There is a proposal currently before the New Symrna City Commissioners asking for permission to build a 125 room hotel and a three or four story enclosed parking garage on Flagler Avenue. Orlando just did a major bust in an enclosed parking garage for drugs and prostitution. Do we really want all of the additional traffic on Flagler (you know how it is on holidays and Saturdays and Sundays)? Do we want the clientele that this hotel may attract, as it will not have any kitchen facilities (which means no families with children)? What about the water run-off if the low lot on Florida is filled in. The residents on the north causeway have already put a stop to this on the causeway. Now we need to put a stop to it beachside. Yes, New Smyrna could use a nice hotel, but this is not the place. Too bad the city decided to build the new fire station on the valuable piece of land on 3rd Avenue (where the putt-putt golf business was). That would have been a great place. New Smyrna is what it is because it is quaint. Do we really want to ruin that?
What are your thoughts.
