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View MoreOrange Park board votes Thursday on Town Square zoning code
The Orange Park Planning and Zoning Board meets Thursday, Oct. 8, to send formal recommendations on the Town Square Form-Based Code and Commercial Design Guidelines to the Town Council, a step that would reshape development rules along the town's main commercial corridors.
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View MoreOrange Park council faces $14M stormwater loan vote Tuesday
The Orange Park Town Council meets Tuesday, Oct. 6, with votes on a $14 million loan closing for the Johnson Slough stormwater project, a federal CDBG requalification and a holiday event partnership on the agenda.
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View MoreOrange Park eyes zoning overhaul letting developers skip hearings
Orange Park's Planning and Zoning Board reviewed a proposed form-based code for the Town Square district along Kingsley and Park avenues that would let compliant projects bypass public hearings and receive administrative approval, with bonus building height available for public amenities.
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View MoreAG subpoenas JTA; Clay County bus riders await replacement plan
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's office subpoenaed JTA over its $39 million budget shortfall, demanding documents and requiring Interim CEO Cleveland Ferguson to appear before prosecutors in February, while Clay County residents still have no replacement transit plan after commissioners voted to end the county's JTA contract by Dec. 31, 2026.
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View MoreOrange Park board approves three Solomon Street homes in flood zone
Orange Park's Planning and Zoning Board voted 4-0 to approve three single-family homes on Solomon Street despite Flood Zone A drainage concerns and received a new ordinance on ex parte communication disclosures at its Sept. 10 meeting.
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View MoreClay County eyes $200M–$400M public safety complex near expressway
Clay County commissioners will hear bids Oct. 13 for a $200 million to $400 million consolidated public safety complex that would combine the Sheriff's Office, Fire Rescue, emergency management and 911 dispatch on 53 acres near the First Coast Expressway.
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View MoreOrange Park eyes local bidder preference for town contracts
Orange Park's Economic and Community Development Committee meets Thursday, Sept. 17, to review a draft framework giving local businesses an edge in town procurement and to discuss strategies for marketing the town's vacant commercial buildings.
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View MoreClay County Honor March marks 9/11's 25th anniversary Friday
Clay County first responders will march through downtown Green Cove Springs on Friday, Sept. 11, before a 9:30 a.m. ceremony at the Spring Park gazebo where officials will read the names of more than 400 first responders killed in the 2001 attacks.
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View MoreClay County residents launch recall effort against all five commissioners
More than 100 Clay County residents formed a recall committee at a Sept. 4 meeting in Middleburg, targeting all five county commissioners over the new stormwater drainage fee that takes effect Oct. 1.
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View MoreClay County prosecutor Hazel tapped for judicial nominating panel
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Clay County State Attorney's Office Director Pam Hazel to the Seventh Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, where the 25-year prosecutor will help vet judicial candidates through 2030.
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View MoreFleming Island Medicaid substance abuse claims rise 77% in 2024
Federal Medicaid data shows Fleming Island providers billed $9,945 for substance abuse treatment services in 2024, a 77.3% increase from 2023, though the total came from just 13 claims under a billing code associated with prenatal risk assessment.
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View MoreClay County Cuts Disabled Veterans' Garbage Fee Exemption in Half
Commissioner James Renninger justified cutting Clay County's disabled veteran garbage fee exemption by citing a high-earning veteran, but federal VA rules and fraud data complicate that reasoning, according to an analysis by Clay News & Views.
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