Airport News, New Roads, and Something about Millage

Interesting morning in the news. The deadline for bids on the old airport site was Monday. 4 bids were received with offer details to be released in about 8 days. The site is approximately 700 acres with water-frontage. This could be an awesome place for a sweet development. A link to the article can be found here.

St. Joe agreed to sell approximately 4000 acres to the State of Florida for approximately $46 million. This will be huge for our local growth. A link to the article can be found here.

-Edited 9/28/06: Just got word of some of the roads they are looking at widening:

• SR 22 in Bay and Gulf Counties
• SR 12 in Gadsden and Liberty Counties
• SR 20 in Bay, Calhoun and Liberty Counties
• US 98 in Gulf, Franklin, Jefferson, and Wakulla Counties
• SR 71 in Calhoun and Gulf Counties

The last article goes something like this: Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah; blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah; blah blah blah blah.

Blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah; blah blah blah blah. *Whispers – The Panama City Commission unanimously voted to decrease the millage from 5 to 4.1722 mills in light of public outcry over high valuations. To understand, click here.

- Edited 9/28/06: The intention of the "Blah's" was not to signify unimportance, it was only to emphasize that the reporter through in a pretty important decision made by the commission at the tail end of a seemingly unrelated article.