SAFETY HARBOR — Downtown merchants said they were excited a year and a half ago when the Jolley Trolley came to town, expecting an increase in foot traffic. But has the trolley service helped Safety Harbor’s businesses? One concern raised by city commissioners and business owners: Trolley riders aren’t coming to Safety Harbor because they…
DetailsTEMPLE TERRACE — A bit of sunshine may have broken through the cloud that has hung for years over the effort to create a true downtown in this city. Roy L. Eriksson, a longtime resident and founder of a growing engineering and software design firm called Eriksson Technologies, told the City Council in a work…
DetailsA company that manufactures special medical devices announced Thursday that it plans to locate its headquarters in downtown Kissimmee, where it eventually hopes to employ hundreds of people. Infinity Medical Engineering will initially employ 10 people when it opens its 10,000-square-foot facility on Church Street within the coming months, CEO Michael McDaniel said. Then, over…
DetailsBuilt 15 years ago, the city of Miami’s Oak Avenue parking garage was meant to bolster surrounding Coconut Grove businesses, but as the village went into a long decline, half its 402 spaces sat unused most days. Now, amid a roaring Grove revival that’s drawing crowds of workers, visitors and customers to new offices, shops…
DetailsThe Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) is awarding grants to several area communities to improve housing, streetscapes, and water and sewer projects in those areas. In total, DEO is awarding more than $21 million to 32 communities across the state with Small Cities Community Development Block Grants, which assist with economic development, housing rehabilitation,…
DetailsBOYNTON BEACH — Boynton Beach officials will get a refresher on decorum at Tuesday night’s Community Redevelopment Agency board meeting. Listed on the agenda are nine recommended rules. The list includes to “refrain from attacking a member’s motives,” “refrain from disturbing the assembly,” and “be seated or back away from the microphone during an interruption…
DetailsLAKE WORTH – Say bye-bye to theInvitation to Negotiate process, the controversial method the city used to solicit developers for the Lake Worth Casino project. “The process was started to bring some creative solutions to some of the more challenging areas of the city…but it was a major failure,” Mayor Pam Triolo said at this…
DetailsOn a recent Saturday, as Ithaca celebrated the official opening of its newly designed outdoor pedestrian mall, the Commons, Mayor Svante Myrick strolled through the crowd on the plaza, collecting congratulations every few feet. At one point, a pizza shop owner rushed out from his storefront to thank the mayor profusely, exclaiming that his business…
DetailsBOYNTON BEACH — Before a project is even close to coming out of the ground, there tends to be technical amendments that need to occur if the development doesn’t fit in with what the land is designated for. Boynton Beach staff says it can turn the developer away, in search of a place that has…
DetailsWith the help of great local leaders like Andy Anderson and Linda Weatherman who have a passion for Economic Development, I have no doubt we’ll be seeing more from the Governor. News coverage: Marketwatch.com News 13 WESH TV
DetailsThe Power Plant Business Incubator is expanding. Just north of the plant, workers are putting the finishing touches on a former credit union building that soon will house health-related start-ups. Just east of the plant, Hyper.Directory, a successful start-up, has settled into new quarters in what’s known as “the pump house.” And the main building…
DetailsDowntown Ocala is one step closer to adding a hotel. City staffers this week agreed to recommend that the City Council allow Downtown Ocala LLC to build and operate a hotel on the former chamber of commerce site. Downtown Ocala LLC is owned by Ocala hotelier Danny Gaekwad, who already owns several area hotels and…
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