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Wednesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Managers behind Sarasota’s The Bay want to hear from you
Plans for The Bay project — what promises to be one of the most impactful redevelopments in the region on one of Southwest Florida’s most valuable pieces of real estate — continue to move forward and evolve, and members of the nonprofit behind the proposal for the site, now home to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and other amenities, want to hear from members of the public.
› Growth raising need to manage St. Johns River’s water, lawmakers told
Bustling population growth will increase the potential to strain the St. Johns River’s health and will make smarter use of the region’s water more important, Florida lawmakers were told during a forum on the river Monday. “Right along the St. Johns, 200 people a day are moving in. ... We’ve got some challenges,” said Tony Carvajal, executive vice president of the business-led Florida Chamber Foundation.
› Filling in downtown Miami’s FEC boat slip could cost $232M. Will the city go for it anyway?
For years, politicians and developers have coveted the historic FEC boat slip that brings Biscayne Bay into downtown Miami’s Maurice A. Ferré Park as a prime candidate for reclamation — that is, to be filled in to create valuable land where today there’s only murky water and the occasional docked tall ship or superyacht.
› Olive Garden fights off social media boycott, says it hasn’t donated to Trump
Olive Garden has taken to social media to fend off calls for a boycott of the restaurant over what it calls false information that the company is helping to fund President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. “We don’t know where this information came from, but it is incorrect,” Olive Garden posted on Twitter in response to someone calling for a boycott of the restaurant chain. “Our company does not donate to presidential candidates.”
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