Florida State Parks in the News

• Thursday Round-UpSCOTUSblog1 second ago

  Yesterday’s argument in Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, a dispute between landowners and the state of Florida over restored shoreline property, has attracted significant attention. (Disclosure: my law school clinic represents some of the respondents in the case.) Nearly all major media outlets covered the argument, which was “studded [...]

• Homeowner Rights and Hot Dog Sellers Are Talk of CourtNew York Times1 second ago

  In an argument studded with references to spring break and hot dog vendors, the Supreme Court struggled with whether the Florida Supreme Court violated the Constitution’s takings clause.

• FPL critics host town hall meetingSun-Sentinel10 hours ago

  Environmental and community activists are holding a meeting next week to oppose Florida Power & Light's plans to build two new nuclear reactors at its Turkey Point plant and high voltage power lines that would go through existing South Florida parks and neighborhoods.

• Backers foresee economic benefitsFlorida Today1 second ago

  MELBOURNE — Research parks, if developed steadily and properly, can provide an economic jolt to the communities where they are located.

• Southwest Florida Business Briefs: Nov. 30, 2009Naples Daily News3 days ago

  APPOINTMENTSSteve Dorcy, a hotelier with 30 years experience managing four- and five-star independent resorts, has been named general manager of the newly upgraded Inn at Pelican Bay in North Naples. Prior to his appointment, Dorcy served as general manager of the Marriott Hotel in St. Petersburg where he and his team achieved the highest guest service scores for the state of Florida in 2009 ...

• Recognizing Quiet CourageThe Gainesville Sun1 second ago

  By CLEVELAND TINKER Special to the Guardian An oral history lesson about how people from all walks of life worked to end the rule of Jim Crow locally and across the U.S. was given by four North Florida women, while a 17-year-old Waldo girl read her essay about what the legacy of a giant from the civil rights movement means to her.

• Beachfront Property Rights May Be Backed by U.S. Supreme CourtBloomberg12 hours ago

  Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court considered bolstering the rights of oceanfront property owners, as justices questioned a Florida program that protects against erosion by adding sand and creating new strips of public beach.

• Student art makes its way to City HallFSView1 second ago

  The Council on Culture and Arts (COCA) and the City of Tallahassee’s Parks and Recreation Department is currently presenting the Winter Festival Youth Art Exhibit. In conjunction with the Winter Festival held every year, the exhibit went up Nov. 1, and will stay open to the public until Jan.7, 2010.