The Current by TreasureCoast.com

The Current by TreasureCoast.com is a front-row seat to people, organizations, stories, and happenings shaping Florida’s Treasure Coast. Each episode dives into insightful conversations with local leaders, business owners, artists, and visionaries who make our region unique. Whether you’re a longtime resident or just visiting the Treasure Coast, The Current takes you behind the scenes of the area’s most exciting events, developments, and hidden gems. Tune in for engaging interviews, expert insights, and a positive perspective on life along Florida’s Treasure Coast.

The Current by TreasureCoast.com is a society podcast hosted by TreasureCoast.com, with 67 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

TreasureCoast.com hosts The Current by TreasureCoast.com, a society show with 67 episodes published.

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  Episode #67

  Blue Collar Big Dollar on the Trades Skills Gap and Careers in Construction

  Sep 25, 202640 min

  Blue Collar Big Dollar joins The Current to talk about the construction skills gap on the Treasure Coast and why far more tradespeople are retiring than entering the field. A program of the Treasure Coast Builders Association Charitable Foundation, the organization runs hands-on training, school programs, and career events across the region. The conversation walks through the pathways into a trade career, from entry-level work to pre-apprenticeship programs for 16 to 24 year olds to full apprenticeships where workers are paid while training toward licensure. Blue Collar Big Dollar also discusses the misconceptions it still hears from parents, the soft skills employers value more than experience, what the shortage means for homeowners facing rising construction costs, and a scholarship fund that covers training, certifications, and even work boots and tools. Representing the organization are Director of Workforce Development Jen Williams and board president Benjamin Haynes. For more conversations with the people shaping Florida's Treasure Coast, visit treasurecoast.com.

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  Episode #66

  Dan Toback on the Softening Real Estate Market and Where St. Lucie County Grows Next

  Sep 21, 202631 min

  Dan Toback runs two things that give him an unusual read on St. Lucie County: SLC Scanner, a community news page with more than 165,000 followers, and a Port St. Lucie home-buying business he has operated for about 15 years. He joins The Current to explain how the page sources and verifies community-submitted news, and what he's seeing in the local housing market. Toback discusses rising foreclosure activity, why buyers from 2022 and 2023 are in the toughest position, and his advice to plan on ten-year horizons rather than short-term resales. He also shares where he expects growth to head next, from Fort Pierce to Okeechobee, his concern about affordability for longtime families in those neighborhoods, and which Port St. Lucie areas he thinks buyers overlook. For more conversations with the people shaping Florida's Treasure Coast, visit treasurecoast.com.

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  Episode #65

  Byron Donalds on Cost of Living, Insurance, and Property Taxes

  Sep 14, 202627 min

  Congressman Byron Donalds, who represents Southwest Florida and is running for governor, joins The Current to lay out his platform. He explains why he supports Amendment 3 and details five specific insurance reforms he would pursue, including changes to the state catastrophe fund, restructuring home hardening programs, and creating an insurance scorecard so consumers can review a carrier's claims history before buying. Donalds also discusses health care price transparency, his proposals for K-12 literacy and expanded apprenticeship pathways, and his approach to managing growth through regional planning that accounts for Florida's distinct regions. The conversation covers permitting reform to lower housing costs, buying development rights to keep agricultural land in production, protecting the wildlife corridor, and Florida's position in commercial space. For more conversations with the people shaping Florida's Treasure Coast, visit treasurecoast.com.

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  Episode #64

  Serving Children of the Fallen and the Families Left Behind With Operation 300

  Sep 10, 202627 min

  Adam Baldwin, chief marketing officer of Operation 300, joins The Current to talk about the organization his family founded after losing Navy SEAL Aaron Vaughn in the Extortion 17 shootdown in 2011. Operation 300 flies children who have lost a parent in military or law enforcement service to Camp Valor in Stuart, pairing them with volunteer mentors for adventure camps at no cost to the family. Baldwin explains how the organization grew from one camp with eight kids into six military camps, two law enforcement camps, and three Gold Star Father Expeditions each year, why the quiet moments between activities matter more than the activities themselves, and how mentors have stayed in campers' lives for years afterward. He also covers what Gold Star and White Star families are, how residents can volunteer, and the events coming up across the Treasure Coast. For more conversations with the people shaping Florida's Treasure Coast, visit treasurecoast.com.

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  Episode #63

  Anthony Bonna on Growth, Taxes, and Local Control From Port St. Lucie to Tallahassee

  Aug 28, 202626 min

  Anthony Bonna, a Port St. Lucie city councilman running for the Florida House of Representatives, joins The Current to talk about what he learned in local government and what he would bring to Tallahassee. He describes growing up in Port St. Lucie raised by a single mother, the community organizations that helped shape his path, and why he returned home to serve. Bonna discusses the city's record on millage reductions and debt paydown, why he cast the lone vote against a major residential approval over traffic obligations, and his view that recent state legislation went too far in limiting local control over growth. The conversation also covers property insurance, small business regulation, school choice and teacher pay, public safety funding, Amendment 3, and protecting the Indian River Lagoon. For more conversations with the people shaping Florida's Treasure Coast, visit treasurecoast.com.

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