Neighbors oppose Inverness CRA

INVERNESS — It’s not just county officials giving the Inverness City Council a hard time about its plans to expand the community redevelopment area (CRA) district. About 20 residents of a neighborhood off Vine Street, near a mobile home park and an orange grove, asked the council at a meeting Tuesday evening to exclude their…

DeLand may add more landscaping downtown

DELAND — City officials are inching closer to deciding how to use $429,000 that became available after a proposed downtown mixed-use development fell through last year. The downtown Community Redevelopment Agency board, made up of the five-member City Commission plus two downtown business owners, met recently and went over the results of a January public meeting…

Sale of two historic motels finalized

SEBRING — The sale of two historic downtown Sebring hotels have been finalized. Developer Tony Collins bought both the Santa Rosa Hotel at 509 N. Ridgewood Drive and the Nan-ces-o-wee Hotel at 139 N. Ridgewood Drive, according to press releases from real estate agent Madge Stewart. Collins has said that he plans to redevelop the two…

FLC University Summit Series

The Florida League of Cities (FLC) offers new and ongoing training through a variety of methods: regional summits, workshops and presentations for local and regional leagues, webinars, training for new and veteran elected officials and more! The FLC University was designed to offer our cities a variety of excellent Florida specific classes, with plenty of…