Here's a glimpse... MANY THANKS TO YOU WOUNDED WARRIRORS AND ALL WHO SERVED OUR NATION!
Friday, October 28, 2022
Wounded Warrior Parade in Panama City FL Oct 27 2022
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Heather's Mural is Finished!
You can find this at 2404 W Beach Drive, Panama City (St. Andrew’s,) Florida, at the corner of 9ths st (Business 98) and Foster Ave!
Monday, October 17, 2022
New Guard Rail Smashed
Was out of town all weekend, so was surprised to see this smashed guard rail when I rode by Lake Caroline this morning!
I couldn't find anything about it in the news so called the police and all they said was on the night of October 15, 2022, a car hit it. They didn't know if anyone was hurt.
The guard rail is fairly new as the city has been fixing up the park area there.
Please comment below if you have further info. Thanks!
Oct 18, 2022 UPDATE:
A friend who lives near here texted, “Saturday at about 3 a.m. a dude in a Honda pickup hit it.”
(I asked if anyone was hurt?)
“No. The crash woke me. I was sleeping with the windows open. Cora (his dog) was barking madly. I ran up to Beach Drive and the driver was out of his truck walking around. He was not injured. It was a single car accident. The driver said someone stepped into the cross walk and he slammed his breaks. The park sprinklers were wetting the road. The wet road near the rail caused a 180 degree spin of his truck. He was driving west, but stopped facing east. His truck stopped facing east, next to the broken rail. So, looked like the driver was moving too fast, heading west, not watching the road, some idiot stepped out in front of him without using the crossing light and he swurved to miss the person. Oh, at 3am!! Hey stupid people!! The park closes at 9pm every night of the week.”
So glad no one was hurt!
Thursday, October 13, 2022
New Cross on St Andrews Historic Church
Four years ago this month, Hurricane Micheal slammed into Florida and St Andrews Historic Church was one of its victims. But while riding my bike yesterday, I was so happy to see a new cross on the steeple!
Friday, October 7, 2022
Labor of Love
As I passed the Brown home this morning on my bike at sunrise, saw Ethan as he headed south to help Hurricane Ian victims. Four years ago after Hurricane Michael, the outpouring of love I experienced from complete strangers was amazing. Thank you, Ethan!
Friday, September 23, 2022
St Andrews Marina Update
This quick video is from this morning...
City approves next 3 phases of St. Andrews Marina restoration. Here's what's planned
PANAMA CITY — Almost four years after the St. Andrews Marina was severely damaged by Hurricane Michael, city officials on Tuesday approved the latest master plan and design work.
The City Commission approved the middle three phases of the five-phase plan to rebuild the marina, coming in at a combined $984,500. The architectural and engineering services are being done by Moffatt & Nichols.
The three phases approved Tuesday:
Phase 2 — Replacement of the fixed and floating docks
Phase 3 — Revitalization of the Bayview Avenue boardwalk
Phase 4 — Revitalization of the L-pier upland facilities
Phase 1 covers ongoing repairs to the bulkhead and utilities. The project was approved by commissioners earlier this year with repairs starting soon after.
City Manager Mark McQueen said the bulkhead and utilities work is setting the stage for what's to come.
"You have to shore that up before you can start attaching the wet slips. ... In the new bulkheads is new water lines, new sewer lines, new power lines, new irrigation systems, all of that kind of stuff," McQueen said. "While we're tearing this all up, let's go ahead and put new lines in there, so we don't have to tear up our marina again in the future."
The rest of the phases will continue to restore and revitalize the marina. Phase 2 is fully funded by FEMA and will restore the marina to the same configuration as it was before Michael.
Phase 3 is completely “visionary,” McQueen said.
"There's been a lot of discussion through the charrette process, the visioning process, and the neighborhood plans that have talked about the walkability and creating a boardwalk adjacent to Bayview that goes around Uncle Ernie's and the Shrimp Boat and goes back to Beck Avenue," McQueen said.
Phase 4 will add green space and gathering areas on the pier for people to sit, hold events and watch the sunsets.
Phase 5 will expand the marina and turn it into an F configuration from its current L shape. This phase will cost about $3 million but officials said they are not ready to move forward on it yet.
This expansion also will open the door for cruise ships to dock at the marina. McQueen said the city was in talks with Viking Cruise Line to dock in the city until the pandemic tabled the discussion.
Commissioner Josh Street said he was supportive of all five phases of marina work and wants to look at what the additional dock space can offer the community.
"I'm not saying there should be a cruise ship at St. Andrews but there's a lot of other things that it opened up ... water taxis, things that had been in our master planning before, as well as additional slips," Street said.
After Tuesday's approval, McQueen said city officials will give tasks orders to the engineering firms to draw up designs and give construction orders by the end of the year.
As crews continue work on the marina, officials said it will remain open to the public.
McQueen added that officials are committed to having a working marina that will cater to the St. Andrews community and doubling the size of it.
"I think this is great news for our community ... that we're not just building back as was ... we're building back for the future," McQueen said.
This article originally appeared on The News Herald: St. Andrews Marina rebuild phases approved by Panama City
SOURCE: https://sports.yahoo.com/city-approves-next-3-phases-110133019.html?src=rss
UPDATE TO THE UPDATE
By the end of the day, they cleaned it all up!
Sunday, September 18, 2022
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