Local church says they were duped by eminent domain claim

“You can hear the traffic flying by the Glorious Bethlehem Temple off Emerson, but Pastor Don says that never bothered anyone.

“They love being here, they talk about it, and we just carry the word to everybody else,” said Don Richardson.

He’s been attending the small church since 1978, and Pastor since 2009.

Almost as soon as he took over the Florida Department of Transportation told him he would have to move.

They were taking over the area using eminent domain to build a retention pond to expand I-95.”

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Ross, Katilyn First Coast News 22 November 2013.