Lake Alfred Commission OKs CRA Plan

LAKE ALFRED | Lake Alfred is moving closer to creating a Community Redevelopment Agency. Commissioners voted Monday to adopt the area identified by a finding of necessity study as the target for the agency. Next the Polk County Commission will have to approve the finding of necessity study and give the city authority to establish…

Update on the Tampa InVision Plan

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn provides a swift update of the InVision Tampa Plan (developed with a 2010 HUD Community Challenge grant), which has focused on drawing development back into the city’s downtown and close-in neighborhoods.  So far, 1,000 residents have been involved, first hand, with 1,700 engaging with the project on-line. The waterfront and downtown is already attracting…

DEO Quarterly Newsletter

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Department of Economic Opportunity’s (DEO) Quarterly Newsletter. Each quarter, this newsletter will highlight DEO’s activities, initiatives, and news items of interest to Florida’s workers, employers, economic and community developers, and more. The newsletter will highlight one division of DEO each quarter and provide an in-depth look into the…