Publix Goes for Expansion Allowed by New Code Changes

By Mike Lednovich Just days after the city commission voted to change the City Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code to allow for unlimited sized shopping centers, Publix announced it will demolish its current building and construct a larger grocery store. According to the City Planning Department, both the city and the St. Johns River […]

RYAM documents challenge bioethanol opinion and decision making process

By Mike Lednovich Attorneys for Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) claim the company is being denied “due process” in its bid to build a $50 million bioethanol production plant and that an outside opinion obtained by Fernandina Beach that the facility violates the Land Development Code is not factual and “non-binding.” In a 117-page filing by […]

The Shard among iconic buildings to have anti earthquakes springs made in Cornwall

Some of the biggest and most iconic buildings in the world have been designed to withstand earthquakes with giant springs made in Cornwall. European Springs & Pressings in Penryn, Cornwall, manufactures springs for South Brent based Vexcolt, one of the world’s leading producers of expansion joints and movement control joints. Covering every continent across the […]