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Palm Bay recipients among those who won Prestigious Scholarships

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Dr. Carlo Rodriguez Scholarships awarded based on academic accomplishments and financial need.

 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (July 22, 2022) – Ten Florida charter high school graduates have been named recipients of the 2022 Dr. Carlo Rodriguez Scholarships by the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools (FCPCS).

 

The Dr. Carlo Rodriguez Scholarships are merit-based financial awards of $1,500 each.  They are given to college-bound or technical school-bound recent graduates of Florida charter schools.  The graduates have strong academic records and demonstrate financial need.

 

Dr. Carlo Rodriguez was an education advocate who worked tirelessly to expand quality school choice options for children.  He was the head of the charter school office of Miami-Dade Public Schools and was named to head the Florida Department of Education’s Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice.  He passed away unexpectedly in 2007.

 

Recipients of the 2022 Dr. Carlo Rodriguez Scholarships are:

 

–Aleta Alvin of State College of Florida Collegiate School in Bradenton

–Nayeric Cairo of Pinecrest Preparatory Academy Charter High School in Miami

–Eduardo Diaz of Indian River Charter High School in Vero Beach

–Riley Haley of Pineapple Cove Classical Academy in Palm Bay

–Dionte Hill of San Jose Prep in Jacksonville

–Alyson Stewart of Manatee School for the Arts in Bradenton

–Erick Tovar of Mason Classical Academy in Naples

–Alyssa Wheeler of Pineapple Cove Classical Academy in Palm Bay

–Zachary Williams of Palm Bay Prep Academy in Panama City

–Gabriel Wilson of Manatee School for the Arts in Bradenton

 

The Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools acknowledges the meaningful support it receives for the Dr. Carlo Rodriguez Scholarships Program from EGIS Insurance & Risk Advisors of Boca Raton.  The company sponsored four of the scholarships and is a preferred partner of the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools.  One scholarship is sponsored by Captivated Health of Tampa, another FCPCS preferred partner.  Five of the scholarships are sponsored by FCPCS.

 

“The Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools congratulates all of the winners of the Dr. Carlo Rodriguez Scholarships,” said Robert Haag, President of FCPCS.  “Based on their outstanding charter school achievements, all of them can look forward to excelling in their future educational endeavors.”

 

About the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools

The Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools (FCPCS) is the leading charter school membership association in the state, with a membership of nearly 75 percent of all operating charter schools.  Since its inception in 1999, FCPCS has been dedicated to creating a national model of high quality, accredited public charter schools that are student-centered and performance-driven. FCPCS provides a wide array of technical support, mentoring, training, networking, and purchasing services to its membership, as well as serving as an advocate for all Florida public charter schools.

LOVEWEEK2022

Elevation Church in Melbourne, Florida to host LOVE WEEK

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Hundreds of Elevation Church volunteers are mobilizing to serve the Melbourne/Space Coast community and partner with over
20 different organizations/schools in a nine-day blitz of service and generosity with over 80 events that will total approximately
4000 service hours.

MELBOURNE, FL —Elevation Church Volunteers are eager to get busy during another LOVE Week! It starts this Saturday, July
23th and runs through July 31st.
Hundreds of local volunteers are signed up to collaborate with over 20 different organizations/schools to help with projects
ranging from packing hygiene kits, sorting and packing food for those in need, packing and distributing backpacks full of school
supplies to families with children and so much more.

LOVE Week will offer great photo/video opportunities of volunteers serving with local non-profit partners.
LOVE Week started in 2010 as a Charlotte, North Carolina initiative to serve non-profits and raise awareness about local issues
like poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Volunteers served more than 10,000 hours that first year. 12 years later, partnering with
over 350 nonprofits in 139 different cities including Melbourne, Orlando, Tampa, Charlotte NC, Greenville SC, Columbia SC,
Roanoke VA, Toronto, Canada and many more.
Volunteers will be involved with many organizations like the Salvation Army, Crosswinds Youth Services, Love Inc. of Brevard,
South Brevard Sharing Center, Daily Bread, Sunrise Elementary, Turner Elementary, and many more. We are committed to
making sure every single volunteer has an opportunity to connect and understand how they can personally make an impact in
our community. We invite you to talk with them about their experiences.

For more information on specific Love Week events, please contact Chad Cooper.
Elevation Church in Melbourne is one of 20 Elevation Church locations, which also has campuses in NC, SC, VA and Toronto,
Canada, and is led by Pastor Steven Furtick. Elevation Church currently holds weekly worship experiences at 9:30AM and
11:30AM at Heritage High School in Palm Bay.

 

PALMBAYPD

Last night shooting incidents in Palm Bay

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Palm Bay, Florida- Officers responded to the Marathon gas station on Malabar Rd in reference to a male with a gun shot wound to his hand. The victim was uncooperative on scene and transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. There is no suspect information at this time and the investigation is ongoing. In a separate incident approximately one hour later, Officers responded to the area of Jupiter and Walpole in reference to a male with a gun shot wound to his arm/arm pit area. The victim could not provide much information on scene. He was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. There is no suspect information at this time and the investigation is ongoing. At this time the incidents do not appear to be related but the investigations are still ongoing.
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Prospect Real Estate Development Group $32M apartment project – Palm Bay

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Palm Bay-Prospect Real Estate Development Group announces a $32 million deal to build a 171-unit apartment complex on Dixie Highway in Palm Bay. The project is a joint venture with Advantis Development and Midtown Capital Partners. “Advantis on the Harbor is in a prime location, just a minute away from the beach with easy access to downtown Melbourne,” said Richard G. Zahn, Sr., chairman of Prospect Real Estate Development Group, which has more than $2 billion in commercial, multi-family and single-family projects completed or in progress nationally. “The long list of amenities will make this apartment building a coveted place to live for the flourishing Palm Bay community.” The 171-unit project will include 69 one-bedroom units, 90 two-bedroom units, and 12 three-bedroom units, and will offer many amenities including a fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment, a yoga room, and a spin room, a business center with a lounge and private work booths, a parcel pending room, a community lounge with game room and kitchen, a resort style pool with outdoor kitchens and lounge spaces, a recreation area, a dog park, and a carport and parking garages. Construction is expected to start in early May, 2022 and take about 20 months. BCC Construction, owned and operated by Prospect Real Estate Development Group, is the general contractor.
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Palm Bay Veterans Day Parade Set for November 6

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PALM BAY, FLORIDA – The City of Palm Bay will hold the annual Palm Bay Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, November 6. The parade will step off at 9:00am. Participants and spectators alike are invited to help honor our veterans and their families. 
 
The parade will start at City Hall at 9:00am and head east on Malabar Road to Emerson Drive. It will then head south on Emerson and end at Copley Street SE. There will be viewing areas for the public in the median of Malabar Road as well as along the sidewalk on the south side of Malabar Road. 
 
Malabar Road will be completely closed, in both directions, from Emerson Drive to Minton Road, and Emerson Drive will be closed between Malabar and Grandeur Street. The estimated time of the parade ending is 11:00am. The roads will re-open as soon as barriers and pedestrians are cleared from the roadway and clean-up is complete.
 
Area businesses, veterans groups, and organizations are encouraged to participate in the parade and support our veterans. For information about having an entry in the parade or for more parade info, call the Tony Rosa Community Center at (321) 952-3443 or email Parade@PBFL.org.
 
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PALMBAYPD

Shooting Investigation-Palm Bay

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PALM BAY, FLORIDA – The Palm Bay Police Department is actively investigating a deadly shooting that occurred late Sunday night. Multiple calls of a shooting were reported just before 11:00pm on October 31st. The shooting occurred at the Beehive Lounge located at 2040 Palm Bay Road NE during a Halloween party. Three individuals were struck and transported to a local hospital. One of the victims succumbed to their injuries and was pronounced deceased at the hospital. The other two victims remain hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. All three victims are from Brevard County. No arrests have been made and the victim’s identities are not being released at this time. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477) or contact the Palm Bay Police Department at 321-952-3456.
hubzone

The City of Palm Bay to host HUBZone Webinar in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration

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The City of Palm Bay in Partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration will host a HUBZone webinar on October 7, 2021 at 10:30am. 
 
PALM BAY, FLORIDA – At the March 18th Regular Council Meeting, the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) Senior Area Manager Vince LoPresti joined City leaders for a ceremonial signing of a Strategic Alliance Memorandum to formalize a collaborative effort between the City of Palm Bay and the SBA to strengthen and expand small business development in Palm Bay.
 
The City’s collaborative programming with the SBA kicked off earlier this year with a series of webinars on exporting for businesses, which can be found by visiting https://bit.ly/3Cbs5e9, and will continue with a free webinar on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Program. This webinar will review the criteria and eligibility for businesses seeking to obtain HUBZone Certification and how the certification can help businesses gain preferential access to federal procurement opportunities. 
 
The HUBZone Webinar is scheduled for Thursday, October 7, 2021 from 10:30am to 11:30am. Participants can join the webinar through Microsoft Teams by calling 1 (347) 378-4680; Conference ID: 286667068# or via the webinar link available at: https://bit.ly/3knz0L7.  
 
The SBA and the City of Palm Bay share a common objective to help start, retain, and grow small businesses. The mission of the City includes a focus on growing a diverse local business community and creating job opportunities for citizens.
 
Through this partnership, the City and SBA will work to provide helpful information, resources, training, and events designed to nurture and support small business development. The Strategic Alliance Memorandum seeks to align complimentary services and resources from each organization to provide maximum benefits to the small business community.
 
To stay informed of future programming from the SBA and City of Palm Bay, visit www.pbfl.org/news and subscribe to receive news via email.
 
affordablehousing

Council Approves Plan to Encourage More Affordable Housing Development in the City of Melbourne

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The Melbourne City Council has approved a conceptual plan to make changes to city code that will help reduce costs and provide additional incentives to encourage more affordable housing development in the City of Melbourne.

 

The City of Melbourne currently has many incentives in city code to encourage affordable housing, such as the deferral of impact fees for the development of affordable housing units dependent upon the household income level. However, the need for affordable housing units is great, and Council has set a goal to increase the supply of affordable housing as part of a greater plan to reduce homelessness in the City of Melbourne.

 

The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and City staff recently completed a thorough review of the city’s current affordable housing incentives to determine what was working well and what could be improved. This study led to the following proposed changes to city code that were presented to Council at the September 29, 2021, meeting:

 

  • Allow a carport in lieu of an enclosed garage for single-family units.
  • Reduce required parking for one-bedroom multifamily units to one parking space.
  • Allow all multifamily residential parking spaces to be 10 feet in width.
  • Allow a decrease in the minimum living area for single-family units from 1,000 square feet to:

o   550 square feet for a one-bedroom unit,

o   650 square feet for a two-bedroom unit,

o   800 square feet for a three-bedroom unit, and

o   an additional 100 square feet for any additional bedrooms.

  • Allow accessory dwelling units on lots greater than 14,520 square feet instead of the current one-acre (43,560 square feet) requirement.
  • Reduce building setbacks for multifamily structures over one story in height.
  • Reduce the buffer area requirement for multifamily development from 50 feet to 30 feet and allow an opaque fence instead of a masonry wall when abutting single-family units.
  • Allow single-family infill lots to utilize the affordable housing development standards.
  • Allow residential development within a C-1 zoning district without requiring a conditional use.
  • Remove required thresholds for a minimum number of units in each income level to allow a development to be directed at one or multiple income level thresholds. (City Code currently requires 30% to 40% of the units from all three income categories.)
  • Allow a streamlined occupancy timeline for affordable units: 50% completion of affordable units when the overall development is 50% complete and then 100% completion of affordable units when the development is 100% complete.
  • Provide a minimum affordability timeframe of 20 years for the use of the development standards and to be incorporated into the Land Use Restriction Agreement.

 

Council gave conceptual approval of these changes and directed staff to return with an ordinance for future City Council review. The plan also calls for an allowance for a density bonus for the development of affordable housing units that will need to go to the Department of Economic Opportunity for review before it can be incorporated into city code.

 

For more information:

  • Watch the presentation by Community Development Director Cindy Dittmer and City Council’s discussion during the September, 29, 2021, City Council meeting.
  • Read the agenda memo from the September 29, 2021, City Council meeting.
  • Call Community Development — 321-608-7500 — if you have questions about developing affordable housing in the City of Melbourne.

 

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City of Melbourne Awarded State Grant to Fund Innovative Downtown Stormwater Treatment Project

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City of Melbourne Awarded State Grant to Fund Innovative Downtown Stormwater Treatment Project

he City of Melbourne has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Green Stormwater Infrastructure Program to fund a new stormwater treatment project that will transform existing landscaped features in Downtown Melbourne to planted landscaped boxes that can capture and clean polluted stormwater. In addition to keeping polluted stormwater out of the Indian River Lagoon, the project will help alleviate standing water that remains in the curbs after heavy rains.

 

The new treatment boxes will be installed within existing landscaped islands on the corner of New Haven Avenue and Municipal Lane and on the corner of New Haven Avenue and Vernon Place. Stormwater will be diverted into the boxes from the curb and filtered through layers of vegetation and treatment media.

 

The project will include use of two types of media, including a new media not previously used in the state of Florida. After the project is constructed, a team from the University of Florida will study and monitor the effectiveness of the different types of treatment media used. Results may help determine which type of media is most effective in removing pollutants, such as excess hydrocarbons, that are a particular problem in urban commercial areas like Downtown Melbourne. Lessons learned could help inform future projects in similar areas statewide.

 

The $200,000 grant will be used to construct the boxes. The City will contribute $25,000 for design and surveying services. Construction is expected to begin in Spring 2022. 

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$50 Rebates Available for Installing Home Water-saving Features in Melbourne

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The City of Melbourne is offering $50 rebates to homeowners who install the following water-saving features in their homes:

 

Rain Barrels

Residential water customers who reside within the city limits of Melbourne are eligible to participate in the city’s rain barrel rebate program. Qualifying customers will receive one $50 rebate for installing a new 40-gallon or larger rain barrel. A rain barrel can save approximately 1,300 gallons of water during peak summer months. Rain barrels also help protect the Indian River Lagoon by reducing the amount of rainwater entering the stormwater system. More information about the Rain Barrel Rebate program is available on the city’s website.

 

High-Efficiency Toilets

All City of Melbourne residential water customers who get their water bill directly from the city can receive a $50 rebate for replacing a toilet that was installed before 1994 with a new WaterSense certified high-efficiency toilet (flush rate of 1.28 gallons or less). A family of four replacing a toilet from the 1980s could expect to save approximately 25,000 gallons of water per year by installing a new WaterSense toilet.

For more information, visit the city’s website.

 

Composters
Residential customers who live within the city limits of Melbourne can receive up to a $50 rebate for purchasing and installing a composter that has at least a 30-gallon capacity. Adding compost to your landscaping creates healthier soil that retains water and nutrients better and reduces the need for increased lawn irrigation and the use of fertilizers that can wash into stormdrains and pollute the Indian River Lagoon. More information about composting and the Composter Rebate Program is available on the City of Melbourne website.

 

How to Apply for a Rebate

Rebate application packets are available by calling the Environmental Community Outreach (ECO) Division at 321-608-5080 or e-mailing rebates@mlbfl.org. Rebates will be available until budgeted rebate funds are depleted or until September 30, 2022, whichever comes first. Only one rebate will be provided per account and/or per address with the same resident throughout the duration of the City’s rebate programs.

 

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