Good News From Florida’s CRAs

Chipley City Council discusses Strategic Planning, Splashpad and Probation & Parole Retention Pond

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffMay 2, 2016

During Thursday night’s Chipley Council Workshop council members held a serious discussion with Ted Everett, Washington County Chamber and Chipley Redevelopment Commission,  concerning a multi-agency coalition to revisit a visioning plan for Downtown Chipley. Suggesting a task force be formed, to include the City Council, CRA, Code Enforcement, along with business and building owners, Everett…

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St. Cloud City manager releases annual report

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffMay 2, 2016

City of St. Cloud has completed its 2015 End of Year Report and it is now available on the city’s website at www.stcloud.org, under the City of St. Cloud News section. The end of year report from the city manager offers details from all departments for calendar year 2015, including top accomplishments and statistics and…

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Overtown CRA says affordable housing is on the rise

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffApril 30, 2016

With construction for All Aboard Florida’s MiamiCentral project and Miami Worldcenter underway, the blighted neighborhood of Overtown is poised for a boom during the current real estate cycle. And as gentrification begins to take hold in the area, officials with Miami’s Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency say they have work is well underway to…

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Miami seeks millions from Waterways Assistance Program

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffApril 30, 2016

From extending the baywalk to establishing mooring areas, Miami is seeking millions in grant funding for water-related projects in a series of applications that city commissioners recently approved to the Florida Inland Navigation District’s Waterways Assistance Program. The navigation district, known as FIND, is a special state taxing district for the continued management and maintenance…

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CRA to purchase property in downtown Live Oak

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffApril 29, 2016

The Live Oak Community Redevelopment Agency decided on Monday evening to purchase a property near the downtown railroad crossing.  CRA board members voted unanimously to offer a contract for the purchase of the property to the east of the passenger train depot at 206 Haines St. NE.  The four acres of vacant land are owned…

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Grant money aids Live Oak chiropractor

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffApril 29, 2016

John Workman had never heard of a Community Redevelopment Agency when he decided to open a chiropractic business in Live Oak.  Now, he’s using grant money from the CRA program to help him renovate the building on Duval Street that will house his office.  For every $10,000 Workman spends on renovating the exterior of the…

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Tri-Rail finalizes plans for downtown Miami station

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffApril 25, 2016

The operators of Tri-Rail overcame some obstacles at the state level and finalized their plans for a downtown Miami passenger rail station. The passenger line, which currently runs from near West Palm Beach to Miami International Airport, would share the downtown Miami station of the All Aboard Florida/Brightline passenger rail starting in 2017. Right now,…

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The Coolest Suburb In America’s 35 Biggest Metro Areas

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffApril 20, 2016

When we undertook this piece, we had a simple goal. Tell someone moving out of a particular city the coolest potential smaller community to live in nearby. In doing so, we weighed three major factors: 1) A good (or at least respectable) food/drink scene, with enough places to go close to home to not always…

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Councilman Byrd Named Chairman of Bradenton CRA

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffApril 20, 2016

BRADENTON — Ward 5 City Councilman Harold Byrd has been named the first Chairman of the Bradenton Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). City Council members, acting as board members of the newly-formed Bradenton CRA, voted 4-0 in favor of Councilman Bemis Smith’s nomination of Councilman Byrd as Chairman during a meeting on April 13. Read full…

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$19 million sale, redevelopment hinges on state

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffApril 20, 2016

ISLAMORADA — The roughly 40-acre Parmelee Key property, in the midst of a pending sale that hinges on its subsequent redevelopment into a high-end resort community, is awaiting the state’s OK of land-use and zoning changes recently approved by the village. If given the OK from the Department of Economic Opportunity, and then again by the Village Council,…

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More residences coming to Boynton’s Renaissance Commons

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffApril 19, 2016

BOYNTON BEACH — Boynton Beach is getting more apartments. Construction will begin this month on two buildings called Santorini — the last residential phase of Congress Avenue’s Renaissance Commons. Santorini, which will be built by Verdex Construction, will have 226 luxury units in two six-story buildings. Residents will have a 325-space parking garage, according to a news release from…

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Boynton residents not getting answers they want on Riverwalk Plaza

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffApril 19, 2016

No one wants a vacant Winn-Dixie blocking views of the Intracoastal Waterway, but residents aren’t pleased with what the plaza owner, Isram Realty, proposed: A 10-story building with 326 apartments. Why must it be 10 stories? More traffic? How are we going to be able to get around town? Those are some concerns community members voiced at…

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