SAFETY HARBOR — The Jolley Trolley’s brass rails and wooden benches could soon signal a boon to Safety Harbor businesses. After nearly 18 months of planning and negotiating, an eight-month pilot program to bring a trolley to downtown Safety Harbor will start Feb. 1. “I think it’s more of a business morale boost to see…
We have come so far but have so far to go. Sometimes the cliches are true. That is the best description to describe the city’s Operation Urban Blight. Huge amounts of trash and debris have been collected. It’s as if a tropical storm has hit the city except this blight happens year round. Since October…
Broward County is turning off the tap of property tax dollars that for decades have flowed into blighted communities. In the face of objection from cities all over Broward that have Community Redevelopment Agencies, Broward commissioners voted Tuesday to make clear their intention: When these CRAs expire over the next five to 18 years, they…
