🌅 🌳 Fort Pierce Unveils Marina Square Plans

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Tell Me Something Good: Fort Pierce just dropped fancy renderings for a 5.9-acre Marina Square park with all the bells and whistles, but the 100+ farmers market vendors who've been there for decades still have no clue where they'll operate during construction.

Everything I Need: The new park design has everything the community asked for: open lawns for picnics, a plaza for weekend markets and music, dog park, splash pad, playground, and a riverfront promenade connecting downtown to the Indian River. The Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency says this reflects "YOUR voice" and promises a space that's "flexible, multigenerational, and full of life."

The renderings looks great! The park could genuinely transform downtown Fort Pierce into the kind of place where families want to spend weekends and visitors want to linger.

I Wanna Know: Here's where things get messy. At last week's city commission meeting, vendor Annie Crumbo stood up asking the question everyone's been wondering: "Where are we going to go?"

Crumbo represents about 100 vendors at the Saturday morning farmers market. Some have been there over 25 years. For many, this is their entire income. She's been trying to get answers since June but keeps hitting dead ends.

Come and Talk to Me: The Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency released conceptual designs for Marina Square park this week. Vendor Annie Crumbo spoke at the city commission meeting asking where the farmers market will relocate during construction. Commissioners directed her to contact the city manager's office for information.

Bottom line: Fort Pierce unveiled its Marina Square park plans while farmers market vendors wait for relocation details. Construction timeline and temporary vendor arrangements haven't been announced yet.

The city lowered its millage rate for the 10th straight year but residents will still pay higher taxes as property values more than doubled from $11.8 billion in 2020 to $25.7 billion in 2025. The $869 million budget includes $200 million for infrastructure and 65 new positions, including 20 police officers, to serve the city's 73,000 new residents since 2016.

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All three finalists for St. Lucie County Attorney suddenly pulled out days before interviews, after Commissioner James Clasby threatened "very embarrassing" questions about their political views and criticized the search consultant's vetting. The county must now restart the $24,500 search process with a broader candidate pool.

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Martin County must reapply for $45 million in federal funding after the Railroad Administration rolled this year's grants into a larger $5 billion pool for 2026. Assistant County Administrator George Stokus says the delay could improve their odds, but the earliest trains would stop in Stuart is now January 2028.

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J’Qwan caught this photo while we were on a walk and talk around the Lincoln Park area (thank goodness for the fence, we would have a run for it though..) ! It was nice walking around the community and connecting with the people! I love my town! Alright!

See you tomorrow!
With Love, Ja’Min

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