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Cindy Meadows not running
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Bob Hudson
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The Seabreeze Jazz Festival had signed a contract to relocate before I spoke with the Commission. That has been reported in the media a number of times.
The real issue that needs to be addressed is the lack of suitable venues that would provide an opportunity for such events.
The issue has once again been highlighted by the County Commission on Tuesday evening when Commissionner Meadows placed 3 conditions on the Seaside Jazz Festival. All three are directed at the lack of parking and safety issues associated with the events outgrowing the venue and the lack of a sutible venue for such events.
We need a healthy economic climate here. Tourism pays a majority of the bills in Walton County.
We have been permenant residents for 7 years. I first came here 42 years ago when a Beach house was a 30 x 30 concrete block building, you drove to Destin to buy groceries and 30-A was truly scenic.
The real issue that needs to be addressed is the lack of suitable venues that would provide an opportunity for such events.
The issue has once again been highlighted by the County Commission on Tuesday evening when Commissionner Meadows placed 3 conditions on the Seaside Jazz Festival. All three are directed at the lack of parking and safety issues associated with the events outgrowing the venue and the lack of a sutible venue for such events.
We need a healthy economic climate here. Tourism pays a majority of the bills in Walton County.
We have been permenant residents for 7 years. I first came here 42 years ago when a Beach house was a 30 x 30 concrete block building, you drove to Destin to buy groceries and 30-A was truly scenic.
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rapunzel
Beach Fanatic
All these references to a "suitable venue" are starting to scare me. What type of venue are you envisioning?
And what is so wrong with having events within the communities? If the laws are so inconsistent with the whole New Urban vision of Seaside, maybe the laws need to be changed instead of the great little festivals.
And what is so wrong with having events within the communities? If the laws are so inconsistent with the whole New Urban vision of Seaside, maybe the laws need to be changed instead of the great little festivals.
Bob Hudson
Beach Fanatic
My we are up late.
In reality what I am trying to say is simply that we need to seek out and develop places that can accomodate the large crowds that attend. People want to have a good time at such events. Pat and I have attended the event everyone is talking about 4 times in the past seven years. The attendance has grown each year but the available parking has not.
Why have we not as a community purchased a parcel and developed it and then marketed many other events for local residents and visitors? Would now be the time when land prices have fallen dramatically to acquire a large parcel for such use. Everyone enjoys having things to do, be they a "full-time" resident of "tourist."
There is really nothing "unsuitable" about Gulf Place or Seaside in terms of holding such events there other than the lack of parking. The available area within those properties by nature suggest some limit on the size of the crowd.
I am actually for more of these events.
I "understand" their economic value to our economy.
The current WC "Sound" ordinance actually has a provision for exemptions to the 60 decibel level. They must simply show how they are addressing the safety issues such as parking and then they can ask for an exemption to that low level. Maybe the current events and sound ordinances do need to be addressed. The commission took the first step to do that when they asked the staff to come forward with recomendations that provided for different sizes of events at Tuesday's meeting.
In reality what I am trying to say is simply that we need to seek out and develop places that can accomodate the large crowds that attend. People want to have a good time at such events. Pat and I have attended the event everyone is talking about 4 times in the past seven years. The attendance has grown each year but the available parking has not.
Why have we not as a community purchased a parcel and developed it and then marketed many other events for local residents and visitors? Would now be the time when land prices have fallen dramatically to acquire a large parcel for such use. Everyone enjoys having things to do, be they a "full-time" resident of "tourist."
There is really nothing "unsuitable" about Gulf Place or Seaside in terms of holding such events there other than the lack of parking. The available area within those properties by nature suggest some limit on the size of the crowd.
I am actually for more of these events.
I "understand" their economic value to our economy.
The current WC "Sound" ordinance actually has a provision for exemptions to the 60 decibel level. They must simply show how they are addressing the safety issues such as parking and then they can ask for an exemption to that low level. Maybe the current events and sound ordinances do need to be addressed. The commission took the first step to do that when they asked the staff to come forward with recomendations that provided for different sizes of events at Tuesday's meeting.
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