ST. PETERSBURG — A group of community leaders is forming to help give Central Avenue a unified feel, while emphasizing the unique traits of its adjoining neighborhoods. The Conversation on Central group started about two years ago to help the city with its Central Avenue Revitalization Plan, adopted last fall. The plan calls for banners…
Integrity Florida report questions Enterprise Florida’s fairness Integrity Florida will release a report this morning questioning Enterprise Florida’s performance over the past 16 years and whether it’s fairly picking business partners. Dan Krassner, executive director of Integrity Florida said Enterprise Florida has failed to meet the goals it set to achieve when the state’s public-private…
The Use of Incentives in Economic Development Competition among states and cities for new business projects is nothing new. Economic development incentive use accelerated as the federal government cut back on economic development programs in the late 1980s early 1990s. The impact of the recession during that period resulted in plant closures, lay-offs, fewer new…
The Ocala City Council reached consensus at Tuesday’s workshop meeting to give a group of local developers an exclusive six-month right to assess the feasibility of building a boutique hotel on the former Chamber of Commerce site downtown. This will include discussions with the city about a conference center and possibly a parking garage. After…
