- March 3, 2025
Bunnell Elementary School may soon get its own sidewalk, as well as additional parking, outdoor pavilions and restrooms.
The Flagler County Board of County Commissions voted unanimously in a commission meeting Oct. 7 to approve a $250,000 contract with CPH Inc., a firm commissioned to design the new facilities and a paved trail that would encircle the school and connect to a nearby park.
“This is a complicated project because it involves a lot of outdated, improper draining, pre-permitted drainage,” County Administrator Craig Coffey said at the meeting.
“All the ditches around Bunnell Elementary are outdated. There’s going to be a whole drainage, storm water component of this,” he said. “We’re building a restroom, too.”
The Bunnell Elementary Trails Project was initiated by Bunnell, but the county’s engineering department is involved as well. The $250,000 for the CPH Inc. contract comes from federal grant funding.
Palm Coast Historical Society receives county grant for new visitor center
The Palm Coast Historical Society, which finally found a permanent home in Holland Park this year after years of bouncing around temporary housing, will receive $1,952 from the county to upgrade its new digs.
“The historical society finally has a place to stay, and it’s in Holland Park,” Palm Coast Historical Society Director Bill Venne said at an Oct. 7 Flagler County Commission meeting. “We’ll be furbishing it. It’s not only a place for the historical society workers to work and put a myriad of information together, but it will be a visitor center, an information center for anybody in Palm Coast.”
The County Commission voted unanimously Monday to approve the $1,952 Tourist Development Fund grant.
The Historical Society passed through a number of temporary homes in recent years, including a room at Matanzas High School and the Palm Coast Community Center, before finding permanent home at Holland Park, off Florida Park Drive.
