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Residents urge Flagler Beach to keep Ocean Palm golf course public and consider nonprofit management

5082663 · June 26, 2025
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Several residents asked the commission to reject a proposed sale and instead allow citizens to form a nonprofit to manage the Ocean Palm Golf Course as a multi‑use family and nature park; city staff said they expect a letter from residents and offered to review it.

Residents urged the City Commission to avoid selling the Ocean Palm Golf Course and to offer more public input and alternatives, including forming a nonprofit to manage the property as a multi‑use park with a driving range and preserved open space.

Mark M. Hoof, an Ocean Palm Drive resident, told the commission the city bought the course in 2013 and that recent lessees have not met lease expectations. He said an informal…

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