PUBLISHER’S NOTE
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If you didn’t already know it,
Port St. Lucie is a pretty good
place to live.
The city keeps racking up
awards for being a great place to
work, own a home or retire.
Susan Burgess updates us on
the latest accolades in Safe and
Sound, beginning on Page 32.
One of the latest kudos includes
a 22nd place ranking from U.S.
News & World Report for places in
the country to retire. Smart Asset
in a recent survey of 200 cities
nationwide ranked Port St. Lucie
No. 1 for home ownership under
the age of 35.
In Courting Fun on page 20, find
out how the sport of pickleball
has taken Port St. Lucie by storm.
Just check out our cover and
you’ll realize how popular the
sport has become.
It’s been a long time coming,
but the Ardie R. Copas State
Veterans’ Nursing Home has
finally opened. In Home Sweet
Home, beginning on Page 28,
you’ll meet the nursing center’s
The City of Port St. Lucie sponsors many community events for
its residents during the year, but the largest by far is the annual
first resident, 95-year-old
fireworks display each Fourth of July.
decorated World War II veteran Calvin Heathman.
In Making a Difference Page 16, writer Mary Ann Koenig shares news of a Port St. Luciebased
e-commerce company that is producing an array of plastic-free customer products.
The business started out modestly in the home of Sarah Cieslinski and her fiancé, JJ
Follano, in 2018, but they soon had to move the operation to a warehouse. Sounds like they
are on the road to success.
Speaking of which, we wish you much prosperity and success in the new year.
Publisher
Gregory Enns
772.940.9005
enns@portstluciemagazine.com
Associate Publisher
Allen Osteen
Assistant to the Publisher
Lauren Shott
Director of Sales
Lori Reader
lori@indianrivermedia.com
Associate Editor
Judith Collins
Copy Editors
Pattie Durham,
Gaettane A. Paul
Writers
Susan Burgess,
Ellen Gillette,
Rachel Inswasty,
Wendy Dwyer, Danielle Rose
Anthony Westbury
Photographers
Anthony Inswasty, Rusty Durham
Design Editor
Michelle Burney
Digital and Social Media Editor
Deborah Maldonado
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M A G A Z I N E
Port St. Lucie Magazine and
St. Lucie Magazine, published
each January, March, June and
September, are publications of
Indian River Magazine Inc., a
locally owned company based at
308 Ave. A, Fort Pierce, FL 34950.
All material contained herein
is copyrighted by Indian River
Magazine Inc. Member of the
St. Lucie County Chamber
of Commerce.
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