Correction: Seizing Mortgages Story

Correction: Seizing Mortgages Story For the original article visit the Bismarck Tribune Online FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — In a story July 15 about a proposal for cities and counties to use the power of eminent domain to seize mortgages and help homeowners into more manageable payments, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Robert Hockett, a…

City aims to jump-start CRA

City aims to jump-start CRA By Angela Daughtry, News-Leader As seen in the News-Leader City commissioners conceded Tuesday that their Community Redevelopment Area in downtown Fernandina Beach needs more attention, and that an advisory board should be formed to address it. The CRA was created in 2005 as a way to spur development in the…

Redevelopment vote may be delayed

Redevelopment vote may be delayed By BOB McCLURE As seen in Tampa Bay News Weekly TREASURE ISLAND – Voters may not get a chance to approve the proposed density and height changes for downtown redevelopment until the March city election. City leaders were hoping to get the measure before voters on Nov. 6, but that…

Local divisions stymie redevelopment hopes

Local divisions stymie redevelopment hopes By Derek Catron, Staff Writer As seen in the Daytona Beach News-Journal First, the good news. Nearly everyone interviewed for this series agreed on one thing: Daytona Beach has a huge upside. Said local real estate agent Greg Antonich, “Daytona has absolutely tremendous potential. It could be so much more…

Redevelopment project hits a snag

Redevelopment project hits a snag By KENNETH KNIGHT | The Tampa Tribune As seen in the Tampa Tribune TEMPLE TERRACE –The city council has called for a series of meetings to address a stalemate blocking continuation of the 29-acre downtown redevelopment district project.Council members began their latest wave of meetings about the town center project…