Avon Park CRA gives MLK Day back to community AVON PARK — A vocal majority won over the Avon Park Community Redevelopment Agency Board on Thursday. The Board, consisting of the members of the Avon Park City Council, voted to reject the previous vote to have the CRA sponsor the event. Instead, they have asked…
Editorial: To start cleaning up Lake Worth, outsource some of the work There are few issues in Lake Worth more pressing than the sad dilapidation of entire neighborhoods, which city officials for years have allowed to deteriorate into chaotic interminglings of orderly homes and abandoned, decaying buildings. Much of the blame lies with the city’s…
Pines downtown city center starts to take shape PEMBROKE PINES— The dream of a downtown city center, first conceived nearly a decade ago and stalled by the 2008 recession, finally is starting to come true. Once complete, the 80-acre site at Palm Avenue and Pines Boulevard will be home to more than 1,000 apartments, a…
Uptown Delray developer will present new plans for project The developers of Uptown Delray are back with an updated plan for their project, which would bring 146 rental apartments and space for shops to the heart of downtown. The original plans for the space, located on Southeast Second Street and Federal Highway, two blocks south…
Woman advocates efforts to preserve downtown neighborhoods in Sebring SEBRING – When Charlotte Pressler accepted a job as a professor at South Florida State College, it was natural for her to buy a historic house in Sebring’s downtown area because she has lived in such neighborhoods much of her life, she recalled Friday. When she…
New Smyrna looks to develop economic incentive program NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Crime, code enforcement issues and dilapidated or vacant buildings will still dog U.S. 1 when a prospective Community Redevelopment Area dawns here in 2015. It’s the Volusia County Council’s decision whether or not to grant New Smyrna Beach a redevelopment district. And even if…
Port Richey concludes street paving project PORT RICHEY — Crews recently finished paving in the Marina Palms subdivision by late last week for the city of Port Richey project. The city tapped into its Community Redevelopment Agency funds for the improvements. In June, city officials approved the bid from BRW Contracting, based in Land O’…
Nine make short list for county economic development manager job in Brooksville BROOKSVILLE – County Administrator Len Sossamon has nine applicants to consider for the vacant post of economic development manager. There had been 11, but one accepted another job and another withdrew his name from consideration. In all, 30 people had responded to the…
West Palm Beach sets CRA selection meeting for Friday A West Palm Beach committee tasked with selecting the private company that will take over the duties of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. Friday. The meeting, the group’s first, will be held at the Flagler Gallery on the first…
West Atlantic residents ask questions about redevelopment projects Before Delray’s Community Redevelopment Agency selects a new tenant for six empty acres of land on West Atlantic Avenue, the developers have to make it past the toughest critics: the people who live, work and play in the area. On Thursday night, people packed a conference room…
Program aims to revive Cape streetscape CAPE CORAL – Cape Coral leaders want to spruce up the south end of the city. Tuesday evening, the Community Redevelopment Agency unveiled a new incentive program designed to fix some of the crumbling sidewalks and enhance the streetscape. Leaders said the goal is to create more of a…
Lake Worth shuffleboard building to become element city’s emerging arts district LAKE WORTH — The city’s shuffleboard building is on its way to being the next piece of an emerging arts district on the near west side. Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to convert the 5,000-square-foot building at 1121 Lucerne Ave. into a community cultural facility where…
