It’s not a full-fledged, brick-and-mortar store (yet!), but Runrun Kids Store, a new toy shop that debuted last month in a St. Pete Pier kiosk, fills a large gap in downtown St. Petersburg’s retail scene. Although there are some shops in downtown St. Pete that sell a small selection of new toys, such as The…
The Bradenton Beach ScenicWAVES committee, which oversees improvements to the scenic highway portion of Gulf Drive, was asked to consider installing a kinetic wind sculpture by Utah-based artist Lyman Whitaker. Whitaker is a sculptor with more than 30 years of hand-building metal wind sculptures. And members of the Anna Maria Island Garden Club are keen…
Congratulations to the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency, for winning the 2022 FRA Outstanding Housing Project Award for West End at City Walk. Located along Fort Myers’ palm-lined McGregor Boulevard, West End at City Walk is an attractive mixed-use apartment complex replacing a deteriorated strip mall on this historic Florida Scenic Highway. The community…
12/14/22 Renowned Sculptor Fred Eversley has been commissioned by Related Companies in a public-private partnership with the City of West Palm Beach’s ArtLife WPB public art program and The Community Redevelopment Agency to create a site-specific public art installation in downtown. Slated for completion in spring of 2024, Portals will include eight parabolic shapes in transparent, violet-hued…
12/8/22 The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami has announced an open call to South Florida-based artists to submit their work for MOCA’s 2023 Art on the Plaza series. Art on the Plaza was inaugurated in 2021 with a series of temporary public art installations on MOCA North Miami’s front plaza, inviting artists to activate…
12/9/22 At the regular Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting on November 29, 2022, County Planning Administrator Michelle Miller and Connie Green, the President of the Tax Redevelopment Advisory Committee (TRAC), presented two proposed maps of the South Brooksville Community Redevelopment Area (CRA). TRAC created one map, and Miller and her staff created another map.…
12/9/22 Financing and rebate programs, and providing permits in under two days, are among new initiatives City of St. Petersburg administrators hope will encourage homeowners to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Councilmembers have increasingly looked to ADUs, also known as garage apartments or carriage houses, to help mitigate the ongoing affordable housing crisis. During Thursday’s…
Congratulations to the City of Niceville, CRA, for winning the 2022 FRA President’s Award for the Old Town Landing Redevelopment Plan. The concept of the revitalization of the Niceville historic downtown was first identified in the original Niceville CRA Plan in 2015. Since then, the concept has been expanded to include a 6-acre site…
Congratulations to the City of St. Petersburg, for winning the 2022 FRA Out Of The Box Award for Sankofa on the Deuces. Through a first-of-its-kind partnership, the City of St. Petersburg and the nonprofit Sankofa Group are collaborating to co-develop a transformative three-part project on the historic 22nd Street South (aka the Deuces). The…
SALARY: $44,000 REPORTS TO: City Manager NATURE OF WORK: Under the general direction of city administration, this position serves as the communications, public relations, marketing, and project coordinator for the Main Street and Southside Community Redevelopment Areas. This position coordinates education, information, and awareness to internal and external stakeholders for the City of Avon Park…
Miles Ballogg FRA Board of Directors Practice Group Leader/Director Brownfields & Economic Development Stantec Q: What is your best business advice for a new FRA member? Miles: “Consider Brownfields redevelopment in your CRA to leverage resources to support equitable redevelopment.” Q: If you had a superpower, what would it be and why? Miles: “To deliver…
Congratulations to the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (BBCRA), for winning the 2022 FRA Management Programs & Creative Partnerships Award for the Neighborhood Officer Policing Program Activities The Neighborhood Officer Policing Program (NOP) was created in FY 2015 – 2016 to cultivate high levels of mutual trust, understanding and respect between police and the…
