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Yahoo
20 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Developer introduces plans for a new town center in Glenwood
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Community members gathered in Glenwood Thursday to learn more about a potential grocery store development. For years, the area has been deemed a food desert. Residents got to learn more about the developer who is looking to add not just a grocery store to the area, but a completely new plaza. This has been a long time coming, the Glenwood area could soon see some action on their efforts to bring a grocery store to the area, ending the years-long food desert. On Thursday night, dozens of residents got to hear from the Sankofa group, the development agency that is heading the project. They introduced the Glenwood Town Center, a mixed-income, 3-phase development that will include apartments, townhouses, and, of course, a grocery store. It would be located on the corner of East 15th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. While the grocery store was favored by many in attendance, the developer made it clear that they did not intend to build affordable housing, which many residents were asking for. It also raised concerns over the housing outpricing those who have lived in Glenwood their whole lives. 'Being a legacy family member, there are several people who would like to move back to Glenwood. People who moved away up north, down south to make a living, really would like to come back to Glenwood, would like to come back to Panama City,' Glenwood resident Michelle Bryant said. The developer says he would need the housing in the complex in order to draw in a grocer to fill the property. As for what kind of grocer it will be, they don't one yet but say it will be comparable to a Trader Joe's or Sprouts. All of this is conceptual and still awaits approval from the community redevelopment agency that owns the land. 'He brought this to us and we're negotiating a contract now, but we will fully discuss that and determine whether there's a green light for this particular development at the end of July at the C.R.A. meeting. It would be at that time if we were to say, hey, we like what you've presented. Let's move forward with this,' Panama City Commissioner Janice Lucas said. Lucas says if something were to change with the concepts, residents are welcome to voice their concerns with the CRA at their monthly meetings. Representatives from the CRA were at the meeting and confirmed that the current CRA plans do allow for this kind of development, but they are currently working on updating the plans to more specifically address this project. There is no set timeline, but the developer said Thursday he expects a project like this one to take about 6 to 7 years to fully construct. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CNA
2 days ago
- CNA
Hungry wild elephant raids grocery store in Thailand for snacks
BANGKOK: A hungry wild elephant caused havoc in a grocery store in Thailand on Monday (Jun 2) when he strolled in from a nearby national park and helped himself to food on the shelves. Videos of the incident showed the huge male elephant, known as Plai Biang Lek, briefly stopping in front of the shop, located next to a main road near the Khao Yai National Park in northeastern Thailand, before ducking his whole body inside. The elephant stopped in front of the shop's counter, calmly snatching and chomping snacks, and did not flinch as the national park workers tried to shoo him away. The elephant later backed out of the shop still holding a bag of snacks with his trunk. He left little damage behind, except mud tracks on the floor and the ceiling of the shop. In a video posted on social media, Kamploy Kakaew, the shop owner, appeared amused as she described the moment the elephant rifled her shop. She said he ate about nine bags of sweet rice crackers, a sandwich and some dried bananas she had bought that morning. Kamploy said the elephant left without hurting anyone after getting his snacks. Danai Sookkanthachat, a volunteer park worker familiar with the elephant, said Plai Biang Lek, who is about 30 years old, is a familiar sight in the area and has been known to enter people's houses in search of food. This was the first time he had seen him going into a grocery store. "After he left the shop, he went on to open a bedroom window of another house," he told The Associated Press. Danai said wild elephants in the Khao Yai National Park area have been coming out of the woods to ransack people's kitchens for many years, but this year he has started seeing them going into more random places to find food. There were an estimated 4,000 wild elephants in Thailand in 2024, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. As farmers push into forests for agriculture, elephants have been forced to venture out of their shrinking habitats in search of food, leading to confrontations that can turn deadly.
The Independent
2 days ago
- General
- The Independent
Elephant breaks into shop and eats crackers, a sandwich and bananas
Plai Biang Lek, a male elephant known in the Kha Yai National Park area, entered a grocery store in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, on Monday. The elephant consumed nine bags of sweet rice crackers, a sandwich, and bananas, totaling approximately 800 baht (£18). According to local ranger Danai Sookkhanthachat, the elephant is known for entering houses in search of food but had never entered a store before. The elephant caused minimal damage to the store, primarily some untidy shelves. Rangers safely guided the elephant out of the store after its snack run. Watch the video in full above.
Associated Press
3 days ago
- General
- Associated Press
A hungry wild elephant raids a grocery store in Thailand for snacks
BANGKOK (AP) — A hungry wild elephant caused havoc in a grocery store in Thailand on Monday when he strolled in from a nearby national park and helped himself to food on the shelves. Videos of the incident showed the huge male elephant, known as Plai Biang Lek, briefly stopping in front of the shop, located next to a main road near the Khao Yai National Park in northeastern Thailand, before ducking his whole body inside. The elephant stopped in front of the shop's counter, calmly snatching and chomping snacks, and did not flinch as the national park workers tried to shoo him away. The elephant later backed out of the shop still holding a bag of snacks with his trunk. He left little damage behind, except mud tracks on the floor and the ceiling of the shop. In a video posted on social media, Kamploy Kakaew, the shop owner, appeared amused as she described the moment the elephant rifled her shop. She said he ate about nine bags of sweet rice crackers, a sandwich and some dried bananas she had bought that morning. Kamploy said the elephant left without hurting anyone after getting his snacks. Danai Sookkanthachat, a volunteer park worker familiar with the elephant, said Plai Biang Lek, who is about 30 years old, is a familiar sight in the area and has been known to enter people's houses in search of food. This was the first time he had seen him going into a grocery store. 'After he left the shop, he went on to open a bedroom window of another house,' he told The Associated Press. Danai said wild elephants in the Khao Yai National Park area have been coming out of the woods to ransack people's kitchens for many years, but this year he has started seeing them going into more random places to find food. There were an estimated 4,000 wild elephants in Thailand in 2024, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. As farmers push into forests for agriculture, elephants have been forced to venture out of their shrinking habitats in search of food, leading to confrontations that can turn deadly.
CBS News
3 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Woman dies after being pinned by her own car against parked vehicle in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO — A woman died after being pinned by her own car against a parked vehicle in the Pocket area of Sacramento, police said Tuesday. It happened just before 6 p.m. in a parking lot of a Bel Air grocery store along Rush River Drive. Sacramento police said officers responded to a report of a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle. Officers learned that the woman who died appeared to have been the person operating the vehicle prior to it pinning her. First responders declared her dead at the scene. Her name will be released once the next of kin has been notified. No other injuries were reported. Sacramento police said it is still investigating what caused the collision.
