Press Release
By City of Fernandina Beach
4/25/25
PROJECTS:
The Fernandina Beach Golf Club Driving Range is officially back in business!! Please join us for our Grand Re-opening on Saturday, May 10, from 11:00am-1:00pm for free range balls, food specials, and friendly competition.
City crews will be at North Beach Park on Monday finishing the final touches: landscaping, picnic tables, and handrails. This beach access will be open by the end of the week.
Paving downtown will continue through April 28th.
Contractors have mobilized at Main Beach (Dolphin St Parking Lot) for beach renourishment
dredging. This project will soon get underway and will last most of the summer. You can follow this project by monitoring www.fbfl.us/beachrenourishment.
The Amelia River Waterfront Park is moving along according to schedule. The construction of the restrooms and pavilion will begin soon. This project will be temporarily placed on hold until Shrimp Festival has passed.
We are in the busy season of yard debris. Remember to place piles at the edge of your yard, away from poles and powerlines to allow room for the grapple truck to collect.
City staff met with Shrimp Festival committee members in preparation of the big weekend ahead.
The west end of Alachua St. The road will be opened before Shrimp Festival.
We were honored to participate in the Law Enforcement Memorial ceremony held at the
Nassau County Sheriff’s office this week.
CALENDAR
April 30, 2025; 3:15pm
Time Capsule Burial @ 102 Centre St
May 1, 2025; 6:00pm
Shrimp Festival Parade
May 1, 2025; 7:00pm
Special Thursday night Sounds on Centre
@ Front and Centre Streets
May 2-4, 2025
Isle of 8 Flags Shrimp Festival
Please be advised of the following traffic pattern
changes related to the upcoming Isle of 8 Flags
Shrimp Festival:
- No parking on Ash Street or South 2nd Street from
3:00PM – 9:00PM on Thursday, May 1, due to the
parade. - Centre Street and the downtown side streets will
officially close for the festival at 11:00AM on Friday,
May 2. Tow trucks will begin towing illegally parked
vehicles at noon.
