Daily Archives: December 24, 2024

Art Comes to Life: Osceola Arts, City of Kissimmee, and Snap Orlando Partner on Augmented Reality Murals

Downtown Kissimmee is now home to its first augmented reality (AR) public art installations, thanks to a collaborative effort between Osceola Arts, the Downtown Kissimmee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), and Snap! Orlando. This groundbreaking project integrates Osceola Arts’ Art in Public Places mural initiative with cutting-edge AR technology, providing a vibrant and interactive cultural experience…

Corporate Housing to be Built for Gulfshore Playhouse Actors, Workers

Naples City Council approved a new corporate-housing concept that will allow traveling actors, designers and other theater professionals to live next door to Gulfshore Playhouse while they work, rehearse and perform. A four-level, 366-space public garage, the city’s third, is being built on the southwest corner of 12th Street and First Avenue South, west of…

Junkyard Operations in Dr. MLK Redevelopment Area Ended With CRA Facilitated Sale of Property

A junkyard operation has ceased operation in an area of Fort Myers earmarked as a redevelopment zone and aided by the sale of the property. The sale was helped by the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency, which facilitated the purchase of the business at 3312 Edison Avenue and 2419 Henderson Avenue through a “contribution in…

Lake Placid Gets Planning Help for Downtown

Lake Placid has agreed to hire an outside agency to plan the future of its downtown business district. The town will pay $40,000 to the Central Florida Regional Planning Council to develop a “downtown vision and action plan” for the town’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). The resulting land use and development parameters will guide everything…