April 2016 business & building starts

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm

Reporter - News Analyst

May 17, 2016 7:33 a.m.

The Fernandina Observer welcomes the following businesses newly licensed to operate in our city last month.

During April 2016, the city surveyed 359 permits, compared with 268 surveyed during April 2015. This activity brought the city $131,520 in fees. Permits were issued for 9 new residential buildings. In April 2015, only 6 permits were issued for new buildings, all residential.

Building permits for the first three months of 2016 are running far ahead of last year (1,235 to 941).

New Residential Construction - April 2016

Miscellaneous – April 2016