be the direct path of fire trucks entering and leaving the station. At the Sept.
A slide from the recent NCSB meeting spotlight presentation representing the history of millages in Nassau County since 2013 and the large unexpected property assessment increases since the community voted yes to a one-mill increase in a referendum last fall. Submitted photo

A slide from the recent NCSB meeting spotlight presentation representing the history of millages in Nassau County since 2013 and the large unexpected property assessment increases since the community voted yes to a one-mill increase in a referendum last fall. Submitted photo

NCSB explains unexpected tax bill increase

Tracy Dishman
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
The recent Nassau County School Board budget workshop and regular board meeting was taken off track as community members expressed concerns over what the unexpected millage rate increase did to recent tax bills.
TDC calendar year visitor expenditures graph. Submitted

TDC calendar year visitor expenditures graph. Submitted

Tourism Development Council third-quarter update

Sean Rosenthal
Friday, September 1, 2023
Gil Langley, president and CEO of the Amelia Island Convention & Visitors Bureau, provided an update on the Amelia Island Tourist Development Council (TDC) to the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners. Langley gave the update at the Aug. 28  BOCC meeting.
Neighbors of the Port of Fernandina met this week to discuss the possible sale of this parcel and two others in the Fernandina Beach Historic District. The Ocean Highway and Port Authority is looking for ways to raise revenue to pay legal expenses. Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader

Neighbors of the Port of Fernandina met this week to discuss the possible sale of this parcel and two others in the Fernandina Beach Historic District. The Ocean Highway and Port Authority is looking for ways to raise revenue to pay legal expenses. Photo by Julia Roberts/News-Leader

Neighborhood concerned about OHPA selling property

Julia Roberts
Friday, September 1, 2023
The Ocean Highway and Port Authority has three parcels of undeveloped property near the Port of Fernandina that it is considering selling, but residents who live near the land are concerned the sale of the land will lead to use of the parcels that is not in character with the neighborhood.