Downtown Sebring has added new eateries recently and now the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) seeks to create an incentive to attract more retail businesses. This would be something new, CRA Board Chair David Leidel said Friday. “We are trying to get to the point where we can step away from feeling like we have to…
Eric Gray, CEO of the Christian Service Center and candidate for the Orange County board of commissioners, described the mobile emergency shelter project to the Orlando Sentinel as “brilliant in its simplicity.” It’s part of what the city has dubbed its “407 Connect Project,” a partnership between the downtown Orlando Community Redevelopment Agency and Christian Service Center, designed to…
The renovation includes a reinforced 700-foot seawall with a concrete boardwalk, new docks, and additional amenities aimed at enhancing the downtown waterfront area. The renovation is funded through multiple sources, including a Natural Resource Damage Assessment Grant, Restore Act funds, Okaloosa County Tourist Development tax revenues, Okaloosa County’s Half-Cent Surtax for infrastructure projects, and the…
The Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in Panama City, Fla., near the corner of 15th Street and North Cove Boulevard, is seen under construction March 20, 2025. In a meeting on March 18, city commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding between Panama City and its community redevelopment agency, allowing the city to use $325,000…
