Sarasota city officials, who struggled for months to find some way to persuade the County Commission to extend the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, got their response suddenly last Tuesday. With little attention, the commission voted unanimously to stop funding the 30-year-old agency by September 2016. The CRA takes the part of tax revenues resulting from…
Casselberry commissioners tonight approved major parts of a plan to transform a vacant strip of land into a city center complete with luxury apartments and a lakeside promenade. The village plan, which calls for building four apartment buildings alongside walking trails and restaurants, has been in the works for more than a decade. The project…
At a time when a growing number of Winter Park homes are being purchased and torn down, the city is exploring the possibility of asking the homeowners to take a cooling- off period in an effort to save more homes. The idea was proposed by a citizens committee that helped draft a new ordinance on…
