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Good News From Florida’s CRAs

Boynton CRA to show free movie Friday at Ocean Avenue Amphitheater

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 12, 2015

BOYNTON BEACH — The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency will host a free Movies in the Park event at 7 p.m Friday. The movie “Penguins of Madagascar” will play on a large inflatable screen at Ocean Avenue Amphitheater, 129 E. Ocean Ave. Attendees are encouraged to bring a beach chair or blanket. Food and beverages will…

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Mount Dora residents concerned about building-height restrictions

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 11, 2015

MOUNT DORA — Described by residents and visitors as “charming” and “quaint,” Mount Dora needs to be protected, several residents say. And they say a proposal to allow 50-foot-tall screens at the EPIC Theatres location off U.S. Highway 441 between Target and Wal-Mart could usher in development of taller buildings in the downtown commercial area.…

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Boynton looking to get more downtown parking spots

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 11, 2015

Parking spaces are a hot commodity in Boynton Beach‘s downtown. That’s why on Tuesday the city will make a deal with the city’s redevelopment agency to get a few more. At the city’s regular meeting, the commission will decide whether to transfer the city-owned property underneath the now-closed Little House restaurant to the city’s Community Redevelopment…

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Local firm picked to develop old West Palm Beach City Hall site

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 11, 2015

WEST PALM BEACH — After sweating through another round of discussion, local developer Navarro-Lowrey got the nod Monday for the old West Palm Beach City Hall site. Commissioners, sitting as the board of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, voted unanimously to start talks with Frank Navarro’s firm. They picked him over New England-based architect Hasham…

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Eyesore removed: Grant used to raze downtown buildings

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 10, 2015

PANAMA CITY — Property owner George Kingston and the Panama City Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) are hoping a demolition will be a catalyst to downtown improvement. Kingston owns the buildings, now a quickly diminishing pile of rubble, in the 200 block of East Sixth Street across the street from Grocery Outlet. Construction crews equipped with…

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Live Oak CRA grants $15K for JAB Fest

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 10, 2015

The Live Oak Community Redevelopment Agency approved a budget request of $15,000 for the Jazz, Arts and Blues Festival that will take place in Festival Park [across from Millennium Park in Live Oak] in October 2015. The request was presented by Chairman Keith Mixon, who originally presented a budget request of $20,000. Last year, the…

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New Vision of Downtown: Lakeland Organizations Plan to Work Together

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 10, 2015

LAKELAND | A new plan, new leadership and a new sense of camaraderie has brought new optimism about downtown, district leaders claim, but can declarative sentences about the city’s central business district be written by an alphabet soup of organizations? Yes, Julie Townsend said, grimacing at the phrase that she admits she might have first…

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Theatre Downtown team’s not giving up on 25 years of history

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 6, 2015

Frank and Fran Hilgenberg didn’t plan on celebrating Theatre Downtown’s 25thanniversary this way. The husband-and-wife team behind Orlando’s most iconic community theater is packing up a quarter-century’s worth of props, costumes and equipment while looking for a new venue. “I’m trying to keep from crying when people walk in because they’re coming in with tears…

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Boca’s downtown profile to rise: Tower One Fifty-Five approved for 12 stories

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 5, 2015

Boca’s skyline is getting another bump in height — a fourth downtown building will be allowed to rise to the maximum height allowed in Boca Raton‘s core area, the City Council decided Monday. The vote was 4-1 in favor of the condominium project Tower One Fifty-Five, which will be on the 100 block of East…

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Sarasota’s city commissioners do some venting

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 5, 2015

City commissioners talked over their frustrations with various Sarasota problems on Tuesday at an unusual informal meeting. Among those problems were a Downtown Sarasota Community Redevelopment Agency that is soon to expire, a series of projects that have proven difficult to manage and the city’s lack of affordable housing. Recently appointed commissioner Stan Zimmerman had…

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New Smyrna beachfront hotel developers pare down plan

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 5, 2015

NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Developers of a proposed beachfront hotel off Flagler Avenue, which has been vigorously opposed by many residents, have scaled back their plan by 32 rooms. A 114-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott could be built on about 1.5 acres just north of the Breakers Restaurant and Lounge, which sits beside the Flagler…

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DeLand hears from public on downtown projects

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 4, 2015

DELAND — More than 150 citizens, business owners and civic leaders responded to a call from city officials for ideas on how to spend $429,000 that became available after a proposed downtown development fell through last year. A roundtable discussion on downtown projects was held Tuesday night at the Sanborn Activity Center. Assistant City Manager…

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