COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Yesterday morning in
Lake City, a group of representatives of North
Florida counties met for an hour to discuss the
idea of working together to form a regional
utility consortium. North Florida Professional
Services President Greg Bailey thought of and
organized the meeting.
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – On May 17, 2023, the
Columbia County Sherriff’s Office refused to
knock on a door and ask if they could “come in”
into a residence where babies, children, and
adults were at risk. The landlord said, "The
smell was so bad you could cut it with a knife
from 20ft. away, and flies were swarming around
the place."
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Yesterday morning, the
vestige of Columbia County's neutered Industrial
Development Authority (IDA), the now Economic
Development Advisory Board (EDAB), met for
another monthly meeting, which sometimes the
County holds – and sometimes, not.
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – HCA's (Hospital
Corporation of America) Lake City Hospital, the
old LCMC, invested $36 mil in expanding its
emergency room. The addition adds 18 new private
emergency room beds.