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11/29/21 @ 11:30 a.m. - We trust that everyone had a great Thanksgiving Holiday! Now that Thanksgiving has passed, we are ready to focus on our upcoming "Breakfast With Santa". We will have additional announcements in the coming weeks, however we wanted to take this opportunity to remind our residents about this exciting new event being brought to you by Nassau County Parks & Recreation. As previously indicated, the event will take place on Saturday, December 18th from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. and will feature a free pancake breakfast and pictures with Santa. Children wishing to participate in the gift exchange should bring one wrapped gift. WHAT: Breakfast With Santa WHEN: Saturday, December 18, 2021 from 9am-11am WHERE: Callahan Multi-Use Facility, 543350 US Highway 1, Callahan, FL 32011 If you have any questions, please contact Parks & Recreation Director, Jay Robertson, at (904) 530-6120 or via email at jrobertson@nassaucountyfl.com. -Sabrina Robertson Public Information Officer 
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Community Hospice & Palliative Care is hosting free, virtual support and educational sessions throughout the month of December. For more information, please visit www.CommunityHospice.com or email jbuller@communityhospice.com.
December 8 @ 6 – 7 p.m. – Hope for The Holidays (Virtual) The festive holiday season can be challenging for those grieving the death of a loved one especially during a pandemic. Community Hospice & Palliative Care offers, Hope for the Holidays. Our workshop helps attendees learn ways to cope with grief during the holiday season by helping determine what is right for them and their families. This workshop helps families refocus their energies on positive activities that honor and remember their loved ones. Call to register at no cost: 904.407.7001 December 9 @ 12 – 1 p.m. – Hope for The Holidays (Virtual) The festive holiday season can be challenging for those grieving the death of a loved one especially during a pandemic. Community Hospice & Palliative Care offers, Hope for the Holidays. Our workshop helps attendees learn ways to cope with grief during the holiday season by helping determine what is right for them and their families. This workshop helps families refocus their energies on positive activities that honor and remember their loved ones. Call to register at no cost: 904.407.7001 December 14 @ 6 – 7 p.m. – Hope for The Holidays (Virtual) The festive holiday season can be challenging for those grieving the death of a loved one especially during a pandemic. Community Hospice & Palliative Care offers, Hope for the Holidays. Our workshop helps attendees learn ways to cope with grief during the holiday season by helping determine what is right for them and their families. This workshop helps families refocus their energies on positive activities that honor and remember their loved ones. Call to register at no cost: 904.407.7001 December 15 @ 9 – 10 a.m. – Advance Care Planning Winter Series (Virtual) Sign up for a free Advance Care Planning virtual meeting and ensure you get the care you want. You will learn more about advance directives, advance care planning and what goes into creating a living will and health care surrogate. You'll also leave with helpful information to help you start the conversation with your family and health providers. Email jbuller@communityhospice.com for more information.
The Florida Department of Children and Families announced today that Family Support Services, one of Florida’s leading child welfare agencies, will assume responsibilities for managing child welfare services in DCF’s Circuit 6, covering Pasco and Pinellas counties.
“FSS looks forward to sharing its proven prevention model and partnering with the Department, local law enforcement and state attorneys, providers, and the Circuit 6 community to build a robust network that helps families thrive.” said FSS President and CEO Jenn Petion. FSS has built a successful system of care in Duval and Nassau counties using a model that focuses on family preservation, collaboration with the community, kinship support, and timely permanency. The agency is confident that these fundamental elements will also greatly benefit the children, families, and communities in Circuit 6, Petion said. Not long ago, the system of care in Duval and Nassau counties was struggling. However, since 2007 when the foster care system was transformed to a community-based care model, the total number of children in out-of-home care decreased 54 percent from 2,117 children to 970 children. “We’ve been successful in part because of our ability to mobilize available resources in the community and build lasting relationships, particularly with those entities with a proven record of helping improve challenging systems of care,” Petion said. “We look forward to walking alongside the partners of Circuit 6 to share our lessons learned and to help strengthen the system of care for Pasco and Pinellas counties.” FSS’s mission is to be the leader in providing safety, stability, and quality of life for all children by working with the community to strengthen the family unit. The agency looks forward to continuing this work in Pasco and Pinellas counties, Petion said. “We can accomplish this by putting in place a strong local leadership team that will work to implement a model of family preservation that we know, through experience, can reduce the number of children in state care,” she said. Family Support Services of North Florida (FSSNF) is the lead agency for foster care, adoption and family preservation in Duval and Nassau counties. Through community-based care, FSSNF provides services and programs to help prevent child abuse and neglect, to promote a healthy family environment and to care for our community’s children in foster care. For more information, visit www.fssjax.org. 11/29/21 @ 8:30 a.m. - In case you missed it! Crawford Road was finally completed and opened to through traffic on Wednesday, November 24th. The Ribbon Cutting was held on November 10th, but unfortunately, the contractor had a few items to finish and we were unable to open it the day of the Ribbon Cutting as originally planned.
Several residents have inquired about the speed limit still being posted at 40mph. Please be advised that in order for a speed limit to be changed, a speed study/traffic count must be completed in accordance with Florida Statutes, Chapter 316.187. Nassau County Engineering Services will conduct the study within the next few weeks and the speed limit will be adjusted as allowed by the Florida Department of Transportation. If you have any questions, please contact Engineering Services at (904) 530-6225 or email rcompanion@nassaucountyfl.com. -Sabrina Robertson Public Information Officer  I-95 at Tide Creek
Daytime lane closures weekdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and nighttime lane closures weeknights from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. for bridge repair. Pages Dairy Road- County Road 200A at Lofton Creek Daytime lane closures with flaggers weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for bridge work. State Road A1A at Harper Chapel Road Daytime eastbound lane closures Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for turn lane construction. from The County Insider Office of the Nassau County Manager November 24, 2021 11/24/21 @ 10:00 a.m. – In 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau conducted the decennial census which is designed to count every resident in the country. This is done every ten years to capture changes to the local population and adjust district boundaries to ensure all residents across the Country are equally represented. The census data collection is also used to determine the number of seats each State has in the U.S. House of Representatives and directly affects how trillions of U.S. dollars are distributed to local governments to fund hospitals, schools, and roads. After each decennial census, the County Commission is redraw district boundaries to reflect changes in the local population, to ensure all residents across the County are equitably represented. Civic engagement and public participation were integral in properly executing this critical public duty. On October 15, 2021, Nassau County launched a redistricting webpage which allowed Nassau County residents to learn more about about the redistricting process, locate community meetings, and review the Preliminary Electoral Redistricting Report. The page also included three, interactive maps which reflected how electoral districts could be redrawn. On October 26, 2021, Community Meetings were held in Callahan and Fernandina Beach. An additional Community Meeting was held on in Yulee on October 28, 2021. The Board of County Commissioners and School Board then held a Joint Meeting on November 3, 2021, at which a consultant provided an overview of the redistricting process and a review of the three district maps under consideration. Together, the group determined that Option 3 was the best option. The Board of County Commissioners then held a Special Meeting on November 8, 2021 and voted to set the public hearing for December 13, 2021 to adopt Option 3. An outline of Option 3 is shown below however a full, interactive map can be located here. This interactive version allows the user to zoom in and see specific address, streets, etc. to find out which district seat will represent them for the next 10 years.  If you have any questions, please call (904) 530-6019 and leave a message, or send an email to contact@nassaucountyfl.com.
-Sabrina Robertson Public Information Officer 11/23/21 @ 10:45 a.m. - We are pleased to share with you the Annual Report for Fiscal Year 20/21. This report highlights activities and achievements from October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021. It also includes goals each department has designated for FY 21/22.
If you have any questions, please contact Public Information Officer, Sabrina Robertson, at (904) 530-6010 or via e-mail at srobertson@nassaucountyfl.com. -Sabrina Robertson Public Information Officer Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare
Laureen Pagel, Ph.D., CEO lpagel@spbh.org November 23, 2021 Yulee, Fla: Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare announced its partnership with the Fernandina Beach Police Department to bring the first Co-Responder unit to the city of Fernandina Beach, Florida. The Co-Responder Unit will include one Starting Point behavioral health clinician and one crisis intervention trained (CIT) law enforcement officer. The team will work side by side using their combined expertise to respond to calls in the community, de-escalate situations, and help link individuals with behavioral health issues to appropriate services. “The Co-Responder program is the first of its kind in Nassau County, Florida,” says Laureen Pagel, CEO at Starting Point. “However, it is not a new concept. Regional and national Co-Responder programs date back several decades and have paved the way with demonstrated success in deescalating emergency and crisis situations. We can’t wait to track the progress and see the change right here in Fernandina Beach.” The goal of the Fernandina Beach Co-Responder unit is to improve public safety, increase access to behavioral health services, improve community relationships between the public and law enforcement officials, and decrease repeat encounters with the criminal justice system. Among others, the unit will respond to the following situations:
“I value the long-standing partnership between the FBPD and Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare,” says Mark Foxworth, Chief of Police at the Fernandina Beach Police Department. “I am excited about this new partnership and believe it will be beneficial to the community and to the police department. We have identified an officer that the new position will partner with but the vision is for the mental health professional to be a resource and to partner with all members of the FBPD to address various issues including the members of the homeless population suffering from mental health or substance use issues.” The Fernandina Beach Co-Responder Unit was fully funded earlier this year in the Florida Leads Budget through a special project called Project T.A.L.K.S. The Unit will begin responding to calls in Fernandina Beach on January 1st, 2021. About Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare provides mental health and substance abuse treatment services to children, teens and adults in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. The non-profit agency serves more than 3,000 individuals each year and has been serving the region for more than 29 years. Starting Point is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). For more information, please visit www.spbh.org. A social event at Mocama Beer Company, Fernandina Beach, FL, Saturday, Dec. 4th, 1pm – 4 pm NASSAU COUNTY, Florida – On Saturday, December 4th from 1:00 p.m. to 4 p.m., Keep Nassau Beautiful will celebrate its 30th anniversary of serving Nassau County residents, visitors, and wildlife. The event, held at Mocama Beer Company, Fernandina Beach, is free and open to the public; and will feature live music, a food truck on site, an awards presentation, and raffle prizes. Raffle participants will have the opportunity to win the grand prize – a private tour for eight at White Oak Conservation, among other incredible prizes. A portion of every beverage sold at Mocama will benefit Keep Nassau Beautiful. “This is a major milestone for our organization and a lot worth celebrating has happened over the last thirty years,” said Lynda Bell, Keep Nassau Beautiful Executive Director, “we’re looking forward to acknowledging our volunteers, partners, sponsors, and the KNB community during our anniversary celebration.” Keep Nassau Beautiful is a local organization with a focus on beautification, environmentalism, and sustainability. For thirty years, it has educated and engaged Nassau County residents to protect the environment, reduce litter and waste, and improve the appearance of their communities. Some of its initiatives include Adopt-A-Road, Adopt-A-Spot, and Household Hazardous Waste Collection; annual community cleanup events such as Town of Hilliard Community Cleanup, Saint Mary’s River Cleanup, and International Coastal Cleanup; and its newest program, Planting Nassau’s Future, a program that has helped Nassau County residents’ plant more than 1,550 trees since January 2020. Free event tickets and raffle tickets are available at: https://bit.ly/KNBevent. Celebrate Small Business Fair Press Release from Leah Ward-Lee Contact: lwardlee@1000dollarstartups.org November 19, 2021 There are only five Vendor spots open for the $1,000 Start-Ups Consortium’s Holiday Fair from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4 at Macedonia A.M.E. Church, 202 S. Ninth St. in Fernandina Beach. Small businesses and local organizations from the local area are invited to register for a 10’ x 10’ spot at the fair. There is a fully refundable $25 registration fee. For information, email lwardlee@1000dollarstartups.org or call 904-432-7760. When: Sat, December 4th Time: 10 AM-2 PM Location: On the lawn at: Macedonia AME Church 202 S. 9th Street Fernandina Beach Registration fee: $25 (returned to you as $25 Fair Bucks to spend at any of the next 3 Small Business Fairs or trade them in for cash at the end of the fair.) To register or for additional information: Email: Lwardlee@1000dollarstartups.org or call 904-432-7760 Space is limited. Register today!***  |
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