Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County recognized its top volunteers during the nonprofit’s second annual Volunteer Appreciation Celebration held recently at the Tampa Theatre. More than 120 gathered to honor individuals, businesses, and organizations across six categories who have partnered with Habitat Hillsborough in working toward a community where everyone has an affordable and decent place…
New Port Richey has been working on its image in recent years, enhancing the look of the city, redeveloping its downtown and creating an inviting atmosphere to draw in both residents and visitors. Now the city has decided to go big on that invite into downtown by improving the main entrance into the city, the…
Developers interested in joining the effort to create more affordable housing in Tampa now have another tool at their disposal. The City of Tampa has launched an interactive map where users can view city-owned lots available for affordable housing projects. The map allows the user to filter the properties by Community Redevelopment Area (CRA), council…
The Downtown DeLand Community Redevelopment Agency and the DeLand City Commission will convene a joint meeting July 5 to discuss the future of the relationship between the city and GlassHouse Square LLC, the developer originally selected to build a replacement for the dilapidated Old Jail on West New York Avenue. The meeting comes on the…
Marc Kleisley FRA Board of Directors Vice President, Burkhardt Construction Q: What is your best business advice for a new FRA member? Marc: “Get involved, participate in the redevelopment academy, and attend the annual conference!” Q: If you had a superpower, what would it be and why? Marc: “Multiplicity. I wish I could revitalize more…
Charles Rudd FRA Board of Directors City Manager, CRA – City of Crescent City Q: What is your best piece of business advice for a new FRA member? Charles: Pull the benefits of membership to you. Don’t just sit back and say you didn’t get any benefit. Volunteer on committees, attend the conference, respond to…
The Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency is reimagining the area west of midtown and downtown Lakeland. Now it’s your chance to have an impact on the future of the Downtown West area. Downtown West will stretch east to west from South Florida Avenue to Lake Beulah Drive, and north to south from Memorial Boulevard to Lime Street.…
Through the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA)’s continued efforts to include diverse voices and perspectives, the museum is offering a robust series of educational programming this July. On view through Oct. 1, 2023, “Lonnie Holley: If You Really Knew” invites visitors to experience the work of prolific artist Lonnie Holley in his first major exhibition in the South. Also on…
The county seat has a lot of quaint, old buildings just crying out to be preserved. It also has a road system that encourages large, heavy trucks to barrel through downtown, damaging buildings and scaring off pedestrians, said Christine Dalton of Dalton Studio LLC, who gave the Brooksville City Council a historic resource survey and…
For decades, local residents have watched blight and decay metastasize around Daytona’s beachside and mainland urban core. Many thousands of dollars and hours have been spent on masterplans and redevelopment plans, and only the downtown riverfront is finally seeing a real renaissance. Within the course of four hours Wednesday night, city commissioners took a series…
Florida City’s Florida Pioneer Museum was started in 1962. They have displayed their collection in a 1904 vintage Florida East Coast Railway Homestead Station Agent’s house since the 2-story building was donated to the museum and moved to its present location on Krome Avenue in 1964. The museum has endured closure by damage from Hurricane Andrew and an over…
Related Group and BH Group are adding another planned project to the joint venture’s ongoing pipeline. Late last month, the Riviera Beach City Council, acting as the board of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, approved a 99-year ground lease with Related and BH to develop a pair of 20-story buildings with 424 apartments and 8,000…
