2/19/26 FRA Newsletter Highlights: 📢 Call for Sessions – 2026 FRA Annual ConferenceSubmit your ideas for speakers & topics by March 13, 2026 (Conference: Oct. 20–23 | Sunseeker Resort, Charlotte Harbor) 🎓 FRA Academy – Budgeting, Funding & ReportingMarch 6 | Orlando(Core course covering TIF, grants, PPPs, reporting requirements & more) 🏆 2025 FRA Award…
Riviera Beach officials have to choose between three developers who all have Riviera Beach developments under their belt. The developers have submitted proposals to build a mixed-use project on a prime Riviera Beach waterfront parcel. The coastal city’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) issued the request for the 90-acre site at 190 E. 13th St. last August. The agency…
Orlando’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is investing $30 million into “The Canopy,” a transformative project beneath I-4 in downtown. Part of the city’s updated DTO Action Plan, the redevelopment will convert nearly 10 acres between Washington and Church streets into a vibrant public gathering space featuring event areas, public art, pedestrian and bike paths, digital…
2/12/26 FRA Newsletter Highlights: FRA Academy – Budgeting, Funding, and Reporting on March 6 FRA Award Showcase: City of Palmetto CRA Redevelopment FRA Member News clips from: Lealman CRA, Temple Terrace CRA, North Miami CRA, Dunedin CRA, City of Cocoa, Fort Myers CRA and more linked articles Job listings: Senior Planner – City of Delray…
The Temple Terrace City Council unanimously approved Phase One of the Riverside Park project on Feb. 3, authorizing Halff and Associates to begin permitting and contract bidding. Phase One is estimated to cost $3.44 million, including nearly $950,000 in contingencies. The city has $3.8 million available, with about $3 million coming from its unassigned fund…
The City of Orlando has begun Phase 1 of its Magnolia Avenue redesign, installing fencing and closing the street between Livingston and Jefferson Streets for about six weeks. The project, a joint effort with the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), will convert Magnolia from a one-way to a two-way street, remove most dedicated LYMMO bus lanes,…
The Boca Raton Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) voted 5-0 to approve Resolution No. 2026-02-CRA, clearing the way for the assignment of multiple leases at Mizner Park. The action allows retail, residential, and office leases — including properties along Federal Highway, Plaza Real’s Phase II residences, Office I (now RH Outlet), and Office II — to…
Last week, the North Miami Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) approved a $250,000 Business Attraction Grant to support the creation of a community-centered maternal health and wellness facility, helping address South Florida’s growing shortage of maternity care. The vision belongs to Olamina Properties LLC, a joint venture between Black-led nonprofits Southern Birth Justice Network (SBJN) and…
In a brief digital “open house” video shared on Facebook, entrepreneurs Yana Yanovska and Alex Yanovsky recently offered a glimpse at the progress of their Jellyfish Museum, steadily taking shape at 199 South Ocean Boulevard. The video makes it clear there’s more interior finishing work to do – it still looks closer to a construction…
The long-gestating renovation of Lealman’s 38-acre Raymond H. Neri Park was unveiled Saturday, a $10 million investment by Pinellas County government in the future of the unincorporated and historically underserved district. The ribbon-cutting was followed by the fourth annual Honey & Arts Festival, on the massive athletic fields (re-planted with new grass) near the new…
Families in Apopka are seeing major home improvements thanks to the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency Residential Renovation Assistance Program, which invested nearly $1 million to help homeowners with critical exterior repairs. Eligible residents received up to $30,000 for upgrades such as new roofs, windows, driveway repairs, porch improvements and ADA modifications. In total, the program…
A proposed mixed-use development at the former Ocean Optics site on Main Street in Dunedin won unanimous approval from the Local Planning Agency on Jan. 14, drawing praise from residents and city officials who called it transformational for downtown. Main Street Exchange, planned for the corner of Main Street and Douglas Avenue, would feature an…