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What you need to know about Florida today
› Residents of historically Black Florida town sue to stop land sale
One of the first historically Black towns in the U.S. is suing the local school board to stop the sale of land that is tied up with Florida’s legacy of racial segregation decades ago and the state’s fast-paced growth nowadays. An association dedicated to the preservation of the town of Eatonville’s cultural history last Friday sued the Orange County School Board in an effort to stop the sale of the 100-acre property where the Robert Hungerford Preparatory High School once stood.
› Miami-Dade waste, recycling programs to operate at loss
Florida’s Miami-Dade County has renewed contracts with three companies to ensure continued waste collection and recycling services, but the county’s department of solid waste management will operate at a $17 million loss over the next two years as a result. The county recently approved contract extensions with Houston-based WM; Woodlands, Texas-based Waste Connections; and Coastal Waste & Recycling, Boca Raton, Florida, to handle its recycling and waste hauling.
› Tampa Bay waited long for Major League Baseball. Here’s the story.
The Tampa Bay region was zero for 7 in its chase for a Major League Baseball team before the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays began playing in 1998. Count them. There were failed efforts to relocate the Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners and San Francisco Giants, and then a presumed National League expansion team that went elsewhere. This was baseball in Tampa and St. Petersburg in the 1980s and early 1990s.
› Talkin’ Tacos bringing South Florida vibe to two Jacksonville locations
Just three years after moving from a food truck into three brick-and-mortar locations in South Florida, Talkin’ Tacos is coming to Jacksonville. The first franchise location is expected to open in the second quarter of 2023 at 1300 Beach Blvd. in Jacksonville Beach. The location is the former Mini Bar Donuts shop, which closed in February.
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