PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The secret is out about Port St. Lucie. Retirees, families, and young professionals are all flocking to the area as it has the reputation of being safe, clean, and more affordable. “We moved here about five weeks ago,” John Platz said. “There’s a lot of great new construction, a lot of great value for buyers,” Treasure Coast realtor Melissa Saumure said.<\/p>\n
To keep up with the rapid growth, Port St. Lucie is making a massive investment in its future, a $615 million plan to upgrade infrastructure. The city\u2019s five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) <\/a>includes improvements to roads, utilities, and parks, just to name a few, while also greenlighting dozens of new housing and commercial projects. The first year alone, they are investing $127 million into 72 projects.<\/p>\n The secret is out about Port St. Lucie. CBS12’s Tiffany Rizzo has the story. (WPEC)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “Include everything from road improvements to water and sewer to storm water management,” Port St. Lucie Strategic Communications Manager Scott Samples said.<\/p>\n The money will also be going towards a training facility for the Port St Lucie Police Department<\/a>, which is already underway, and Torino Regional Park <\/a>in Tradition.<\/p>\n “We’re really trying to find ways that we can expand on recreational activities, quality of life in general,” Samples said.<\/p>\n See also: WATCH: Barefoot Florida man wrestles giant alligator on highway median<\/a><\/p>\n Along with roadwork projects like Floresta Drive<\/a>, which Samples said are a key part of investing in the people who live here.<\/p>\n “It’s always good to hear that there’s forethought and planning going into such a well-planned master community,” Treasure Coast realtor Melissa Saumure said.<\/p>\n Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n READ THE COMMENTS (1)<\/p>\n Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day’s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our YouTube channel <\/a>for the biggest stories and can’t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The secret is out about Port St. Lucie. Retirees, families, and young…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-305030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}