Scientology “has stalled” development of Clearwater, Florida

Published July 19, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

[Mayor of Clearwater Bruce Rector says] “We’ve gotten a lot of opportunity out there to grow and make Clearwater thrive even more. So, we see Clearwater as a blank canvas. There are lots of areas that could really use some revitalization. And we are getting a lot of interest from those outside of Clearwater coming in with outside resources, private partners to help us do that.”

Rector’s vision for downtown Clearwater is part of that. However, the amount of property the Church of Scientology owns has stalled much of that vision.

“So far, we’ve just shared our vision with what we want to do, and they’ve shared their vision with how they see developing downtown. We’ve not gotten to a path forward to do that. Not necessarily working in partnership with them, but helping us both realize what we both want to do downtown, that we continue to be open to communication and invite them to talk about how we can make Clearwater thrive,” he said.

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