Permits slip but more housing on the way

BY MARK J. CRAWFORD mark@ytfwqrof.elementor.cloud Starke had more commercial building permits pulled in 2025 than new housing permits. The seven single family homes were one-fifth the number permitted last year, although that number had been inflated by the 21 rental homes constructed in the Sandcastle Pines development on North Westmoreland Street. But Starke has more…