citrus county
Good morning everyone! I survived the Christmas weekend chaos of Epcot. It actually was not too bad with crowds and the weather was perfect. Fun day to wrap up the Christmas break. Back to the fun life of a business owner today. Today, I am going to point out a
collusion
I hope everyone had a great Christmas! I had the rare opportunity to be off of work (mostly) for the last 4 days. Being a small business owner (including this) means that I am running almost non-stop... and the winter season in the photography world is the most busy with
conservation
Today we are going to follow up on our post yesterday about Betz Farm and talk about conservation lands here in Citrus County. The questions are... do we have enough land dedicated to conservation? How much of this land should be controlled by the county? That is going to be
Betz Farm
I was browsing through BOCC emails the past week and came across an email from Chuck Pigeon, who is the person helping James Dicks design and build Betz Farm. This email was a submission of the updated Betz Farm plan that was submitted to staff. This is the process before
banking
Happy Friday. Back to Crystal River. This will be an update to the Brannen Bank piggyback of the school board banking contract. As mentioned previously, the City of Crystal River opted to go this route to avoid the RFP process. This allowed them to hand pick Brannen Bank for the
Inverness
Last night, I ventured to the east side of the county and took in the City of Inverness' public workshop on Whispering Pines park. I had to leave about an hour after it started, but I caught the presentation Eric Williams gave and a few questions from the citizens
affordable housing
To kick off this Wednesday, we are going to put our thinking caps on. Yes.. we are going to think on a Wednesday... in the middle of the week... oh the horrors! As we are going through this comprehensive plan process (and prior to it), I have heard a lot
Hope everyone had a great weekend. Today, we are jumping into accounting. Fun! Now, Accounting was my least favorite class in college. It might have something to do with the fact that it was my Monday, Wednesday, Friday class starting at 8am. Apparently I did not think that through too
roads
I had planned to do a deep dive into Affordable housing today, but I want to do a bit more research... so at the last minute, I am calling an audible. We are going to chat about roads today. Specifically... the plan for them. What is that plan you ask?
crystal river
Man, who knew the most commented on post I would have so far is about the ban on new medical marijuana dispensaries. Almost 150 comments on it as of this morning. Appreciate everyone for their input and interaction and for the most part civility. I am going to let people
comp plan
It is BOCC Tuesday. This is the last meeting before the new year. A few things on the agenda of interest: * Animal Shelter Grant * Library Display Policy * $16.4 million grant fron DeSantis (announced a couple of weeks ago) for sewer system updates in Crystal River * Trust for Public Lands
animal shelter
I hope everyone had a great weekend. Lot's of events to kick off the Christmas season with the tree lighting in Crystal River on Friday, the parade on Saturday and Inverness doing a tree lighting at Liberty Park. Christmas is coming. 17 days and counting. Remember, tonight kicks