Affordable Housing Funding Programs – Get $120 Million from Foreclosure Settlement The House unanimously passed SB 1852 this week, spending $200 million that is part of a multistate settlement with five large banks for fraudulent foreclosure practices. The package contains spending on affordable housing programs favored by the Senate, and funding for Habitat for Humanity…
Space Florida News Read the full news articles here. On April 22, Space Florida hosted a public workshop to educate 50+ stakeholders and garner feedback from those interested in proposing projects for the organization’s Spaceport Master Plan. The plan, compiled every two to three years, provides information to guide Space Florida in its efforts to…
CRAs get creative: Improving the aesthetics of the everyday By Rachel Galvin Art is about more than just painting on a canvas, a photograph in a frame or a sculpture in a museum; it is about the beauty in our daily lives. Everything from the landscaping to the architecture around us can be considered art. The…
th!nk Technologies Group Powered by LSeven is one of a growing number of technology firms setting up shop downtown, creating a high-tech hub in Ocala’s central core. “We love it downtown,” said Matthew Villella who, along with partner Christopher Oleson, moved the company to 101 NE First Ave. five months ago. “You have a corridor,…
Tampa’s West Shore area has the largest concentration of office space in Florida — and the cold and congested environment to prove it. Nobody thinks of the area as a place to walk, bicycle or sit at a sidewalk cafe. But that could change in the years ahead under a master plan being put forward…
SEBRING – The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency will host speaker Marjorie Ferrer, executive director for the Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority and an expert on downtown revitalization and redevelopment, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Jack R. Stroup Civic Center. As executive director for the Delray Beach DDA since 1993, Ferrer has spearheaded the revitalization…
The future of the city’s ambitious Midtown project, a proposed residential and commercial district on 85 acres south of downtown, got a boost this week when legislators approved a bill to help cities considering urban renewal projects tackle stormwater runoff issues more easily. The legislation approved unanimously in the Florida House on Tuesday and three…
NAPLES — Whether it becomes a mixed-use complex or a city park, the 19-acre Grand Central Station Property near downtown Naples won’t be available for event parking much longer. So City Council took steps Wednesday to find other parking options in the city, both for the short and long term. “We are at the beginning…
After reading the most recent email exchange between Fernandina Beach City Manager Joe Gerrity and developer Dick Goodsell, it appears that the only private project under development for the city’s riverfront Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) has now been shelved indefinitely. An April 23, 2013 post entitled Does the City of Fernandina Beach want riverfront development? …
TREASURE ISLAND — As part of a continuing effort to encourage hotel and retail development, city officials have presented a plan to create a new zoning district they say will allow developers more flexibility. The new zoning category — a planned development district — is aimed at attracting more hoteliers by increasing allowable densities while…
Frank Mannadmits he was frustrated. Presented with an opportunity to lure a Fortune 500 company headquarters to Lee County, commissioners were asked to vote on a $4.6 million incentive package this week. The only hiccup — they don’t know what company they’re luring. “It just kind of seems absurd,” Mann said of the vote to…
Mount Dora CRA – Downtown Streetscape Project Phase I Project Description More information is available on the CRA’s Current Project List. The Streetscape project will include improvements to sidewalks, right of way, underground utility, and other related improvements in the historic downtown commercial core. The goal is to improve walkability of the downtown area by…
