The City of Tallahassee has decided to do what Google and Apple have recently done- invest in solar. On February 25th, 2015 the Tallahassee City Commission voted in favor of the City’s electric utility proposal to build 10 Mega- watt “solar farm” that could be producing electricity as early as December, 2016. City staff told […]
The Edison Restaurant, formerly known as the Brew Pub, in Cascades Park is due to open in late summer. Tallahassee Reports has learned that the individual the City of Tallahassee chose to partner with, Adam Corey, is now in trouble with the state of Florida over an audit of a restaurant he currently owns, 101, which […]
Tallahassee Reports has published a number of articles reporting on the performance of the local economy. There are the monthly employment reports, with the most recent showing a two-month loss of 3,200 jobs. There is the report on per capita income , which shows that from 2011 to 2013 per capita income growth has been negative in […]
Tallahassee Reports presents for the first time the “Leon County Economic Report Card.” The ‘Report Card”, provided to the right, has been developed over the last year. The idea behind the “Report Card” is to provide a way for readers to get an in-depth idea of how the local economy is performing in just a few minutes. A look at each measure […]
Andy Alcock, a reporter/anchor for WCTV is leaving the CBS affiliate after three years on the job. Alcock, who relocated his family to Tallahassee from Louisville in 2012, signed a three year contract with WCTV which expired this month. He was recruited by then WCTV General Manager Nick Waller for his skills as an investigative […]
The issue surrounding the redevelopment plan proposed by the the owner of the Killearn Country Club has finally reached the desk of a judge. Claire Duchemin, who filed a lawsuit in circuit court claiming that Mr. Tuck must offer to sell the club to members before closing any part of the golf course, recently filed […]
While number of people employed continues to increase in Leon county, a bit of sobering news was released by the U.S. Department of Commerce recently which showed per capita personal income in Leon County decreasing significantly from 2011 to 2013. The bottom line is Leon county residents, on average, made $38,345 in 2013, down from […]
The process to determine what direction the owner of the Killearn Country Club will head given recent developments have taken another step forward. Barton Tuck, the current owner of the struggling Killearn Country Club, has sent a ballot to members asking them to allow him to close the North course and to give up their […]
A group of Killearn Estates Homeowners has filed a court action with regards to a redevelopment plan proposed by the current owner of the Killearn Golf and Country Club. The Killearn Estates Homeowners Association is not a party to the suit. The redevelopment plan was announced last month. The plan called for the closing of […]
On October 23, 2014, the Leon County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) voted to give the new owner of the downtown Double Tree Hotel $883,000 in tax dollars to help with the hotel renovation. The CRA is comprised of nine members, including the five City of Tallahassee Commissioners along with four of the seven Leon County […]