AVON PARK – The undertaking to revitalize and economically invigorate Avon Park’s southside has been a bit bumpy but began a process of smoothing out Wednesday night.
At a Special Meeting of the Southside Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Advisory Board, the Citizens Advisory Task Force listened to a presentation by an Avon Park’s Cool & Cobb Engineering Co. on options for improving drainage and lighting in the area.
The area being considered for a $750,000 Community Development Block Grant is roughly from the intersection of Green Street and Delaney Avenue, south to Fred Conner Street to the intersection of south Verona Avenue and Hal McRae Boulevard, then east to South Carolina Avenue and Hal McRae Boulevard. The area contains about 25 homes, two residential units/apartments and four to five business buildings along east Hal McRae.