Daily Archives: November 19, 2025

MCRA Weighs $107,365 Proposal for Expanded Oversight of Boulevard Improvement Project

The Margate Community Redevelopment Agency (MCRA) is considering whether to approve Task Order No. 3 with Chen Moore and Associates, Inc. (CMA) for expanded civil engineering, landscaping, and construction administration services related to the ongoing Margate Boulevard Crosswalk and Landscape Improvements Project.  The proposed agreement would authorize an additional $107,365 in professional services, bringing total…

Panama City CRA Approves Package of Redevelopment Actions

The Panama City Community Redevelopment Agency unanimously voted on Nov. 4 to approve a slate of redevelopment actions, which included plan amendments, consultant contracts, a tax-increment rebate, a property purchase, and feasibility work. The board adopted Resolution CRA-2025-1104.1 to transmit proposed community redevelopment plan amendments to the city commission and taxing authorities for ordinance adoption.…

Pensacola City Council Votes to Approve ‘Reimagine Palafox’ Project

The Pensacola City Council voted Thursday night to approve the much-publicized “Reimagine Palafox” project. The project passed with a 5-2 vote. The council met for a “Community Redevelopment Agency” meeting earlier this week. Members voted 5-2 to approve $10.7 million for the project. Approximately $7 million is coming from CRA funds, while approximately $3 million is…

Sebring and CRA Pitching in to Restore Centennial Mural

The City of Sebring and the Community Redevelopment Agency will chip in to help pay the cost to restore the Sebring Centennial mural, which is visible from South Ridgewood Drive. The CRA Board had previously agreed to pay half the cost to repaint the wall (over the mural) with the total cost of the paint…

CRA Board Approves West Tampa Affordable Housing Partnership

The Community Redevelopment Agency Board has approved a partnership between Domain Homes and the Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency’s (CRA) Housing Division to build single family homes in West Tampa. The project, which is designed as a scattered-site development, will create five homes priced below the City’s affordable housing sales price threshold of $450,000. The idea…

Pompano Homecoming for This Iconic South Florida Surf Shop

Island Water Sports, a South Florida surf-and-skate mainstay that traces its roots to Pompano Beach in the 1970s, has officially returned home with the Saturday grand opening of its fourth retail location – just steps from the Fisher Family Pier. The shop is hard to miss, on the corner of A1A and Pier Street (NE…

CRA Board Approves $4 Million‑Scale Support For 22 Workforce Units

The Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency board voted to advance support for 801 East Whiting after a presentation from staff and the developer. Bee Parks, the CRA community development coordinator, told the board the project includes 22 workforce units with a 50‑year rent restriction and that the CAC recommended the $4,000,000 request. “This has a 50-year…

$325 Million Broadway Project: Riviera Beach Picks Forest Development

Five developers faced off this month for the chance to build a housing complex on public land in Riviera Beach’s urban core, a waterfront area that residential investors have long bypassed. City Council members, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, selected Forest Development on Nov. 12 to build up to 450 apartments and 17,000 square feet…

City Completes First Home Renovation Through New CRA Assistance Program

The City of Apopka Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has completed its first home renovation project under the Residential Renovation Assistance Program, marking a major milestone in the city’s neighborhood revitalization efforts. The $24,073 project focused on replacing the home’s roof and windows—improvements that boost safety, energy efficiency, and curb appeal. Launched on October 1, 2025,…