Members of the St. Augustine community aren’t giving up their fight against proposed plans to change the landscape of Anastasia State Park.
Local NewsA peaceful protest took place at Anastasia State Park to oppose the proposed development by the Department of Environmental Protection.On Monday afternoon, a group is holding a “Letter Writing Party” to write letters, create posters and continue to organize against changes that would affect nine parks across Florida.The State of Florida wants to bring lodges of up to 350 rooms, pickleball courts, disc golf courses and golf courses to the St. Augustine park.
News4JAX reached out to the Department of Environmental Protection to get to the bottom of who is behind the “Great Outdoor Initiative,” but so far there are more questions than answers. In a social media post on Friday, FLDEP appeared to defend the plan for Anastasia State Park, saying building a new park lodge “will provide a new community space, and offer an opportunity to rehabilitate a borrow pit left over from a former road construction project before the park was acquired.”Ariel Schiller joined the News4Jax team as an evening reporter in September of 2023. She comes to Jacksonville from Tallahassee where she worked at ABC27 as a Weekend Anchor/Reporter for 10 months.
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