Share From apartment complexes in walkable neighborhoods to single-family homes, Douglas Property and Development aims to create more housing options for residents by: Emily Blackwood
It’s no secret that Palm Coast is slowly, but surely, becoming a more popular place to live.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the population in Flagler County grew by 20.3% (or 115,000 people) between 2010 and 2019, and even during a global pandemic, 240,256 people still moved to Florida in 2020. If these trends tell us anything, it’s that Palm Coast will need to provide more housing and fast to keep up with incoming residents.
In addition to bringing more medical jobs and larger educational institutions to the city, Douglas Property & Development President Jeff Douglas knows that ample housing is another necessary piece of the economic puzzle.
Share By adding facilities from Jacksonville University and the University of North Florida, Town Center will retain young talent and provide necessary medical care to older residents. by: Emily Blackwood, Contributing Writer
Even before a global pandemic, there was an increasing need for health care workers. A 2018 report from global health care staffing consultancy Mercer determined that the U.S. needs to hire 2.3 million new health care workers by 2025 to meet the demand of its aging population.
In Florida which has the second-highest percentage of residents 65 and older, according to the Population Reference Bureau the need is felt even stronger. A 2020 study from RegisteredNursing.org found that Florida will have the “highest disparity of nursing supply and demand” by 2030, lacking over 57,000 nurses.
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Two builders Paytas Homes and Toll Brothers have bought land worth over $6 million in Town Center, and permits are also being submitted to the city of Palm Coast for what will be known as the Entertainment District, according to Jeff Douglas, of Douglas Property and Development.
The red area in the distance is the location of the property purchased by Paytas Homes. The land bought by Toll Brothers is located just to the left. Courtesy image
Paytas
Paytas Homes already has a presence in Palm Coast; the company developed 380 single-family homes in Hidden Lakes, which is essentially sold out. The company recently bought Tract 19 in Town Center for $3.06 million and plans to build 200 homes (in sections of 25 at a time). Ground will break in the third quarter of 2021, according to CEO Jim Paytas Jr.
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The collection of contact information at restaurants became mandatory in Nova Scotia in late November, meaning restaurants have had to write down the names and phone numbers of everyone who has visited as a way to trace possible COVID-19 exposures.(Colin Butler/CBC News)
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The Northern Pulp mill in Abercrombie Point, N.S., closed last January. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
A boom in lumber sales and pandemic relief funding has softened the blow of Northern Pulp s closure nearly one year ago, but the head of Forest Nova Scotia says the reprieve won t last. There is the fear of that false floor falling out from underneath us and us feeling the true impact to the sector, Jeff Bishop told CBC s
Mainstreet on Wednesday. His group advocates on behalf of the forestry industry.
He said he s thankful record-high lumber prices during the pandemic have allowed sawmills like Elmsdale Lumber to stay afloat during a very uncertain year. Without that silver lining, many sawmills in the province would likely have been forced to close down, he said.