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Crosstown Parkway Extension and Bridge project wins
two awards: Two prestigious engineering associations have
recognized the City’s Crosstown Parkway Extension and
Bridge Project among the best public works projects in both
Florida and the Southeast United States. The parkway was
awarded Best in Construction for a Local Agency Program
Project by the Florida Transportation Builders’ Association
(FTBA). The Crosstown project also won the Engineering
News Record Southeast’s Best Highway Bridge Project. This
win also puts Crosstown in the running for the national ENR
Best of the Best awards.
Majority own their own homes: Port St. Lucie ranks No. 13
among communities in the United States where residents live
in homes they own. Insurify, a homeowners insurance quotes
comparison company, took data from City-Data.com to decide
which communities in each state have the highest percentage
of residents who are homeowners. Port St. Lucie’s share of
homeowners is 73.9 percent. Topping the list was Deer Valley,
Arizona, with 85.9 percent of residents owning homes.
One of America’s best small cities: Among cities with populations
of 100,000 to 500,000, Port St. Lucie is No. 72 among
top-performing cities. Top performers are ranked as places
where people want to live, to work, and to relax in leisure
time. Resonance Consultancy looks at evaluations by locals
and visitors in six core categories.
Port St. Lucie police receive $98,175 grant: The police
department can hire a civilian coordinator to develop and
implement a model program for high school students to teach
them how to behave and what to do if they are stopped by
a police officer while driving. The city’s police department
was one of four in Florida and 29 in the nation to receive
a community policing development grant from the U.S.
Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Office.
It will be taught at Treasure Coast High School first, and then
spread to other schools, community groups and more.
National Research Center Voice of the People Award: For
its outstanding efforts to gain community feedback on the
city’s programs and amenities, the National Research Center
honored the city with the only national award based on
feedback from residents. The city surveys residents annually
to collect opinions on a variety of issues. In 2019, residents
said the city improved in a number of ways over the previous
year. For example, the opinion that the city welcomes resident
involvement in government shot up by 17 percent in 2019.
Three organizations participated in the award — the National
Research Center, Polco, a civic engagement platform, and the
International City & County Management Association.
Port St. Lucie is the safest large city in Florida: Not
surprised? No wonder. This is the 10th year in a row that the
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