✨ FRA Newsletter Highlights | September 10, 2026 🎉 Redevelopment Week Starts Monday! 🗓 September 14–18, 2026 It’s almost time to celebrate Redevelopment Week across Florida! FRA’s toolkit includes ready-to-use resources to help CRAs showcase the projects, partnerships, and investments transforming their communities. The Redevelopment Week webinar recording is also available to help you prepare.…
Leading a rush of new restaurants planned for the downtown Lake Wales Historic District, Downtown Pizza and Sports Bar is expected to open this month in a spacious suite of rooms on Stuart Avenue. The new restaurant is relocating from a much smaller space in Dundee that owner Kevin Rodriguez said was preventing him from…
The shovels were painted in August. On Sept. 10 they finally go into the ground. The City of Delray Beach and the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency have scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for the Pompey Park revitalization on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, at 5 p.m. The ceremony will be held at Pompey Park, 1101 NW…
Improvements may be coming to downtown Coral Springs. During the September 2 meeting, the commission passed on the final reading of an ordinance to approve the rezoning of about 58 acres of properties within the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) – a local activity center located west of Coral Hills Drive and south of NW…
Riviera Beach plans to upgrade its two public gardens and create events there where people can connect. Why it matters: It’s an investment in third places in a city that is focused on strengthening the community. Driving the news: Community Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Gedel Merzius explained the program at the board’s Aug. 12 meeting.…
✨ FRA Newsletter Highlights | September 4, 2026👏 Celebrating FRA LeadershipA 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…
Construction on the first major downtown Orlando street to convert to two-way traffic is complete. Work on Magnolia Avenue, from South Street to Livingston Avenue, started in February and wrapped up in August. The project converted the stretch of road between the Orange County Courthouse and Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, removing the…
A historic building in downtown Bradenton could become the first part of a performing arts university campus next year. Manatee County commissioners unanimously approved the transfer of the former General Telephone (GTE) Building, located at 1009 Fourth Avenue W., to the City of Bradenton to be used as a performing arts conservatory for Point Park…
Tampa City Council, on a 4-3 vote with Council Members Charlie Miranda, Guido Maniscalco and Lynn Hurtak voting no, approved the funding and development agreement with the Rays at their August 27, 2026 meeting. Despite the language in the agreement being altered right up to the morning of the vote, Council Members Bill Carlson, Luis…
The Apopka Community Redevelopment Agency enters FY2027 with something many redevelopment agencies would envy: money. Its adopted budget totals nearly $7.85 million, including approximately $6.13 million in reserves and carryover funding. That balance partly reflects the CRA’s difficulty completing projects as quickly as revenue has accumulated, although a recent progress report shows meaningful work is…
The Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has opened applications for two grant opportunities designed to support commercial property improvements and help businesses overcome development barriers within the City of Tampa’s designated Community Redevelopment Areas: Central Park, Channel District, Downtown, Drew Park, East Tampa, Tampa Heights Riverfront, West Tampa and Ybor City. Together, the grants provide…
Almost 60 cents of every dollar in the Coral Springs Community Redevelopment Agency’s new budget goes to a single line that reads “Infrastructure.” The CRA Board adopted the $5.6 million plan Monday night. It covers Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Inside that total, $3.3 sits on the budget line that reads capital outlay. However, it’s…