FORT PIERCE – The process to determine the next operator of Fort Pierce’s iconic Little Jim Bait & Tackle is starting over, this time after city officials identify a list of existing property issues and determine who is financially responsible for fixing them.
This will mark the third time the City of Fort Pierce, owner of the North Hutchinson Island causeway bar/restaurant property, has begun the process to determine who should be awarded the next long-term lease for the historic site.
Deliberations have been mired in procedural and political issues for nearly a year after the current operating lease expired and was subsequently extended with the existing operator on a month-to-month basis…