A new 13-acre park opened at the Port District in Port St. Lucie on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
It’s called The Preserve and features about half a mile of trails and elevated walkways with connections to the boardwalk along the North Fork of the St. Lucie River.
New 13-acre preserve opens in Port St. Lucie
“This is what residents have told us they wanted to see,” said Scott Samples with the City of Port St. Lucie. “They wanted to see more access to natural areas, and in particular, they were interested in seeing more trails. This was a way for us to bring that to them.”
The park costs about $970,000 to build. Around $400,000 was funded through a grant from the Florida Inland Navigation District. The rest was funded through the Parks Impact Fee Capital Improvement Project…