Construction could start next year on an $8.3 million pedestrian bridge over traffic-clogged Colonial Drive near Interstate 4 in downtown Orlando. With new apartment buildings and condominiums sprouting throughout downtown, city officials are looking for ways to encourage walking and bicycling. They think the bridge could get more people out and about — and across…
The final design for the $3.8 million Main Street streetscape project was presented before a packed crowd Monday night as the Leesburg Commission plans to improve an eyesore area leading to downtown. Frank Bellomo, of Bellomo Herbert Inc., showed the key elements of the project that will feature a brick entry gateway at the intersection…
At its meeting Wednesday, the board of the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority set its “not to exceed” tax rate at $2 per $1,000 of taxable value for properties in the specially-designated downtown taxing district. At its final budget hearing Sept. 30, it’s expected to maintain its current rate of $1. The special tax…