MIAMI, Fla. – Today, Governor Rick Scott signed the budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year and vetoed $410 million in legislative projects that do not provide a great return for Florida families. Additionally, Governor Scott vetoed the Florida Educational Finance Program (FEFP) funding portions of the budget. Governor Scott is also vetoing HB 5501 which…
With a 15-minute soliloquy, Delray Beach’s mayor cast the deciding vote to keep the Community Redevelopment Agency board independent from the City Commission. “The hasty manner in which we got here does not produce an environment in which cooler heads prevail,” Mayor Cary Glickstein said. Glickstein said he regretted not hitting the pause button two…
This year’s selection of 11 emerging U.S. cities consists of premium destinations for hosting business meetings, corporate events and association gatherings. From Northern California to the Colorado Rockies, from the Midwest to New England, and from the Southeast to the Lone Star state, today’s professional event planners have a variety of choices. Each city is…
Dive Brief: Miami officials are considering proposals from three bidders who want to renovate a city marina, according to the South Florida Business Journal. The project will include a boardwalk, restaurants and mangrove restoration. Although the city of Miami won’t release bid details until 30 days after the May 24 submittal deadline, one company, Biscayne…
SARASOTA, Fla., May 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Gardner Capital announced it received a reservation of housing tax credits from the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to help fund the redevelopment of the existing public housing apartments at Amaryllis Park Place in the Newtown neighborhood of Sarasota, Florida. The Amaryllis Park Place redevelopment project, located on Orange Avenue…
At today’s City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) meeting, the joint board, comprised of City and Leon County Commissioners, continued discussion and momentum to revitalize areas of our community. The CRA board received an update from North American Properties (NAP) about the proposed mixed-use development at Cascades Park. During the update, NAP reiterated its…
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., May 25, 2017 — The Pompano Beach CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) has issued a call for artists of all disciplines to submit applications for the City Vista Artist in Residence (AiR) program. City Vista is a mixed-use apartment building located in the heart of the developing downtown district. Artists must meet income…
FORT PIERCE — The city hopes to entice a hotel developer to build a hotel in downtown by adding more property to the site of a former power plant. The city owns three parcels next to the site of the former H.D. King Power Plant on Second Street in the heart of downtown. Those lots would…
The builder M/I Homes started work on a residential development with 41 single-family homes and 43 townhomes near downtown Winter Garden and next to the West Orange Trail. The first two models of Heritage at Plant Street are expected to open this year, the developer said. The community will include a pool, walkways and shared…
The developer behind the proposed $158-million, mixed-use project near Cascades Park wants community input on history tied to the site so that stories from the past may be part of the project’s future. The project includes Firestone and Bloxham Annex buildings, stretching across two city blocks downtown. The Bloxham building is slated for the preservation efforts…
A block of Jacksonville’s Downtown Cathedral District could become active again if a developer can get past timing, financing and preservation issues. Community Connections of Jacksonville Inc. occupied the 1.5-acre site at Duval, Liberty and Church streets and Shields Place. Originally the YWCA, Community Connections operated at 325 E. Duval St., next to Saint John’s…
LAKELAND — For the sake of art, a squad of nearly two dozen students, teachers and administrators spent the better part of Sunday hunkered in a major Lakeland intersection that was temporarily closed to traffic. The children and adults from Rochelle School of the Arts and Harrison School of the Arts ignored the furnace-like…
