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ST. LUCIE WEST • TRADITION
YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 4/ISSUE 8
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
City Council nods to new office building in Tradition
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2015
Christmas flash mob
Ashley Gerheart joined the staff of Renaissance Charter School of St. Lucie West with a holiday themed flash mob to surprise the students at their music assembly before finishing their last day before Christmas break. The staff had several rehearsals and tight lips to keep the secret from the students.
Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
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TRADITION — With an expanding hospital comes an increasing need for more doctors and support businesses. The Port St. Lucie City Council nodded, at its Dec. 14 meeting, to move forward on the construction of a 65,000-square foot medical office by Tradition Medical Center. “It builds on the recent roof-breaking we had at the hospital,” Mayor Greg Oravec said. He added, “(Healthcare) will be the economic engine in Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County and indeed the Treasure Coast for years
Mitch Kloorfain chief photographer
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Artists seek their canvas in PSL Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
pmccallister@YourVoiceWeekly.com
ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Daniel Holbrook, assistant city manager, painted an inspiring picture about the city’s recent Art Talk. At the last regular meeting, Dec. 14, Holbrook gave the City Council an update on his meeting with local artists in November to
discuss expanding display venues, creating events and establishing an art hub. Holbrook said the meeting got him noticing that there are lots of places the city could display art and host events. “We have space,” he said at the meeting. “We have canvas space in the city, and it’s under-utilized.” Several area artists approached the city with the idea of hosting a
meeting to discuss tapping more city facilities and resources to display and sell their work. Holbrook said almost 40 showed to the meeting, and he was astonished at the number and quality of ideas they had. “They’re living here and doing what they love,” he said. “Some fulltime. Some part-time. They wanted the city to create something.”
Linda Bartz said artists necessarily have many creative ideas. “I don’t know why you’re surprised,” she said at the meeting. “You get a group of artists together and the ideas flow, sometimes from left field.” Councilman Ron Bowen said there are few things that add energy to a city than giving artists
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