Downtown Hastings seeing a business resurgence

Occupancy in the mile-long district is up from 20% to 90% in two years.

Hastings Coffee Co. and the Chocolattes bakery in Downtown Hastings. Downtown Hastings business occupancy is up from 20% in 2023 to 90% in 2025.
Hastings Coffee Co. and the Chocolattes bakery in Downtown Hastings. Downtown Hastings business occupancy is up from 20% in 2023 to 90% in 2025.
Photo by J. Brooks Terry
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Known as the Potato Capital of Florida, Hastings is an unincorporated, census-designated place and agricultural hub in St. Johns County about 18 miles southwest of St. Augustine.

The community’s historic Downtown is now seeing a resurgence.

Hastings Main Street Board Chair Jena Dennis, right, with Treasurer Len Freeman and Executive Director Sallie O’Hara. The group is working to revitalize Downtown Hastings.
Photo by J. Brooks Terry
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