Our sole mission at Family Promise of Brevard is to create opportunities for families to increase their INDEPENDENCE and move from merely surviving to thriving! Today, we are entering our 63rd family, a single veteran dad who wants to provide a better life for himself and his teenage son. We are able to provide bridge housing for them through the donations of space, time, and goods from our network of 24 congregations, over 600 volunteers, donors, corporate partners […]

Selling your home, which is typically your largest investment can be challenging, stressful and not to mention nerve-racking. There are 2 major obstacles in selling your home that often become the sticking points in making a deal or losing a deal. The first step is price and what I call salability. This is how the property shows and how it’s perceived by the buyer. Many sellers worry if the buyers will like their style, the improvements […]

Did you know that Florida has the unfortunate distinction of being the national leader in annual boating fatalities?
A majority of fatalities every year are boaters that are reported swimmers who fall overboard and drown. These deaths can be easily prevented by wearing a life jacket.
Wearing a life jacket can mean the difference between a fun day on the water and becoming a statistic. Don’t believe it could happen to you? […]

Bill Potter, a longtime attorney, civic benefactor and member of Florida Institute of Technology’s Board of Trustees, will speak Monday, May 9, about his extraordinary experiences as an international election supervisor for and military advisor to the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s following that region’s brutal war and ensuing peace efforts.
Potter detailed these experiences in his 2005 book, A Bosnian Diary: A Floridian’s Experience at […]

Media Day & Artist Meet ‘N Greet
3:30pm Friday November 20th 2015 @ Lori Wilson North Park in Cocoa Beach
Come join us as we turn Lori Wilson Park into its own unique Art Galley while bringing awareness that trash belongs in these beautiful painted cans and not in the sand.
Creative Cans in the Sand is a not for profit with the mission to help encourage beach-goers to dispose of their trash […]

Award winning artist Eric LaMarr announces his next solo art show on December 4th, 2015 in Rockledge at Roswell Global. (2900 Murrell Road ) The show starts at 6pm and runs until 11pm. LaMarr is from Rockledge, FL. He is a graduate of Brevard Community College and The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Illustration. Eric acquires most of the inspiration for […]

“The Space Shuttle program has retired, everyone is leaving Brevard County and real estate prices are dropping fast,” – I can’t tell everyone how much I heard that a few years ago from misinformed prospective property buyers looking for a Big Bargain in Brevard.
Yes, in July of 2011 the Space Shuttle program did retire, but prices were not dropping fast in most parts of Brevard. Although a local newspaper kept […]

FRIDAY: Surf heights are in the thigh to waist-high range this morning with bumpy conditions from a steady southeasterly wind.
Wave heights should increase to waist-high with plus size sets by mid-morning during the high tide push.
SATURDAY: Saturday’s surf will decrease some into the thigh- to waist-high range.
Brief early morning offshore winds will clean up the lines followed by a gentle onshore breeze in the afternoon.
SUNDAY: Sunday’s surf will remain in […]