City council votes, development, public safety, infrastructure, charter, and municipal finance coverage for Palm Bay, Florida.
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A feel-good May event exposes a policy contradiction that Palm Bay and Brevard Public Schools have both signed their names to, and neither has fixed. FOIA records show elementary schools with official hazardous-walking-condition designations on the same arterials kids are being told to ride.
Starting April 12, drivers lose two left-turn options on Malabar Road between San Filippo and I-95. The 12-month closure is part of a $10M FDOT study aimed at permanently reshaping one of Palm Bay's busiest corridors.
P&Z approved Everlands West 4-1, but the concurrency conditions on police, fire, and transportation may be harder to satisfy than the vote was to get. Council takes it up April 16.
Pickleball courts approved 21 months ago still aren't built. The master plan is on hold. And residents are asking why.
Four structural gaps in Florida's school concurrency system let Palm Bay developments proceed despite school capacity concerns.
Three ordinances split departments, a federal arbitrage obligation comes due, and residents press council on bus service failures.
After council killed Lotus Palm 5-0 last month, Palm Bay's Planning and Zoning Board made clear that public safety deficits are no longer just a talking point. They're a denial criteria.
Palm Bay's third public feedback session on the Land Development Code rewrite covers Community Development. The Palm Bayer looked at what six other Florida cities already require.
Palm Bay can’t keep its workforce seats filled. Housing costs are a big reason.
A 19-year-old Indialantic man is charged with abusing and concealing a body. The victim he's connected to spent years on Florida's sex offender registry. The question no one has answered is how they knew each other.
A $7.4 million facility replaces a station demolished in 2022, restoring coverage to one of the city’s most underserved areas and setting the blueprint for future fire stations citywide.
A 1,346-acre property in SW Brevard County just filed its first environmental permit for 2,000-plus homes. The land sits outside Palm Bay’s city limits but is legally guaranteed Palm Bay utilities.