Category: City of Marathon

MARATHON COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TAXING DISTRICT, WATERING LAWS

Written by Upper Keys Mortgage Syndicated User on April 13, 2021. Posted in Baptist Health SOuth Florida, City of Marathon, Community News, Featured, Florida Keys, Marathon News, Middle Keys Health Care Municipal Services Taxing Unit, Monroe County, Politics, sfwmd, south florida water management district, special taxing district, underinsured, uninsured, Upper Keys Florida Mortgage, Upper Keys Mortgage, watering laws.

At its next meeting, the Marathon City Council will consider two important topics: the continuation or cancellation of the hospital special taxing district, and the city’s watering laws. The Middle Keys Health Care Municipal Services Taxing Unit issue is a holdover from the March meeting of the council. At that meeting, lacking detailed financial accounting from Baptist Health South Florida regarding its expenditures on care for uninsured and underinsured patients in the Middle Keys, the council agreed to bring back two resolutions in April — one approving the continuation of the tax and one...

MARATHON COMMUNITY — YOUNG AND OLD — REDESIGNING ROTARY PARK

Written by Upper Keys Mortgage Syndicated User on April 11, 2021. Posted in arts and entertainment, City of Marathon, Community News, Entertainment, Featured, field of dreams, Florida Keys, Fun, Marathon, Marathon News, Middle Keys News, Monroe County, park design, play by design, rotary park, Sports, Upper Keys Florida Mortgage, Upper Keys Mortgage.

Rotary Park in Marathon is turning 20 next year, just in time for a major upgrade and facelift. The city has $225,000 set aside in next year’s budget. As with the initial build, it will truly be a community effort, starting with design ideas contributed by students from Stanley Switlik Elementary. “The experience of having local elementary school students draw out their ideas for the Play by Design consultants has proven to be a huge success,” said Shannon Wiley, the school’s art teacher. Colton Huff’s sketch includes castle design elements and a zip line. As in 2002, the City of Marathon...