COVER STORY
As usual, dogs and owners like to go their separate ways at the Lyngate Dog Park, one of three in the city.
Boys and Girls Club of St. Lucie County was able to operate
its Port St. Lucie Summer Camp-A-Thon by transforming
the main room of the MidFlorida Credit Union Event Center.
Using pipe and drapes to meet CDC rules, the main room
was converted into 23 different age-specific rooms. The art
gallery is now a game room.
“Our organization was ready to serve hundreds of youths
this summer, but we were in need of a safe facility,” chief executive
officer Will Armstead says. “The City of Port St. Lucie
and the event center staff worked diligently to come up with a
plan for us to serve youths beginning May 11. Without this facility,
we would not have been able to open so early and offer
working parents an affordable, safe option for their children.”
Armstead praised the collaborative effort between his organization
and the city.
“This embodies how a true partnership can provide
recovery to a community,” he says. “The city’s innovative
approach has converted this beautiful facility into a club to
offer academic success, a healthy lifestyle and lessons in good
citizenship to children in Port St. Lucie.”
Since it closed in March, the 100,000-square-foot building
— formerly known as the Port St. Lucie Civic Center — was
deep-cleaned, sanitized and the interior painted. Repairs
were made and LED lighting was installed.
ADJUSTMENTS MADE
Freedom Fest fireworks at the Event Center east of U.S. 1
will be held in the same location, but officials are planning
for what may look like a drive-in movie event. The Treasure
Coast Business Summit is set for Aug. 20.
The St. Lucie Mets 2020 season has been delayed indefinitely.
The New York Mets announced at the end of May they
would pay their minor league players through June. No summer
events are scheduled for Clover Park, which has been
closed since March 23.
County workers are overseeing maintenance and completion
of construction items for the stadium. Officials are looking
at other opportunities to use Clover Park if baseball does
not return this summer.
Club Med Sandpiper Bay has made several adjustments
before reopening to the public. The all-inclusive resort’s restaurants
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have done away with their famous lunch and dinner
buffets, replacing them with an a la cart menu delivered
to tables.
St. Lucie County beaches are open after some closures during
the quarantine. E
This youngster is getting a one-on-one tennis lesson at Lyngate Park, one of
81 tennis courts in the City of Port St. Lucie.