Bahama Village Community Redevelopment Area Visioning and Capital Projects Work Plan City of Key West RFP #003-14 This RFP is designed to provide firms with the information necessary for the preparation of competitive responses. The RFP process is for the City’s benefit and is intended to provide the City with competitive information to assist in…
Executive Director: High Springs Community Redevelopment Agency Location: High Springs, FL Reports to: City Manager/CRA Board Pay Range: Up to $25,000 Application Deadline: August 30, 2014 Start Date: October 1, 2014 Schedule: Part-time (20 hours); after-hours public meetings General Description: Position is responsible for managing the High Springs Community Redevelopment Agency. This will include overseeing…
Kenya Young flashed a wide smile and raised her arms high in the air Monday afternoon to celebrate her family’s new apartment as they aim for the American dream of owning a home. “We get to move in on Friday!” said the 35-year-old mother of four, who found out three weeks ago that her family…
The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to select a qualified design team to prepare the plans and specifications relating to improvements of Sims Park in downtown New Port Richey. The City of New Port Richey, Florida invites qualified applicants to submit proposals for park development for the site. The City of New…
LAKE WORTH — A bright mural nearing completion downtown — featuring an owl, members of a native tribe and booming speakers — had onlookers talking Sunday. “I love it,” said Leslee Scruggs, who lives in Lake Worth, as she snapped shots with her camera phone. “I didn’t realize it was happening. Usually you have to…
LAKE WORTH — Downtown Lake Worth is getting more color. Over the weekend, three sleek murals were decked on the walls of retail buildings on Lucerne Avenue during the Going-A-Wall live-painting event. It featured live music, food trucks and several paint-covered artists in action. On one wall, the side of Bruce Webber’s Art Gallery building,…
The Delray agency responsible for keeping the city free of slum and blight is being asked to dish out more money this year. The Community Redevelopment Agency board will consider approving budget requests from the city and several nonprofits on Thursday and they could find themselves spending more money. But the group will likely have…
TAMPA — To enliven downtown, Tampa has tried: • Coloring the Hillsborough River kelly green for St. Patrick’s Day. • Creating a mac-and-cheese festival. • Putting a pop-up golf driving range on N Franklin Street. • Trucking in loads of white sand for a summer beach volleyball court. Now comes a hot pink pingpong table…
Tampa, Florida –The federal government says Hillsborough County misused almost a million dollars in grants during its “Fight the Blight” campaign and it wants the money back. The inspector general of the Department of Housing and Urban Development released a scathing audit of the county’s use of federal Community Development Block Grant money for these…
Live Oak — Local residents, business leaders and city officials filled the Passenger Train Depot Tuesday evening to discuss the future of Downtown Live Oak and to prioritize a list of projects they would like to see done in the upcoming CRA fiscal year. As a result, the group decided roadways, a medical clinic facility…
Oxford Road in Fern Park is not one of Seminole County’s prettiest streets. The sidewalks are cracked and broken. The landscaping is either bare or filled with weeds. And empty parking lots are littered with liquor bottles, beer cans and other rubbish. Fernwood Boulevard, which runs alongside the Jai-Alai fronton and crosses Oxford Road, is…
Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik isn’t ready yet to unveil a gleaming architectural drawing of how everything in the new Channelside Bay Plaza will look, partly because that plan won’t exist for many more months. However, on Friday some of his lieutenants sketched out a timeline for when they hope some of the major…
