City aims to jump-start CRA By Angela Daughtry, News-Leader As seen in the News-Leader City commissioners conceded Tuesday that their Community Redevelopment Area in downtown Fernandina Beach needs more attention, and that an advisory board should be formed to address it. The CRA was created in 2005 as a way to spur development in the…
Redevelopment vote may be delayed By BOB McCLURE As seen in Tampa Bay News Weekly TREASURE ISLAND – Voters may not get a chance to approve the proposed density and height changes for downtown redevelopment until the March city election. City leaders were hoping to get the measure before voters on Nov. 6, but that…
County will let Belleair start planning Belleview Biltmore redevelopment area By Anna M. Phillips, Times Staff Writer As seen in the Tampa Bay Times Plans to restore the historic Belleview Biltmore hotel have inched another step closer to reality. The Pinellas County Commission on Tuesday granted Belleair the authority to begin planning a Community Redevelopment…
Local divisions stymie redevelopment hopes By Derek Catron, Staff Writer As seen in the Daytona Beach News-Journal First, the good news. Nearly everyone interviewed for this series agreed on one thing: Daytona Beach has a huge upside. Said local real estate agent Greg Antonich, “Daytona has absolutely tremendous potential. It could be so much more…
