July 31st, 2007
Kennedy Space Center, FL - Netflix LIVE! On Location will present a live concert with The Bruce Willis Blues Band at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Thursday, August 2 in the Rocket Garden. The 7:00 p.m. concert will be followed by a free outdoor screening of the 1998 Academy Award-nominated classic “Armageddon.”
Headlining this unique event is motion picture superstar Bruce Willis and his band, The Bruce Willis Blues Band, which will play a live, public concert prior to an outdoor screening of “Armageddon.” The star and his band are expected to perform a 60-minute set of original blues music. Returning to the space center for the first time since the filming of “Armageddon” a decade ago, Willis is expected to be welcomed by about 7,000 fans in the center’s spectacular outdoor Rocket Garden.
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Posted in Things To Do, Space Coast, Florida, Travel
July 29th, 2007
This is the best time of year in Florida, many complain of the heat but you can tell they’re not beach lovers because if so, they would agree. July and August is when the seas lay flat and the water is clear.
That’s another reason Sebastian Inlet is so popular this time of year, the water is as clear now as it gets this far north, and snorkeling is very popular at Sebastian Inlet State Park.
Fishing is also good for summertime species like mangrove snapper and snook, however snook must be released until September.
Other activities at Sebastian Inlet include swimming, surfing and exploring.
Posted in Sebastian, Things To Do, Geotourism, Treasure Coast, Florida
July 16th, 2007
Florida Ecotourism is growing and the Florida Wildlife image gallery features many of the common animals you’d most likely encounter. Florida Geotourism is growing Florida has the greatest places to view nature with many state and local parks and birding trails.
The Florida Travel News also featured Birding in Florida, an image gallery that has many of Florida’s most common birds. Many of the bird pictures were taken at the Viera Wetlands near Melbourne FL.
Posted in Space Coast, Geotourism
July 7th, 2007
UPDATED 7/6/7 - The Dawn spacecraft launch has been postponed until no earlier than Monday, July 9. The launch window for Dawn on Monday will be 3:56 p.m. to 4:26 p.m.NASA’s Dawn mission is getting ready to launch on an unprecedented tour of two residents of the asteroid belt. This mission will be the first to orbit two different bodies in our solar system.
Following launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), FL, on a Delta 2, the Dawn spacecraft will use ion propulsion periodically for four years to take it to its first destination, the asteroid Vesta, in 2011. After seven months in orbit there, Dawn will depart for a nearly three-year cruise to the dwarf planet Ceres, where it will arrive in 2015. Dawn will spend five months in orbit at Ceres. The spacecraft will be the first ever to orbit one extraterrestrial body, depart, and then orbit a second body.
Posted in Space Coast
May 31st, 2007
A performance by the musical group HairPeace will be in concert at Riverview Park tomorrow, June 1, 2007 in Sebastian, Florida. Please call (772) 589-5969 for details regarding this event.
Posted in Sebastian, Things To Do
May 31st, 2007
Families are invited to celebrate the start of summer at McKee Botanical Garden’s Annual Ice Cream Social in Vero Beach, Florida on June 9, 2007. The social is scheduled for 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Please call to make reservations for this event (772) 794-0601. Read more at McKee Botanical Garden’s website
Posted in Vero Beach, Things To Do
May 23rd, 2007
Competition for the new proposal site for Piper Aircraft continues to rise. According to an article published in The Albuquerque Tribune, “The Vero Beach area has put forward a $50 million proposal to keep Piper along Florida’s Treasure Coast. Meanwhile, the Tallahassee City Commission on Wednesday was scheduled to consider an estimated $90 million proposal conceived by city economic development officials.” Other states, including New Mexico are very interested in hosting the new Piper site. Piper Aircraft is currently located in Vero Beach, FL and has over 1,000 employees. Read more here
Posted in Vero Beach
May 23rd, 2007
According to CNET news, “Sebastian River High School, a 1,960-student school in Sebastian, Fla., is on the forefront of turning school lunch lines into an automated window-shopping experience for kids. During the last school year, the school district’s technology specialist installed four of the high-tech vending machines, called Horizon OneSource Healthy Vending, under a pilot program with its maker Horizon Software, which introduced the vending machines in 2006.” Read more here
Posted in Sebastian
May 23rd, 2007
According to Buisness Wire, “Fitch Ratings upgrades the city of Sebastian, Florida’s $5.1 million outstanding stormwater revenue bonds, series 2003 to ‘A+’ from ‘A’. In addition, Fitch affirms the ‘A+’ rating on $9.9 million in outstanding infrastructure sales surtax revenue bonds. The Rating Outlook is Stable for both ratings.” Read more here
Posted in Sebastian
May 22nd, 2007
According to the Fort Pierce Tribune, “Two of Vero Beach’s largest hotels have been sold for $14.43 million to South Florida real estate developers that specialize in hotel management. ” Read more here
Posted in Real Estate, Vero Beach
