St. Lucie Urban Area Development (Port St. Lucie, Palm City: bus, authority, beach)
Port St. Lucie - Sebastian - Vero BeachSt. Lucie, Martin, and Indian River counties (Treasure Coast)
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I'm not mad at additional Chase branches. In other news, home building is beginning to pick up steam on the Treasure Coast. It's just steam though right now but a developer is making plans for a 1,100 home community. There's an article in the TCPalm regarding the housing market: Rise in home market could mean rebound for Treasure Coast economy » TCPalm.com
Some excerpts: "Santos Construction Vice President Don Santos met with Port St. Lucie officials to talk about a multi-year, 1,100-home new development. A house probably wouldn’t be built for at least two years, but it’s the type of conversation that could signal a real return of the housing market."
Found this article in the TCPalm regarding Downtown Stuarts increasingly young crowd. Looks like a gentrification slowly taking hold in our local historic downtowns.
Thanks for the shots of Stuart's "downtown"!!! I wish that area good luck!
Me too. I'm really excited about the Treasure Coasts Downtowns. We really should focus on how to connect them. You're welcome to post any pics of what you see too.
Actually, after looking at those pics I'm thinking I should take a stroll to Ft. Pierce and photograph progress at the Marina. Tradition Medical Center is coming along nicely too.
Me too. I'm really excited about the Treasure Coasts Downtowns. We really should focus on how to connect them. You're welcome to post any pics of what you see too.
I'll definitely be participating here every time I see something. It's been a solo hobby of mine to research new developments in the area. In fact, researching Stuart's downtown is how I found this thread!
I have a lot of confidence that Stuart's and even Ft. Pierce's downtowns will continue to excel. There's a certain charm to each of them that's really unique for the area. I'm more worried about PSL's "downtown" by the Civic Center. First of all, unlike Stuart and FP, there's no water within walking distance. The whole engine for a downtown is to motivate visitors to get out of their cars and to walk around. That adds ambiance to the area and traffic for stores. Even Tradition (where I live) benefits from having a lake. Visitors certainly gravitate towards it, and even I decide to sometimes take the walk to the shops instead of driving 2 mins there. Again, it's part of the charm. And as Tradition continues to fill up, I believe it'll become more of a downtown.
On the other hand, SLW doesn't have that motivation for anyone to walk. It's a very nice area, but there's no cultural center for everything to revolve around. No identity. So even if PSL found a developer to build-out the US1 downtown, if they simply add big box companies, restaurant chains and another movie theater, what's the big deal? Mixing in office buildings isn't going to make it unique.
Like you said, we need to connect the downtowns, not geographically but culturally. First, PSL should build their own "Sunrise/Lyrics" Theatre..maybe the Treasure Theatre, and all three should work together to promote each other and their shows. Second, they should focus on bringing in independent stores and restaurants by being less draconian with building codes. I like the Civic Center being there, it's a great start, but that area can still go either way. On google maps, I see one small "lake" on the property and what looks like land next to it for building. Instead, they need to make that small land some type of small park, add more lighting around the lake, essentially make it much more of a focus for gathering.
I used to play a lot of Sim City as a kid...haha. Unfortunately we can't make it all happen ourselves like in a game, but if we support what we do like and they succeed financially, we do influence!
I'm a big fan of the Treasure Coast Historic Downtowns as well. As far as their viability it's kind of inevitable as most development dollars are being poured back into urban areas. As far as PSL, the downtown location is probably slow to get off the ground but in a few decades I won't be surprised to see it built up and start to gain notoriety. There are big opportunities to activate the river as well and a bridge over the Indian River Lagoon on Walton Rd isn't far fetched either. Ok, I take that back. Right now it may be far fetched but look at basically every city south of us and what they have done. I don't think it's too bizarre to think PSL may one day do the same.
I just wish there was news about the Publix that was supposed to break ground on the west side of I-95 on the Crosstown Expressway. I have seen some activity but not much in the way of signs they are getting after it. We need responsible development in order to recover properly.
Bass Pro Shops seems to be making slow progress and it also looks like there might be some activity starting on other development in the same shoppning center. Only time will tell.
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