Shopping Retirement Complex Eyed by Nashville Firm
A Nashville firm may build a 100000 square foot shopping center plus a surrounding retirement home in South Walton County. The plan includes a major grocery drugstore and fast food outlets with an emergency medical center. Estimated resident market is about 5000 annually with units priced around 75000 dollars. Site options target near Highway 98 with access from Sandestin to Seascape. Continued on page 2.
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Vanita Trippe
South Walton County
Steve Snowden
L.H.C. In Associates Inc
Destin
South Walton
Snowden
L.H.C
South
Walton
Sandestin
Seascape
Walton County lowers millage after state reassessment
State ordered reassessment raises the county tax base by 19.3 million to 488,237,578 and prompts the county commission to set a tentative millage rate of 8.5628, down from 8.949, at an emergency meeting. The plan keeps the rate .03 mills higher than last year and avoids a proposed .41-mill increase. Nine candidates filed for South Walton fire tax district seats with a Sept. 20 referendum and seven fire district commissioner seats, two per precinct plus one at large, on the ballot.
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Walton County
South Walton County
Miramar Beach
Hilton V. Lawson
John H. Terry
Earl R. Roach
Albert Flowers
Point Washington
George Gilmore
Bob Fleet
Santa Rosa Beach
Kenneth
Jack) Ryan
Bob Wish
Jim Anthony
Commission
South Walton
Fire District
Fire causes minor damage at Seacove Townhomes
Seacove Townhomes on Highway 98 in South Walton suffered minor damage to a building after a fire started in a plastic trash can between two structures. Fire Chief Jim Anthony said crews from South Walton Emergency Services responded after a 9:29 p.m. call from a Destin dispatcher, two engines extinguished the blaze within five minutes, and no injuries were reported.
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Seacove
Highway 98
South Walton
Lions Sponsor Market Flea Market and Fish Fry in Freeport
The Freeport Lions Club will co sponsor a flea market and fish fry on September 2 and 3. They invite residents to bring yard sale items and join the event with free spaces available. The fish fry is set for Saturday September 3 and a phone number 1 835 2022 is provided for more information.
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Freeport Lions Club
Freeport
Projects Could Bring 2 000 Units To South Walton
Plans considered by the District Five Planning Committee foresee more than 2,000 new housing units in South Walton County. Seascape Resort will undergo a DRI review after increasing the build out to up to eight units per acre on about 220 acres, with a prior agreement to avoid a DRI if under 780 units. A second project, Lewis Condominiums near Mainsail, targets about 1,000 units, mostly one bedroom, with possible parking variances. Approval advanced for Blue Tide condos, Windwood By The Sea, a Santa Rosa Beach apartment block, and a 17‑lot Powerline Road subdivision, with conditions on setbacks and engineering/healthclearances.
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Vanita Trippe
Walton County
District Five
Pat Blackshear
Seascape Resort
Seascape
Blackshear
Lewis Condominiums
Mainsail
Basil Boles
Blue Tide Condominiums
Camp Creek
Boles
CCCL
State Department of Natural Resources
Geral Butts
Cccl Butts
DNR
Kathie Petkovic
Santa Rosa Beach
St. Rita's Catholic Church
Petkovic
Walton County OKs Study On Waste Disposal Plan
Walton County officials advanced a no cost waste study by Alpat of Birmingham led by Mike Alford. The plan envisions unmanned compactors at convenient centers to reduce pickups and funnel waste to landfills, with a projected equipment cost around 525000 and a required Massey Head dump closure by August 31 to avoid state action.
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Vanita Trippe
Walton County
Mike Alford
Alpat
Birmingham
Alford
Walton
Commission
Dernard Owens
Massey Head
Owens
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Lions
Bruno Boettcher
Powerline Road
Boettcher
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