Emerald Hills golf course clears its rezoning
Plus a $500 refund on impact windows, and two nights downtown worth leaving the house for.
Ari Pearl won a rezoning for the 166-acre golf course property at Emerald Hills. The Real Deal reported the approval on August 6, and it covers the Club at Emerald Hills project. A rezoning is not a shovel in the ground. It is the step that decides what can legally go on the land, and that is the part that sticks. Everything after it is design and financing. Inside a built-out city, a golf course is one of the last big pieces of land left, and those do not get rezoned quietly. What the approval allows is laid out in The Real Deal's story.
Florida will refund the sales tax on your impact windows
Put in impact windows or a new front door this summer? The state will send some of the sales tax back. The Department of Revenue refund covers impact-resistant windows, doors, and garage doors. It applies to purchases made from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. You do not get the break at the register. You pay the tax, then file a claim with the required forms and receipts. The home has to be site-built, carry a homestead exemption, and have a just value of $700,000 or less. One property per owner, and the refund caps at $500. Claims stay open through September 30, 2029.
A steakhouse here is going clothing-optional once a month
A Hollywood steakhouse is launching a monthly nude dining experience. That is the report from WIOD, published August 10. The headline is most of what is out there so far. Which restaurant, what a seat costs, and how the night is run are all questions the station's story is the place to answer. It is worth a click before somebody brings it up at work. The one detail that matters for planning: it repeats every month, so missing the first one is not the end of it.
Field of Dreams under the sky at ArtsPark
ArtsPark Movie Night shows Field of Dreams on Friday, August 14. It starts at 8 p.m. and runs to 10 p.m., at 1 Young Circle. That is a downtown address, so dinner first and a short walk to the screen is an easy plan. Watching an old favorite outside with a crowd is a different thing than watching it on the couch. Two hours, one movie, and nothing asked of you after that. It is also the first of two nights running downtown this weekend. Bring something to sit on.
ArtWalk takes downtown on Saturday night
Downtown Hollywood ArtWalk runs Saturday, August 15, from 6 to 10 p.m. downtown. Four hours is a generous window. You can eat first, show up late, and still see most of it. Park once and stay on foot, which is the only sane way to do downtown on a Saturday. Two nights in a row with a real reason to leave the house is a decent August around here. If you can only pick one, pick this one and treat Friday's movie as the bonus round.
The city wants to know what belongs downtown
Hollywood has opened a call for resident input on Downtown business recruitment. The city is asking what market opportunities you see and what kinds of businesses you would like in the district. That is the entire ask: your perspective, in your own words, on what downtown should hold. It is open to anyone willing to spend a few minutes on it. If you have ever walked through downtown and had a strong opinion about what is missing there, this is where the city has said it is listening. The notice has the rest.
Walk-in sessions on the rules for the beach
The city's Planning team is running a series of walk-in sessions on the Hollywood Beach Study. The same sessions cover the Bonus Overlay District and the Urban Design Guidelines. Set the titles aside and this is about the rules for what gets built along the beach. Those rules outlast whichever single project has your attention right now. Walk-in means no sign-up and no sitting through a long agenda to speak for two minutes. You show up, ask your question, and go. The city's notice has the dates and locations.