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Residents of the upscale Grand Palm community in Venice, where one home currently is listed for sale at $855,000, have access to a resort-style swimming pool with a water slide, miles of hiking and biking trails, a children’s splash pad and basketball, tennis, bocce ball and volleyball courts. Grand Palm property owners and family members also were offered special access to the COVID-19 vaccine through a pop-up clinic in Charlotte County organized by Grand Palm developer Neal Communities, according to emails obtained by the Herald-Tribune. Grand Palm’s inclusion in the clinic has not been previously disclosed. The community was not mentioned in a statement provided to the Herald-Tribune by Neal Communities Tuesday that listed six communities offered the vaccine through the clinic, including the Boca Royale Golf & Country Club development in Englewood where some homes are worth more than $1 million. ....
Emails from the organizers of a COVID-19 vaccine pop-up clinic in Charlotte County raise more questions about the fairness of vaccine distribution in Florida after Gov. Ron DeSantis allowed politically-connected private developers to dole out the life-saving drug to residents of their upscale communities, bypassing systems set up to ensure equitable access to vaccines. Whether it’s through a random lottery or a system that gives people a digital place in line based on when they sign up for the vaccine, Florida counties have tried to distribute vaccines without favoritism. But the emails from employees of private developer Neal Communities provide further evidence of how some Florida residents in affluent areas have been allowed to cut in line. They show how the developer offered the vaccine to homeowners in the upscale Boca Royale Golf & Country Club community, their family members and members of the community’s semi-private club, essentially turning the vaccine into a ....