✨ FRA Newsletter Highlights | September 4, 2026👏 Celebrating FRA Leadership
A round of applause for the FRA Board of Directors and FRA staff! FRA recently brought its leadership team together for a board meeting as the association continues its work supporting redevelopment professionals and communities across Florida.
🎉 Redevelopment Week is Almost Here!
🗓 September 14–18, 2026
Get ready to celebrate Redevelopment Week! FRA’s toolkit provides ready-to-use resources to help CRAs highlight the projects, partnerships, and investments transforming their communities. The Redevelopment Week webinar recording is also available to help you prepare.
👏 See How Fort Myers is Celebrating
Looking for inspiration? The City of Fort Myers and Fort Myers CRA have created a dedicated Redevelopment Week webpage to help spread the word and showcase the importance of redevelopment in their community.
🌴 2026 FRA Annual Conference Registration is Open
🗓 October 20–23 | Charlotte Harbor
Join redevelopment professionals from across Florida at the Sunseeker Resort for expert speakers and panelists, best practices, legislative updates, networking opportunities, and more.
🎥 New FRA Webinar: Opportunity Zone 2.0
Learn how Florida CRAs can use Opportunity Zones to attract private investment and support future redevelopment projects. Presented by Harmon Wattenbarger, Economic Development Coordinator for the City of Orlando, this recorded webinar provides an update on Florida’s Opportunity Zone landscape and practical guidance for positioning redevelopment districts to attract private capital.
📰 Redevelopment News
Featured stories:
• Coral Springs Downtown Infrastructure Investment
• Pensacola Alice S. Williams Center
• Zephyrhills Trattoria Napoli Commercial Improvement Project
• Delray Beach Pompey Park Recreation Center
• North Miami Lakeview at Nomi Mixed-Income Development
• Apopka CRA Property Acquisitions
Additional redevelopment news from:
• Apopka
• Fort Lauderdale
• Winter Garden
• Margate
• Miami-Dade County
• Tampa
• Plant City
• Orlando
• Bradenton
• Clearwater
…and other redevelopment projects from communities across Florida.
💼 Job Opportunities
Featured positions include:
• CRA Manager – City of Haines City
Plus additional redevelopment and planning opportunities from FRA members statewide.
📣 RFPs / RFQs
Additional redevelopment contracting opportunities are available from FRA members throughout Florida.
Click here to read the September 9, 2026, FRA Newsletter
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