A new addition to Shady Park will honor four Hannibal Square residents whose contributions shaped the history of Winter Park. The Shady Park Pioneer Memorial will include busts of Ideal Womans’ Club founder Mary Lee DePugh (1878-1949), activist and founder of the Winter Park Advocate newspaper Gustavus Christopher “Gus” Henderson (1862-1917), and the first Black…
The Downtown Orlando Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board on July 31 will consider Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for design and engineering work for a “festival street” on a 250-foot span on Church Street between the SunRail tracks and Hughey Avenue. In addition, the CRA Advisory Board will consider a separate contract with DRMP Inc. to…
Collier County has recently welcomed a new Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) director, a change that many residents and local businesses have eagerly anticipated. With a backdrop of ambitious plans and a growing community, the new director’s fresh perspective brings a renewed sense of hope and momentum to the area. As the landscape of our communities…
New Port Richey has approved another development incentive to a business on U.S. 19 at its southern entrance, this time for a popular restaurant location next door to the multistory condo and luxury hotel property that got more than $7 million in incentives from the city last month. On Tuesday, the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency…
A bricking project along Ybor City’s Seventh Avenue is now underway. Crews began replacing the street with bricks on July 29. The project’s first phase starts between North 15th and 17th Streets, according to a news release, and is expected to take two weeks. Construction will be done one block at a time and will…
