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CRA approves Piggly Wiggly funding

The Community Redevelopment Agency board on Thursday approved $205,000 toward improvements for a new Piggly Wiggly grocery store in a documented food desert on Tallahassee’s south side. Harveys closed May 2014 — three months after the announcement rocked nearby neighborhoods — due to its proximity to Winn-Dixie on Paul Russell Road. Harveys was an anchor store…

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Bradenton Downtown Development Authority tries to move forward as CRA transition continues

BRADENTON — The Bradenton Downtown Development Authority and the three city community redevelopment agencies are locked into 2015-16 budgets with few expendable revenues, which could change in the next budget cycle with an expiring $1.3 million annual interlocal agreement with Manatee County freeing up money sooner than expected. That possibility has put pressure on Bradenton…

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To help Frost museum, Miami-Dade eyes taxing district fighting blight in Miami

In pitching a $45 million bailout for the Frost Science Museum’s beleaguered construction effort, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said the infusion of cash would be the last money the nonprofit should ever expect to receive from the county. But that doesn’t mean millions of dollars in county property taxes won’t provide Frost with a crucial operating subsidy…

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Fear of county encroaching on city’s CRAs

As city of Miami commissioners begin talks about extending the life of the Overtown Parkwest Community Redevelopment Agency, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is seeking changes that could increase county participation and change the agency’s scope. Miami officials aren’t exactly cool to the idea, saying that the idea, which has the support of county commissioners, interferes…

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Harder Hall sale appears imminent

SEBRING — The city of Sebring’s long-awaited sale of Harder Hall appeared to be imminent Monday. As of late Monday afternoon, South Florida Senior Living had not notified the city that it wants to back out of purchasing the historic hotel and transforming it into an independent senior living facility. The Monday deadline was the latest…

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Scaled-down development sought in Madeira Beach Residents voice concern over increased traffic, density

Residents voice concern over increased traffic, density. MADEIRA BEACH – Some scale-down appears likely to a controversial multi-use development proposed for the Holton property on the west end of the causeway bridge in Madeira Beach. The Madeira Beach Planning Commission took no action in a Jan. 11 meeting on the development as proposed. They acted…

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