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Board reports highlight FPAN summit, Hastings Main Street grants and community projects
Summary
Board members reported on a Florida Public Archaeology Network summit, volunteer shoreline monitoring, Hastings Main Street grant awards and plans for a walking-tour app and jail renovation project, with the Cultural Council committing funds toward a garden project.
During board reports, a member described the FPAN (Florida Public Archaeology Network) 10th-anniversary summit and the success of a volunteer shoreline monitoring program that now spans many counties. Members also updated the board on Hastings Main Street activities: a small-mansion grant to renovate an old jail structure, plans for a walking-tour app with markers for about 12–15 properties, and a $15,000 Cultural Council commitment for a garden-improvement project and a work day scheduled for Oct. 17.
Speakers thanked long-serving volunteers and noted continuing community engagement: the Smithsonian project currently housed at the Southeast Library will return to Hastings in November and the Main Street group is coordinating events and facade-retention work tied to library expansion and parking improvements.
