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Kaycee Lagarde, klagarde@pnj.com Published 2:41 p.m. CT Oct. 23, 2015 | Updated 2:28 p.m. CT Oct. 26, 2015
The South Santa Rosa Canton Tourist Development Commune has been broadcast to accommodate the breadth south of the Yellow River and east of the Blackwater River and Blackwater Bay. The commune ahead alone went as far arctic as the East Bay River.(Photo: Special to the News Journal)
A recent expansion of the South Santa Rosa Canton Tourist Development Commune could draw commercial advance to the Highway 87 corridor, through adorning the breadth acceptance Sunday booze sales in the south end of the county.
The Canton Commission voted Thursday to accommodate the breadth south of the Yellow River and east of the Blackwater River and Blackwater Bay in the tourism district, which ahead alone went as far arctic as the East Bay River.
Once the change to the canton authorization is allowable into law, it will acquiesce booze sales in the broadcast Tourist Development District from 7 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. every day of the week, including Sundays. The amend could booty up to 10 canicule to go into effect.
The amplification provides a cogent befalling for bartering advance in the Holley-Navarre area, said Santa Rosa Canton Economic Development Director Shannon Ogletree, acceptance restaurants to action a abounding card seven canicule a week.
“When a restaurant is aggravating to accept a location, they’re aggravating to actuate a breadth that will accomplish it the better accumulation centermost they can accomplish it,” Ogletree said. “And if you don’t exclude one day of sales, that makes it a stronger case for that restaurant to locate there.”
Ogletree said he doesn't apperceive of any specific businesses considering the area, but with abiding citizenry and residential advance in the Navarre area, he expects the bartering development to follow.
“I anticipate you will see some restaurants as we get the chat out, and as developers and restaurant owners apprehend this is an befalling here,” Ogletree said.
The Tourist Development Commune amplification comes afterwards the canton voted aftermost ages to adjust booze auction hours amid Navarre Bank and the mainland. Booze sales were ahead added bound on the acreage than on the beach, accustomed from 7 a.m. to midnight Monday through Saturday and apex to midnight on Sundays.
Sunday booze sales are not permitted in arctic Santa Rosa County, including the burghal of Milton and boondocks of Jay.
Commissioner Rob Williamson, whose commune includes the Holley-Navarre area, said the change is a accustomed progression of advance in south Santa Rosa County, decidedly with the four-laning of State Road 87 expected to accomplishment in bounce 2017.
“While we abide to attending for means to abound tourism throughout the county, Highway 87 is the aperture to our tourism on Navarre Bank and Santa Rosa County,” Williamson said.
The ambition of extending the booze auction hours and addition the Tourist Development Commune is not to animate late-night drinking, Williamson said, but to adjust opportunities for restaurants to develop.
Williamson said at atomic one restaurateur is eyeing the 87 aisle as a abeyant location, and he hopes added absorption will be generated with the booze action changes.
“Decisions like this accommodate a akin arena field, creating the altitude that will attract businesses to appear to Santa Rosa County,” Williamson said. “It sends a bright bulletin that Santa Rosa Canton is accessible for business.”
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