Sailfish City - Stuart Florida Community Site

A few days ago I was just writing about neighboring Saint Lucie Counties push for turning the area into the Research Coast.  They are spending tax payer dollars to help attract biotech researchers and their employees to the Treasure Coast.  The push will help to create additional high paying jobs in our area with trickle down economic effects.

Today Martin County Commissioners preliminarily voted 3-2 to turn the east-west thoroughfare into a bio-tech corridor.  Along the corridor, 35 acres of rural land is slated to become commercial to allow the creation of the Willoughby Research Park.  The park will house office space for businesses looking to take advantage of possible partnerships with larger institutions such as the Scripps Research Institute or Torrey Pines in Saint Lucie County.

The plan isn’t final though, the state Department of Community Affairs still has to approve the project before it can continue.  The state department has shot down previous expansion plans for this stretch of road in the past due to already congested roadways that can not support the additional traffic load.  A group of land owners and developers is offering to pay three million dollars to make improvements to Kanner Highway to help smooth the traffic problems and allow construction to begin.