Entries by Toby Tobin

Press Release Announcing WCI Communities Buyout Offer was a Hoax

The story precipitated a 29% increase in WCI stock today before the hoax was uncovered. Palm Coast, Florida – July 21, 2008 – Over the weekend several media offices in Southwest Florida received a faxed press release purportedly from WCI Communities WCI is one of Florida’s largest builders of luxury homes and condominiums and the developer of […]

Flagler County Candidates to Debate during Online “Town Hall”

Voters Will Have Unprecedented Access To Discuss Issues With Candidates. Palm Coast, Florida – July 18, 2008 – The Internet meets politics in Palm Coast, Florida. As in the past, local candidates trek to various groups and organizations to present their platforms. Such forums are useful but limited by time, group size, and location. For the first time in […]

Palm Coast and Flagler County Host Growing Greener Workshop

Presented by Randall Arendt, renowned landscape planner and author. The workshop is free and open to the public. Palm Coast, Florida – July 18, 2008 – Higher energy costs and increased environmental awareness have combined to spur "green" development, building, and landscaping practices. The City of Palm Coast and Flagler County, in cooperation with the […]

Palm Coast not on the Starbucks List of 616 Stores Slated to Close

Fears that the Palm Coast Starbucks store may close are groundless. Palm Coast, Florida – July 18, 2008 – Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee released a list of 616 company-owned stored slated to be closed by the first half of 2009. The closings coincide with plans to eliminate 12,000 jobs. Starbuck’s current store total is 7,087. Fears […]

Palm Coast Day’s Inn Next to Home Depot

Day’s Inn floated an original plan for a new hotel to Palm Coast’s Development Review Committee meeting last Friday. Palm Coast, Florida – July 15, 2008 – Palm Coast Day’s Inn brought their initial plan before Palm Coast’s Development Review Committee (DRC) on July 11. The DRC continued the application till next month, not due […]