Twenty years ago, Miami Beach’s hotel market was sleepy enough that Miami-Dade County created a special taxing district aimed at revitalizing a “blighted area” that includes Lincoln Road and the oceanfront off 16th Street. Today, that land has gained about $4 billion in value, but elected leaders don’t want to declare victory just yet. On Tuesday, Miami-Dade…
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — City leaders have acquiesced to the wishes of the Volusia County Council, shortening their request for a new Community Redevelopment Area that would run along a slumping section of U.S. 1 from a 40-year to a 20-year plan. County Council members have made it clear that 20 years is the limit…
DELAND — The Volusia County Council by a narrow 4-3 vote Thursday approved a new Community Redevelopment Area for New Smyrna Beach that aims to renovate an ailing stretch of U.S. 1 and the city’s struggling Historic Westside Neighborhood. Over 20 years the CRA plan is expected to generate about $15 million for road, drainage,…
If the median at the S-curve leading into Ocala’s downtown looks a little bare these days, that is because the Downtown Business Alliance and the city of Ocala are in the process of sprucing it up. “The DBA and city have a joint beautification project there,” said DBA President Ted Schatt. “It is plants going…