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Westlake

Minto Communities Marks 2,000 Homes Sold In Westlake

When Maryse Desir and her daughter Mitsha Woodson recently signed a contract for a new home in Westlake, little did they know exactly how special that moment was. They became the 2,000th family to buy in the popular master-planned...

Westlake Council Back To Five Members With Werner Aboard

It’s official, Gary Werner of Key Biscayne Lane is now the Westlake City Council member for Seat 1. He was appointed to the seat on 4-0 vote by the remaining council members at their Tuesday, Dec. 5 meeting to fill...

2023 Westlake City Revenues Fell $1 Million Short Of Estimates

Documents shared during the Tuesday, Nov. 7 meeting of the Westlake City Council show that revenue estimates for fiscal year 2023, which ended Sept. 30, were off by more than $1 million — and not for the better. Going into...

Both Westlake Seats Go Unopposed; New Face Will Join Council

There will be no municipal election in the City of Westlake in March 2024 as only one candidate filed for each of the two available seats. Incumbent Councilwoman Charlotte Price Leonard received no opposition in seeking a full, four-year term...

Leonard Running To Keep Westlake Council Seat; Valle Ron Undecided

Westlake Councilwoman Charlotte Price Leonard and Councilwoman Pilar Elena Valle Ron were appointed to fill vacant seats, but they may be going in different directions when it comes to seeking full terms in the March municipal election. Leonard said this...

Westlake Council Moves Meetings To Adventure Park Lodge

The Westlake City Council gathered for the first time Tuesday, Oct. 3 in their new meeting space at the Westlake Adventure Park Lodge. “Welcome to the council’s new home,” Mayor JohnPaul O’Connor said during the 25-minute session. “This certainly is...

Westlake Governments Move Forward On New Regional Park

Members of the Westlake City Council and the Seminole Improvement District (SID) Board of Supervisors have settled on a framework for a regional park they intend to construct along the west side of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road. “It looks phenomenal,”...

10 Years In: Tile-Setter’s Son Is Building Westlake To Last

When a teenaged John Carter was working alongside his tile-setter father in the early 1980s, Seminole Pratt Whitney Road was still a narrow, two-lane road to nowhere. Just south of the M Canal, Callery-Judge Grove spread out on either...

City Of Westlake Finalizes Budget With Tax Rate At 5.0 Mills

The Westlake City Council gave final passage to its budget for fiscal year 2024 on Wednesday, Sept. 20 after needing a re-vote to ensure that residents got their promised millage rate reduction. Council members voted 3-0 at their second budget...

First Homesites Released For The Pines Of Westlake Neighborhood

Minto Communities USA, the master developer and leading homebuilder in the Westlake community, recently announced its newest single-family neighborhood, the Pines of Westlake. Minto released the first homesites for sale on Sept. 11, and based on early interest, buyer...

Westlake’s Education & Youth Advisory Board Gets Reprieve

Westlake residents came out in person and online Tuesday, Sept. 5 to voice their disapproval of a plan to eliminate the community’s Education & Youth Advisory Board. Occurring during a marathon meeting of the Westlake City Council that lasted nearly...

Westlake A Step Closer To Second-Straight Year Of Trimming Tax Rate

The Westlake City Council adopted a tentative property tax rate of 5.0 mills for the 2024 fiscal year at its first budget hearing Tuesday, Sept. 5. The rate represents a small decrease from the city’s 2023 tax rate of 5.1...

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HCA Florida Palms West Annual Robotics Night May 12

HCA Florida Palms West Hospital welcomes the community to learn more about robotic surgery and hear from leading robotic...