FORT PIERCE — The Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency Board voted unanimously Oct. 21 to approve purchasing the property at 1238 Avenue D adjacent to the city-owned Jackie L. Caynon Sr. Building that’s currently being remodeled for the Highwayman Museum in order to create a public outdoor plaza for future receptions and other events at the museum.
Staff have been working toward that goal ever since the FPRA first got wind of the potential availability of the parcel on March 11, which was actually blocking connectivity between the future museum and the city-owned corner piece at 13th Street designed as a public plaza and potential museum parking lot. Board Member Curtis Johnson Jr. brought up the idea during that meeting, and the FPRA voted unanimously during its subsequent March 31 meeting to authorize Johnson to order an appraisal of the property and its one-story structure in need of repairs.
Fort Pierce City Manager Richard Chess introduced the agenda item on the $150,000 purchase during the latest meeting…