The architects hired to create a revival plan for the Kass Circle neighborhood in the heart of old Spring Hill said, basically, that the area currently doesn’t look like much. Nearby houses are “unsightly,” according to a report produced by the University of South Florida School of Architecture and Community Design. The lack of landscaping…
DELAND — A need for more space prompted Jim Cara to move his downtown pop-culture business from the east side of Woodland Boulevard to the west, but the afternoon sun bearing down on his storefront pushed him to move even faster. “That’s the sunny side of the street. There are no tall buildings on this…
DELTONA — A mishmash of vacancies and re-purposed small businesses adjoin the city’s only motel, the former Deltona Inn, along a boulevard that City Commissioner Heidi Herzberg calls “sad.” Herzberg, who represents the city’s southwest side, and her fellow commissioners unanimously passed a resolution declaring Deltona Boulevard blighted and asking the Volusia County Council to approve…
Title: Executive Director – Florida Transportation Commission Organization: State of Florida Salary: $110,000 – $120,000 Closing Date: 7-31-2015 VIEW POSTED JOB LISTING and APPLY POSITION NUMBER: 55013053 BROADBAND OCCUPATION: Chief Executives Completed State of Florida applications are required and should be submitted on-line through this website. If you need assistance, call 1-877-562-7287 (TTY applicants call…
Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett sat in the driver’s seat of an excavator on Tuesday and knocked off a large chunk of a concrete wall to kick off the city’s demolition of a vacant one-story building on East Commercial Street near the Lake Monroe waterfront. The razing of the building, city officials said, is one of…
Title: GE Pension Plan Supervisor Organization: City of Tampa Salary: $62,566.40 – $93,787.20 (S18) BENEFITS: Health, vision, dental, and life insurance; annual and sick leave; paid holidays; pension and tax-deferred compensation (457) plans; and more. JOB PURPOSE: The selected candidate will perform responsible administrative and supervisory work relating to the General Employees’ Pension Office. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:…
Job Title: CRA Engineer/Construction Project Manager Organization: Redevelopment Management Associates Salary: $60,000 – $75,000 DOE Position Summary: (Major Job Duties) Responsible for assisting with the CRA construction projects of both the NW and East Community Redevelopment areas, the former a 3,000 acre tax increment district and the latter a 158 acre district, organized by the City of Pompano Beach,…
The city-owned parking lot at the southwest corner of Southeast 47th Terrace and Southeast 10th Place will be getting some much needed improvements after the CRA Board of Commissioners voted 7-1 Monday night in favor of paving and streetscaping work. The lot, located behind Nevermind, currently is not paved. “I think in this day and…
Are you more likely to succeed in starting a small business in one Florida city over another? Nerdwallet thinks so. Statewide, cities based in Central Florida and the suburbs of Miami are among those topping the list of 268 Florida cities for launching a small business as rated by Nerdwallet, a website that crunches financial…
TAMPA — Ten years after Donald Trump announced plans for a 52-story tower on the Hillsborough River, a developer has filed preliminary plans for a 52-story tower on the same site. Trump Tower Tampa never was built, a victim of overambition, foundation problems and the real estate bust. But now Feldman Equities wants to erect…
SARASOTA – Berenise Ahumada wanted to get foot traffic. The owner of leather goods store Eleganza, Ahumada opened a storefront January in downtown Sarasota. She has operated a second store at Tampa’s International Mall for 14 years. By moving downtown, she thought customers would be more likely to stumble upon her store. Ahumada is part…
DELAND — A Courtyard by Marriott hotel could break ground by the end of the year, bringing more than 100 new hotel rooms to downtown DeLand. DeLand City Commissioners cleared the way for the hotel project Monday night when they approved with very little discussion the demolition of two historic buildings on the north end…
