“Take 5” – 5 Questions with Deena Drumgo – Assistant City Manager, City of Lake Wales FRA Board of Directors Q: What is your best piece of business advice for a new FRA member? Deena: My advice would be to get involved with a committee, take an academy class, and sign up to receive FRA…
The Martin County Community Redevelopment Agency Board got its final update March 3 on the 100 percent draft of concept plans for the new community center in Rio and Dixie Highway streetscape improvements that will finally conclude expansion begun years ago. Planning and urban designers from Marlin Engineering of Fort Lauderdale and Dover, Kohl and…
Cape Coral City Council, sitting as the South Cape Community Redevelopment Agency Board of Commissioners, is expected to vote on a Breaking Barriers to Business Grant for Zuly Dental Medicine Center, LLC Wednesday. If approved, CRA Resolution 3-26 would award $50,000 to the LLC. The Breaking Barriers to Business Program “assists eligible businesses and developers…
He calls it the Kush corner. It’s a construction site where crews are renovating the historic building at the corner of North Miami Avenue and NE 20th Street in Wynwood. That’s where Matt Kuscher is rebuilding Kush restaurant, which closed a couple of years ago, and to literally top it off, he’s creating 10 studio…
Tallahassee city and county leaders broke ground on a 17-home Community Land Trust development in the South City neighborhood, targeting income-eligible families, seniors, and veterans. Tallahassee city and county leaders broke ground on a new Community Land Trust development on Wallis Street in the South City neighborhood on Friday, unveiling a project they say will…
Tampa’s Downtown Community Redevelopment Agency plans to invest $6 million into transforming a one-mile stretch of Franklin Street. The work is designed to make it friendlier for people on foot. Plans call for sidewalk improvements, fresh lighting installations, green spaces, pocket parks, and restored brickwork along this corridor. City leaders will begin accepting bids for…