FORT PIERCE THE BEACHES LAKEWOOD PARK @HometownNewsStLucie @hometownnewsslc @HometownNewsSLC Vol. 17, No. 22 www.HometownNewsSLC.com Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 MEET TRIXIE MISSING A PLANNING A TRIP? Would you like a FAVORITE FEATURE? ‘Touring with the Townies’ features reader-submitted photos talkative cat who's ready Want to catch up on a from travels. Let’s see how many for a new home? Visit favorite columnist or see Want to be sure you know what's going on around the places we can go! Send in your more pictures and more Treasure Coast? Email [email protected] picture or questions to Dogs and Cats Forever community news? with "newsletter" in the subject line. [email protected] LOOKING FOR A HOME 4 VISIT US ONLINE STAYING IN TOUCH TAKE US WITH YOU Scooooooore! The Mako New bids Soccer Club hosted a game to come between Argenti- na and Corinthi- ans on Friday, on King October 19 at Lakewood Park in Fort Pierce. plant Argentina took home the win with a final score property of 8-0. Argenti- na’s Matthew City hopes to have Major scores. development approved for H.D. King Power Sevin Bullwinkle Plant property by this staff photographer time next year By Donald Rodrigue For Hometown News Lack of facilities frustrates FORT PIERCE -- The City Commis- sion serving as the Fort Pierce Redevel- opment Agency Board voted unani- mously Oct. 15 to reauthorize the request commissioners for qualifications and request for propos- als for the old H.D. King Power Plant St. Lucie County officials admit they’re forced to pay costly rent property in hopes of getting proposals for supervisor of elections office more in line with what the community desires for the strategic downtown site www.theoriginaldiscountfurniture.com By Donald Rodrigue som Business Center instead of letting the it slip across from the A. E. Backus Museum & For Hometown News through with a simple unanimous approval Gallery. The majority of commissioners had COMMUNITY CALENDAR along with several other routine items. “I’d like to pull D5 if nothing else for conver- rejected two separate $2.5 million offers FORT PIERCE -- A single item pulled from for the nearly eight-acre site last May, See sation,” she said. “Our facilities were supposed community the Consent Agenda Oct. 16 opened up St. Lucie expressing dissatisfaction with various events on County’s Pandora’s box of problems caused by to be doing a space study. Can somebody update page 2 and components of the competing proposals. online at lack of sufficient space and a rapidly aging facili- the Board as to where we are with that please?” While a Vero Beach developer had pro- hometown- ties infrastructure. Administrator Howard Tipton keyed up the posed to build a hotel, restaurant and newsirc.com Commissioner Cathy Townsend asked to pull conversation before handing the matter off to shops on the property at 311 N. Indian INDEX the extension agreement on the long-term lease Facilities Manager Jeremiah Johnson. River Drive, Pompano Beach-based of office and storage space for Supervisor of “We’ve broken our approach into facilities’ Redevelopment Management Associates Classified 18 Out & About 13 Elections Gertrude Walker at the Orange Blos- Crossword 17 Police Report 5 See FACILITIES, page 3 See KING, page 7 Horoscopes 13 Viewpoint 6 Havert Fenn Center BIG 2000 Virginia Ave. Largest Gun Show FT. PIERCE Sat. 9am-5pm & Sun. 10am-4pm on the Treasure Coast! October 27-28 BIG Fall Discounts! 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