Nassau County has 240 nursing home beds. By 2040 it will have 14,454 residents over 80.
for a county whose 80-and-over population is projected to grow 151% by 2040
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Fernandina has one of America's oldest tide gauges. Here's the number it has been telling you since 1897.
relative sea level rise at NOAA station 8720030, measured 1897–2025. About nine inches a century.
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The fee on a new Nassau County house jumps 48% next April. The AG already called it a tax in disguise.
increase in the mobility fee on a single-family home, Zone 1 (East), between April 2026 and April 2027
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Open the ledger- openDoes any county department plan for long-term-care capacity?Nassau County Board of County Commissioners; Nassau County Council on Aging
- openThe county's hurricane evacuation clearance-time study may be from 2010Nassau County Emergency Management
- openNobody can say how many assisted-living beds Nassau County hasFlorida Agency for Health Care Administration; Nassau County
- openThe county has not published what the property-tax amendment would cost itNassau County Office of Management and Budget; Nassau County Property Appraiser
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