Meeting Comments Address West Pensacola, Lake Munson, a Fraternity House, & Firefighter Negotiations

Meeting Comments Address West Pensacola, Lake Munson, a Fraternity House, & Firefighter Negotiations

Provided below are summaries of comments made by citizens at two recent local government meetings. Public Comments at County Commission Meeting During the September 12, 2023 Leon County Commission meeting, a number of Leon County citizens attended to share their concerns and opinions on current issues facing Leon County. A group of Lake Munson residents […]

Amazon Hosts Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Amazon Hosts Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

On September 14, the Amazon Tallahassee Robotics Fulfillment Center held its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. This facility is just the sixth Amazon Fulfillment Center to launch in Florida, is almost the size of 11 football fields and took more than 20,000 tons of steel to build. There are more than 1,000 Amazon employees […]

Leon County Commission Adopts Resolution Declaring Climate Emergency

Leon County Commission Adopts Resolution Declaring Climate Emergency

On September 12th, the Leon County Commission voted 6-1 to adopt a resolution endorsing the declaration of a climate emergency in Leon County. The issue was presented to the Board by the youth advocacy group GenCLEO. The resolution cites the Paris Agreement, United Nations studies and states that the U.S. has “disproportionately” contributed to the […]

City Commission to Consider Agreement to Co-Locate Greyhound Transit Services

City Commission to Consider Agreement to Co-Locate Greyhound Transit Services

AT the September 13th meeting, the Tallahassee City Commission will consider authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a License Agreement between StarMetro and Greyhound Lines, Inc. (GLI) for co-location and use of public amenities at C.K. Steele Plaza. Previously, GLI approached the City of Tallahassee with a proposal to co-locate at C.K. Steele […]

Leon County Commission to Consider Bid Award for Concord School Building

Leon County Commission to Consider Bid Award for Concord School Building

On September 12th, the Leon County Commission will consider awarding the bid for renovations to the Concord School Building to Arris General Contractors Inc., the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, in the amount of $4,250,000. This project is being supported by the Florida Department of Commerce, a CDBG-CV (Community Development Block Grant CARES Act) program grant […]

Tallahassee City Commission Briefs: August 23, 2023

Tallahassee City Commission Briefs: August 23, 2023

Below are the news briefs from the Tallahassee City Commission that took place August 23, 2023. The Commission voted unanimously for the approval to submit a grant application for $5,047,500 for the Capital Cascades Trail Segment 4 project. This project will reduce the impacts of flooding towards Pineview Elementary and a number of homes in […]

LCS to Open Leon High School Track to Public

LCS to Open Leon High School Track to Public

At the most recent School Board meeting, Leon County Schools (LCS) Superintendent Rocky Hanna proposed to re-open track & field facilities to the public on Saturday and Sunday mornings, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. The proposal comes just weeks after adopting a policy that would limit use of the facilities to the public. Mr. […]

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