- April 19, 2024
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Palm Coast Parkway six-laning to begin in the fall
Construction on the six-laning of Palm Coast Parkway, including the Interstate 95 overpass, will begin in the fall, according to Carl Cote, construction manager for the city.
Cote presented the latest plan at Tuesday night's regular meeting of the Palm Coast City Council.
Also, the city will need to acquire five parcels of land as part of right-of-way acquisition for the widening of Palm Coast Parkway.
The City Council unanimously approved acquiring the five properties. See Saturday's edition for more coverage.
Shop local, it's a big deal
The Palm Coast Business Assistance Center recently launched its “Shop Local — It’s a Big Deal” program in an effort to grow the local economy.
As part of the new program, all local businesses now have the opportunity — free of charge — to provide special coupon offers through city of Palm Coast’s Waste Pro Rewards Program. About 8,000 households in Palm Coast have already signed up for the program, through which residents who participate in curbside recycling earn coupon offers they access over the Internet. The program sends an email message to participating households each month to alert residents to new rewards.
Through the new Shop Local program, the Palm Coast Business Assistance Center will also give free informational seminars designed to show businesses how their pricing and customized promotions can generate sales for their products and services.
Joe Roy, area manager of the Palm Coast Business Assistance Center, said the new program is better designed to succeed compared the Small Business Saturdays.
“Small Business Saturdays did not gauge the traction that we thought it would gauge,” Roy said.
The city has partnered with the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce & Affiliates with the new program — something Roy said should help the new program thrive.
The program will also engage the consumers, Roy said.
Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts said both the businesses and the consumers need to work together to make the program work.
“If we want this program to work, it’s going to depend upon the consumers to drive the businesses to register,” Roy said.
