Celebrate Parks and Recreation Month

July is the month our nation officially recognizes Park and Recreation month, and there is no more beautiful city in which to celebrate parks than Port St. Lucie.
In a proclamation officially naming July Parks and Recreation month in the state of Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist noted  “…parks and recreation programs enhance our quality of life [...]

Weekly Address: Speaking from Louisiana on the Oil Spill

In his weekly address, President Barack Obama underscored his commitment to helping the people of the Gulf Coast recover and rebuild from the BP oil spill that has threatened their livelihoods.   On Friday, the President heard from local residents and small business owners about the hardships that they are facing as a result of this [...]

St. Lucie County Tourist Development Council Celebrates Tourism Week

The St. Lucie County Tourist Development Council (TDC) is joining other cities, states and businesses nationwide in the annual salute to travel and tourism in America, presented by the U.S. Travel Association.
National Travel and Tourism Week is (NTTW) a collective effort to promote the power of travel through customized events in communities nationwide.  The goal [...]

History Center Opens New Special Exhibit On Florida Tourism

Discover the Golden Age of Florida tourism with a visit to the St. Lucie County Regional History Center’s new special exhibit: More than the Mouse: A History of Tourism in Florida on display Friday, March 12 – Saturday, July 31.
From the early days of steam boating and tin-can tourists to the arrival of roadside attractions [...]

Tourist Development Council Offers Capital Grant

The St. Lucie County Tourist Development Council (TDC) is offering a grant to provide the funding of facilities that are publicly owned and operated by a not-for-profit organization and open to the public. This grant is for expansion or renovation of existing facilities and construction of new facilities which are tourist related and will help [...]

Review Says Human Spaceflight Program Unsustainable

Floridians are deeply affected by what NASA does with the Space Program. The Kennedy Space Center affects jobs and tourism dollars.  Sure, everyone knows the space shuttle goes off from Kennedy Space Center and there are some amazing times to be had in the tourist attraction aspect, but we rarely stop to consider the amount [...]

Fort Pierce Named GAMSA Semifinalist

Downtown Fort Pierce has been named as one of ten Great American Main Street Award Semifinalists.
Main Street Fort Pierce’s (http://www.mainstreetfortpierce.org) revitalization efforts, spearheaded by the rebirth of the renovated Sunrise theater, have earned the community bragging rights as one of the best towns in Florida, as well as the 2005 City of Excellence Award from [...]

Florida Sues Expedia And Orbitz

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his office has sued Expedia, Inc., Orbitz, LLC, and Orbitz, Inc., the leading internet travel companies, asking for a declaratory judgment that the companies’ failure to remit the appropriate amount of taxes on hotel room rentals is a violation of Florida law. The lawsuit states that while [...]

St. Lucie TDC Announces Grant Program

The St. Lucie County Tourist Development Council (TDC) is pleased to announce that the 2009-10 capital grant applications are now available for not-for-profit organizations and local government organizations within St. Lucie County located north of Midway Road.  The grant applications are due to the county’s Tourism Office by Friday, Jan. 15, 2010 at 5 p.m. [...]