Daily Archives: January 30, 2013

CRAs fight decay but divert millions in taxes from counties

Chef Clay Butters was thinking first-class when he opened Martini’s Chophouse. He wanted a modern cuisine experience, with lots of local and organic ingredients and an Art Deco setting that wouldn’t be out of place in South Beach. He wasn’t in South Beach, though. He was in South Daytona, on a street better known along…

Proposed land swap deal to redevelop Fisherman’s Wharf may die

FORT PIERCE — After more than six months of negotiations, the proposed land swap deal to redevelop Fisherman’s Wharf will likely die. City commissioners are meeting Tuesday evening as the city’s Redevelopment Agency board to talk about the proposal for the first time publicly with the new mayor, Linda Hudson, but there may not be…