Engineers, volunteers restore Piper’s Landing mangrove island Piper’s Landing Yacht & Country Club has launched a community-led restoration of a mangrove island that protects its deep-water yacht basin on the St. Lucie River. The island, which has experienced decades of erosion, is being rebuilt with long-term shoreline protection and thousands of new mangrove plants. While a [...]
Help Shape the Future of Downtown Stuart Stuart Main Street , in partnership with the City of Stuart, is seeking broad community feedback regarding the future use of the current City Hall property. A key component of this process is determining the best and highest use of the existing City Hall site and how it can contribute [...]
Now Open: 2026 FPRA Mural Program applications The Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency is now accepting applications from property owners interested in adding a professionally installed mural to their building in 2026. This year, the program has expanded to include the entire FPRA district, with eligible areas including South Beach, Fisherman’s Wharf, Downtown, Lincoln Park, and [...]
The Garcia Companies to bring Seminole Inn to historic glory The Seminole Inn, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has recently been acquired by The Garcia Companies in a bid to return the site to its historic significance and build upon the thoughtful growth of the Village of Indiantown. The Inn, owned and [...]
St. Lucie County among metro areas that experienced population declines during COVID are bouncing back Population growth in U.S. metro areas as a whole was faster between 2023 and 2024 than in the previous year and outpaced that of the nation. Additionally, some metro areas that experienced population declines during the COVID-19 pandemic are now observing [...]
The ominous sound of a Code Blue alarm sends student nurses flying to a patient’s bedside in the simulated hospital on Indian River State College’s Port St. Lucie campus. They gather around the bed, working swiftly to save the “patient” who is struggling to breathe after a heart attack