Lakeland drivers can test their skills navigating the city’s new 5 Points Roundabout near Lake Beulah as of Monday. The city announced the roundabout that connects West Main Street, Lemon Street and Sloan Avenue has been opened to traffic about 94 days ahead of schedule. The previous signalized intersection was transitioned to a modern, single-lane…
For decades, Franklin Street has been the place to be in Tampa, and now it could be getting a facelift. “Over the years, as downtown has evolved and grown, we now have seven neighborhoods in downtown,” said Shaun Drinkard. “Franklin Street still is a really important piece of our urban core, but it’s time to…
Housing affordability is a major concern for Tampa’s current and prospective residents. The city is taking significant steps to address this issue by investing historic funding, totaling over $82 million, in long-term housing development and preservation, with the support of the Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency. What You Need To Know The city of Tampa is…
Eighty new coconut palms have been delivered and are being planted along Bridge Street. “This will be a big improvement,” Mayor John Chappie said on April 25. “Many of the existing trees needed to be replaced.” At an April 3 Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) meeting, the board approved a city partnership with developer Shawn Kaleta…
The 13th annual Blueberry Festival last Saturday attracted folks from around the state to downtown Avon Park. The festival was hosted by the Rotary Club of Avon Park as a fundraiser for their organization. Main Street was sprawling with over 100 vendors, antique cars, eye-catching motorcycles and Rotarians selling blueberries from a plentiful harvest. Bluegrass…
You may already know the famous Centre Pompidou in Paris, The Shard in London, or even The Whitney in New York. The renowned Italian architecture firm behind these storied structures — the Renzo Piano Building Workshop — has been tapped to design the future Center for Arts & Innovation in Boca Raton’s Mizner Park, part…
The stretch of Park Avenue between First and Market Streets is rapidly nearing completion, offering business owners and shoppers a tantalizing hope that it will soon be opened to vehicular traffic. Work is also advancing on the eastern stretch of the street closest to Scenic Highway. New sidewalks through the area have offered pedestrians a…
Arts Garage, a Visual & Performing Arts Venue located in Delray Beach that connects the local community to the world through the arts, hosted its annual fundraising gala on Saturday, March 23, 2024. The nonprofit organization’s 13th Annual Gala, which had a ‘Studio 54’ theme this year, was attended by 120 friends, supporters and fans…
The Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency is seeking possible changes to the power line system in the downtown area. It would certainly be nicer to look at while walking through downtown Fort Myers, but it’s a major project and expensive. The Community Redevelopment Agency is wondering how possible it would be. The agency says: Moving…
A proposed management agreement for the built-but-yet-unopened Sunset Lounge will be the chief topic of a meeting Monday, say multiple sources familiar with discussions between West Palm Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency and a local group hoping to manage the lounge. The city’s CRA’s special meeting will be at 2:30 p.m., Monday, April 29 at City Commission…
A number of new housing, medical, retail and restaurant developments are coming to Merritt Island, including: Event and concert amphitheater: The Brevard Veterans Memorial Center and the Merritt Island Redevelopment Agency are working on developing a concert and events amphitheater at a site adjacent to the veterans center. That facility would have a capacity of up 5,000. Read more here
City commissioners, community leaders and chamber of commerce members gathered Friday morning to celebrate the reopening of Tallahassee south side landmark Earley’s Kitchen after a one-year closure. “Doggone it, it’s time,” Earley’s Kitchen co-owner Jay Morrell said. His restaurant’s expansion is part of the revitalization of the South Monroe Street commercial corridor. The eatery stood…
