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This Week in Palm Bay: 251 Acres to the Oct 15 Hearing, 652 Apartments in the Pipeline, and a $57.5M Brightline Grant

Emerald Lakes heads to the Oct 15 public hearing, 652 apartments in the pipeline, and Amendment 3 at 55 percent.
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Emerald Lakes East Phase I Goes to Council With Fire Mitigation Unresolved and Parkway Extension Optional
The 251-acre Emerald Lakes East Phase I reaches Palm Bay council Thursday with open questions on fire service, design rules, and whether the parkway…
 • Thomas Gaume
2:53
P&Z Recap: Board Recommends Emerald Lakes East Phase 1, Wawa Third Sign After 2-2 Tie
Emerald Lakes East Phase 1 heads to the City Council with the schools question open. A Wawa sign variance needed the city attorney to break a 2-2 tie…
 • Thomas Gaume
4:31
The Development Map Is Live: Palm Bay's Active Permits, Plotted Nightly
2,075 permits. 1,923 properties. Every marker pinned to a real parcel. The match rate, including the misses, published right next to the data.
 • Thomas Gaume
1:03
This Week in Palm Bay: A $1.56M Consent Test, 251 Acres on the Parkway, and Registration Day
Council questions utility invoices before approving them, Emerald Lakes East heads to Planning and Zoning with its zoned schools underwater, and voter…
 • Thomas Gaume
8:10
Pipe Emergency Leads a Short Night: Palm Bay Council Recap, October 1
A failing 72-inch stormwater pipe, pointed questions about a $603,614 sewer invoice and a $954,329 SCADA contract, and a new compatibility standard for…
 • Thomas Gaume
6:16
Palm Bay's 251-Acre Bet: 21,845 Trips a Day, and Fire Rescue Can't Get There in Time
Emerald Lakes Phase I brings 1,012-seat school deficits and a 6-minute fire response gap to the Planning Board
 • Thomas Gaume
4:14
Pineapple Cove Pitches New Charter Campus at Emerald Lakes
Replication application arrives as network's Lockmar campus remains mired in neighborhood traffic gridlock
 • Thomas Gaume
8:15
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