$50 Million Sandestin Hotel Project Planned
A $50 million Sandestin Beach Hilton and convention center will begin construction within six months at the resort. The 15 story hotel with 400 units will include a 500 seat convention hall over 20 000 square feet and connect to a 56 000 square foot commercial center.
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Sandestin
Ingrid Kreis
Sandestin Beach
Bruce Keith
Sandestin Beach Resort
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc
Gas tax action eyed to fund Destin highway project
Okaloosa County officials push for a statewide gasoline tax to fund a near eight million relocation and four lane upgrade of Highway 98 in Destin within five years. The plan relies on replacing the current 8 cent per gallon sales tax with a fuel tax, supported by a March special session, to raise 250 to 300 million for Florida transportation needs.
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Ingrid Kreis
Destin
Okaloosa County
Larry Andors
State House of Representatives
Senate
Department of Transportation
Anchors
DOT
Airport Road
Sandestin
Barney Henderson
Bob Graham
Tasehirs
Graham
Florida
Highway 98
Mary Esther
Eglin Parkway
Brooks Bridge
Okaloosa
Causeway Toll Authority Idea Draws Mixed Feelings
South Florida officials discuss a White Point to Piney Point causeway over Choctawhatchee Bay funded by tolls. Experts warn of cost studies and traffic forecasts, noting bonds, revenues, and potential toll impacts on nearby routes. Public hearing set for February 22 in Shalimar Courthouse Annex.
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Vanita Trippe
White Point
Piney Point
Choctawhatchee Bay
Florida
Destin
Michael Garretson
Division of Local Resource Management
Garretson
Miami
Ed McCarron
Department of Transportation
McCarron
Choctawhatchee Bay Causeway Authority
James G. Ward
Okaloosa County
Destin Harbor Science Fair Honors For Tiffany Prather
Seventh grader Tiffany Prather of Bruner Junior High captured two top prizes for a project on Destin Harbor pollution. She collected six weeks of water samples from Oct 21 to Nov 20, noting low oxygen in back canals and higher readings near the Coast Guard Station, with data checked against East Pass Lagoon Boat Studies from the Florida State University Institute of Science and Public Affairs.
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Karen MacGrogan
Tiffany Prather
Destin Harbor
Bruner
Labor Day
Destin
Tiffany
Eglin
Hach Direct Reading Engineers Laboratory
Coast Guard Station
Prather
East Pass Lagoon
Florida State University Institute of Science and Public Affairs
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Keith
Flautt & Mann Properties Inc
Memphis
Flautt & Mann
Southeast
Bos
Hilton
Causeway
John Gray
Orlando
Orange County Expressway Authority
Orange County
Gray
Tony Kent
Fire District
Tides Beach Beach
Hissolvir
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