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Massive Freedom Beacon Tech Park to bring more businesses, housing and traffic to north end of Fort Walton Beach

Massive Freedom Beacon Tech Park to bring more businesses, housing and traffic to north end of Fort Walton Beach

Drake, R-Eucheeanna, introduced the amendment Thursday, the day the bill was scheduled to have been considered before the entire state House. It is now slated to be heard Tuesday. State Sen. George Gainer, R-Panama City, said he suggested changing the bill language after speaking to Drake and Freeport Mayor Russ Barley. In a Friday email, Barley said he had spoken to Gainer but did not indicate that he taken a firm stance either for or against making changes to the existing city ordinance, which was passed in 1980.  "The City Council has not discussed the issue at hand and I did speak wit...

Developer Jay Odom seeks legislature's help to change Freeport alcohol sales ordinance © FILE PHOTO/DAILY NEWS Hammock Bay FREEPORT — Developer Jay Odom wants to bring a little taste of The Villages to Walton County, but to do so he's going to have to find a way around a city ordinance that restricts the sale of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of a school. He has suggested changing two state laws to accomplish his goal, and enlisted the assistance of Walton County State Rep. Brad Drake to help him move a local bill through the Florida House. © FILE PHOTO/DAILY NEWS Jay Odom po...

OKALOOSA ISLAND — A local developer and a Niceville physician are teaming up to sponsor a free holiday dinner on Christmas Day for local active-duty military personnel who won't be able to go home for the holidays. Operation Holiday Cheer is sponsored by developer Jay Odom, whose projects include Uptown Station in Fort Walton Beach, and the mixed-use residential Hammock Bay community in Freeport. Serving as a sponsor along with Odom is Dr. Garry Banks, a family medicine specialist practicing in Niceville.  The buffet dinner for troops is scheduled from 2-3:30 p.m. in the Aruba Ballroom...