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MLK Committee spotlights outstanding local businesses
In 2018, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Chattahoochee, Florida, Inc. (MLK, Jr. Committee) initiated a groundbreaking program aimed at enhancing the long-term viability of local businesses in the City of Chattahoochee. The program, called the Support our LOcal Businesses Initiative – commonly referred to as the nationwide “S.L.O.B. Initiative” – was…
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Neighbors helping neighbors
New fixture on downtown streetscape lets Chattahoochee help Chattahoochee Thanks to a unique new addition to the downtown Chattahoochee streetscape, it’s easier than ever for Chattahoochee-ites to help Chattahoochee-ites. As part of its self-described mission to “address food insecurity” in Chattahoochee and surrounding communities, Leadership Tallahassee, Class 34, has installed a “Help Shelf” downtown at…
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Divided council approves Final Fridays beer sales
3-2 vote allows beer sales at Final Fridays Despite heated objections from members of the audience, as well as Mayor Christopher Moultry, the Chattahoochee city council voted 3-2 to allow beer sales at the city-sponsored Chattahoochee Main Street “Final Fridays” events this year. Final Fridays public gatherings are held at the last Friday of the…
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Chattahoochee pursuing $2.1 million for downtown redevelopment
The Chattahoochee City Council voted unanimously this past Tuesday to hire a company to help it secure some $2 million through the federal “New Market Tax Credit” program. Council members also gave the nod to plans, explained by city manager Robert Presnell, to use the $2 million to improve the Chattahoochee RV Park and revitalize…
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Florida State Hospital employees press legislators for hazard pay, risk benefits
Asserting the risks their jobs entail, Florida State Hospital and Sunland employees traveled to Tallahassee this past week to lobby state legislators for hazard pay and additional protections as provided for in a proposed bill currently being mulled over in the state house of representatives. If passed, House Bill 803 would reclassify 1,800 workers at…
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Chattahoochee electric customers complain of higher bills since “storm recovery fee” implemented
There was a public uproar in Chattahoochee this past week over the city’s newly-imposed “storm recovery fee,” tacked on to city electric bills to help pay for Hurricane Michael cleanup, according to city officials. At a Chattahoochee City Council meeting earlier this month, multiple residential customers of city-owned electric utility complained of oppressively higher electric…
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Sneads council welcomes new town attorney
Sneads town council members welcomed their new attorney at the regular meeting for March, held this past Tuesday night. She is Josefina “Josie” M. Tamayo of the John Reid law firm in Tallahassee. She was hired at $125 per hour, with a retainer fee of $1,250, according to the 5-0 council vote in February….
