Hotel Looking at 2025
Matt Braun with Braun Hospitality says that they are at the halfway point towards their goal of 4.75 million dollars to fully fund the Wyndham Microtel on Quince Street. To date they have commitments from 9 investors at 2.33 million dollars. Braun says there are about 15 more investors that they are currently vetting and believe that all the funds will soon be secured with construction beginning early next year.
“We’re still anticipating groundbreaking February/March of 2025 and expect to be submitting for permit in January in order to make that happen.”
There is a lapsing land use permit that will expire in the month of September and Braun says they are resubmitting paperwork to have that use extended. The length of time it has taken to get everything in place has been longer than expected according to Braun but that things are finally coming together.
Charter School Contract Signed
The steps toward a charter school in Florence continue to move forward as the contract between 97j and Whitmore Classical Academy was signed yesterday. According to the charter schools board president, Kay King they will be ready for the 2025/2026 school year. They are currently in process of finding someone to head the school.
Vintage Trailer Showing
If you yearn for the glamor of yesteryear there will be another meeting of the Vintage Trailer community on September 28th. the return of the Goin with the flow vintage Trailer community Open House will be at the Heceta Beach Rv Park on Saturday the 28th and will welcome onlookers beginning at noon. Terry Hankins and her husband Dan are coordinators of the event and Terry says they like Florence for the event because of the variety of antiquing, thrifting and garage sales. Some of the expected classics will be a 1960’s Streamline and a 1957 Spartan mansion. The event is free and open to the public.
Holiday Healthy Eating
It is still a few weeks away and the holidays are even further off, but it is never too early to experiment and test your holiday menu. The Florence 7th Day Adventist church on Highway 101 will be holding a recipe tasting with recipes and easy tips for healthy eating over the holidays. The event will be on October 13th at 2pm at the church. There will be free samples, recipes and more available. They do request that you register for the event so they know how many people to expect. You can register by emailing lindasveggies@gmail.com.
