Beautification of Historic Downtown Avon Park

There have been beautification efforts around Avon Park by installing greenery into vacant planters and other containers. Main Street is soon to receive new flowers, shrubbery, and trees to beautify the historic downtown. Public Works Director Jason Atkinson has been overseeing Avon Park’s beautification and is currently in the process of getting approved to begin…

Lake Worth Beach CRA Becomes the Latest Recipient of Additional Funding for Affordable Housing Projects and Programs

Lake Worth Beach, FL – The Lake Worth Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is excited to announce that the organization is the recipient of additional Federal funding to be dedicated towards affordable housing  programs in the City of Lake Worth Beach. On March 6th 2024, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL House District-22)  announced that 13 local…

CRA Discusses Grants and Lighting on Baldwin

The DeFuniak Springs Community Redevelopment Agency’s (CRA) Board met for its regular meeting on Wednesday, March 27. The CRA’s Executive Director Joshua Ervin started the meeting by announcing that after signing a new grant that morning, there has been a total of 11 grants awarded through the CRA’s Growth and Development Assistance (GDA) Program. Ervin…

Community Redevelopment Agency Opens Office in School to Help Connect Hispanic Families to Resources

As Haines City’s Hispanic population continues to grow, so does the need to educate the community on government resources. It’s why the Community Redevelopment Agency opened a first-of-its-kind office in an elementary school. Seventy percent of students at Eastside Elementary School are Hispanic, according to school leaders. They say those families and students are unaware…

Commissioners Share Their Visions to Make Lakeland ‘Prosperous, Vibrant and Connected’

Lakeland’s city commissioners did something unusual last week — they talked with each other. Florida’s Sunshine Law bars commissioners from discussing city business with each other outside of public meetings. However, public meetings usually focus narrowly on the action items of the day, leaving little time for brainstorming or collaborating. So it was a new…

$2 Million Infusion to Help Homeowners

The Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust’s Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RAP) – which offers low-to-moderate income homeowners a $50,000 forgivable loan for roofing, plumbing, heating, ventilation and other structural repairs – will be bolstered by an additional $2 million in surtax dollars, according to the agency. MDEAT, at a board meeting last week, said it planned to exhaust an already allocated…