NEW PORT RICHEY — The city has completed a rezoning package that it hopes will kick-start the long-stalled downtown Main Street Landing project while also protecting a slice of land to ensure expansion of the James E. Grey Preserve wilderness park. During a meeting Tuesday night, the New Port Richey City Council rezoned a little…
DetailsDeltona is Volusia County’s most populous city and also one of its most visibly blighted, with an aging housing stock and a relatively puny commercial base. Access to basic necessities, like groceries and health care offices, is picking up — but Deltona still lacks the bustling mix of restaurants, shopping, services and other amenities that…
DetailsIn recent days, there has been a great deal of confusion over who owns Jordan Park Apartments and what is being done to help the low-income residents who live there. As Chief Executive Officer of the St. Petersburg Housing Authority (SPHA), I would like an opportunity to address community concerns and to provide the facts.…
DetailsDepot Park’s opening remains ahead of schedule. It’s set for Aug. 1, less than a year after construction began. And with a recent $60,000 donation from Capital City Bank, local residents will receive respite from Florida’s relentless summer sun via a new sunshade structure. “It was a missing link in the project,” said Cindi Harvey,…
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DetailsSTUART — The city is taking a hard look at replacing City Hall and nearby city-owned buildings with a park and a new development, such as a hotel. But details — including costs and where city operations would relocate — remain to be hammered out. By October the city hopes to have more details, including a…
DetailsAlso known as “La Florida,” South Florida is known for its amazing gardens, fabulous flowers or amazing horticulture. In fact, South Florida is the only area in the United States to have a moist, tropical climate. That said, we are able to produce fruits and vegetables that are genuinely “tropic” and grow popular fruits and…
DetailsThe challenge of creating a mobility plan in St. Augustine, a place with unique history and growing demands, belongs to Littlejohn Engineering Associates. “Mobility is the most important initiative that we’re doing in the city … in my mind,” City Manager John Regan said, adding that it’s “a complicated issue with many components to it.”…
DetailsLAKELAND — An industrial project proposed west of Florida Polytechnic University will potentially add a mega-sized warehouse to an area hot for large logistics projects. The City Commission will hear a proposal to rezone a 104-acre area on University Boulevard, east of the State Road 33 and Interstate 4 interchange, for Brown Development Group, a…
DetailsBegun as a steam-powered sawmill in 1934, Parker Lumber endured for nearly 80 years, becoming the oldest family-owned business in Maitland, a suburban city just north of Orlando. Amid competition from Lowe’s and Home Depot, the family close the company in 2011 and put the property, in the center of town, up for sale… Read More…
DetailsOn June 28, 2016, Cocoa City Council approved a resolution providing for program guidelines and eligibility for the Commercial Property Enhancement Program (CPEP). The CPEP is a performance-based reimbursement grant designed to encourage private investment and improvements to exterior frontage of commercial properties located along major transportation corridors in Cocoa. The CPEP is intended to…
DetailsOCOEE — When Rilla Tomyn, 62, was growing up in Ocoee, neighbors knew each other, the roads were mostly dirt and citrus was the primary industry. Today Ocoee is among Florida’s fastest-growing cities of more than 20,000 people, according to new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. No city in Orange or Seminole county gained…
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