Jazz, Arts and Blues Festival (Oct. 21-22)
The 3rd Annual Jazz, Arts and Blues Festival is Oct. 21 – 22. The two-day festival will feature an exclusive music lineup, artist exhibits, food and more! Learn More.
Suwannee Hulaween (Oct. 28-30)
Suwannee Hulaween is held at the breathtaking “Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park” in Live Oak, FL over the Halloween Weekend, 10/28 – 10/30, 2016. Learn More.
Will Live Oak Become An Amtrak Stop?
The city of Live Oak is campaigning to win over the influence of Amtrak and the Southern Rail Commission to make the city an active stop for passengers. Since the inspection train rolled through Live Oak in February, city officials have started a campaign called All Aboard Live Oak to convince Amtrak and the Southern…
Timeline
1984 Amtrak’s Sunset Limited rail service begins operating between Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans. 1993 The Sunset Limited route is extended from Los Angeles to New Orleans and onto Jacksonville, Orlando and initially Miami, Florida. The Los Angeles—Florida run becomes the first coast-to-coast passenger rail service operated by a single carrier. August 2005 Hurricane Katrina…
Amtrak committee throws depot event
LIVE OAK — The City of Live Oak Amtrak Committee held a VIP event at the historic Suwannee Depot Station at 210 N Ohio Ave. Aug. 11 to bring together supporters for the revival of the Live Oak Amtrak stop. There were 75 RSVPs for the event, and city councilman Keith Mixon spoke to the…
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City assigns $10,000 for Amtrak campaign
LIVE OAK — At the City of Live Oak council meeting Tuesday, $10,000 was appropriated for media consulting by RB Oppenheim Associates. The council and Amtrak representatives have had many conversations about making Live Oak a railroad destination, and Amtrak officials have made it clear that the city needs to show it is the best…
Passenger rail group finding priorities
Officials tasked with developing a plan to restore passenger rail service throughout the Gulf Coast are barreling toward their September deadline. In anticipation of re-connecting rail service severed in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina, the 30-member Gulf Coast Rail Working Group is evaluating needed railway improvements, ridership feasibility studies and infrastructure upgrades. The working group was…
Amtrak on track to return to Gulf Coast
BILOXI — Five weeks ago an Amtrak inspection train rolled across South Mississippi for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, and on Wednesday officials met in Biloxi to move along the dream of restoring passenger rail service across the Gulf Coast. Mark Murphy, general manager of long distance service for Amtrak, was aboard the inspection…
Amtrak rolls through Live Oak and Madison
Hundreds turned out in Madison and Live Oak last Friday to welcome the Amtrak train as it made its trip from New Orleans to Jacksonville to inspect the rail infrastructure. The goal of the Amtrak and Gulf Coast Passenger Rail Inspection trip was to examine the existing infrastructure and better understand the economic, cultural and…