The car dealer planning to buy Homestead’s decrepit, city-owned bowling alley and turn it into a state-of-the-art Hyundai outlet was grilled by angry members of the City Council late Thursday, who said he was changing the plan he had agreed to just five months earlier. Jay Rivchin, the operator of Dadeland Dodge, wanted the council…
DetailsA stretch of the Miami River that for years has been home to stacks of crab traps and a commercial fishing operation could be redeveloped into a complex of restaurants and a fish market if Miami officials and voters embrace a developer’s proposal to build on public land. Alex Mantecon unveiled the design and concept…
DetailsLake Worth, FL, October 5, 2015 – Last month, the Lake Worth Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) nominated historic downtown Lake Worth as a great place in Florida through the American Planning Association – Florida Chapter’s (APA-FL) Great Places in Florida Award Program. This is the second year that APA-FL has offered this award to communities…
DetailsHollywood City Commissioner Peter Hernandez says the Beach Community Redevelopment Agency should be abolished because it has had increasing property tax funds for its use — at times exceeding its needs — while the “rest of the city is starving” to pay for operations and needed improvements. While his proposal has yet to gain support…
DetailsSARASOTA Fla. — Over the past several years major redevelopment projects have taken place along the MLK corridor. But now the effort to revitalize the area is getting another push. “It was dilapidated, it was something that we knew we needed to change,” said Lorna Alston, the city of Sarasota’s Redevelopment Manager, who has been…
DetailsAfter months of deliberation and behind-the-scenes maneuvering, Big Bend Cares was approved for a $1.5 million investment from the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency on Thursday. The nonprofit agency that serves people with AIDS and HIV will use the money to build a two-story, 25,000-square-foot medical center on South Monroe Street. According to Big Bend Cares…
DetailsTEMPLE TERRACE — City officials have had more than a dozen meetings and phone conversations with developers and business people inquiring about the 22 acres of land Temple Terrace wants to sell to build a true downtown. No one, however, has submitted an informal plan as to what they might want to build there, as…
DetailsAfter more than a decade of work, Federal Highway in Delray Beach is back to its roots as a thoroughfare with two lanes in each direction. In the mid-1970s the road was widened to three lanes before the state Department of Transportation extended Interstate 95 from Fort Lauderdale north to West Palm Beach. But the…
DetailsHollywood City Commissioner Peter Hernandez says the Beach Community Redevelopment Agency should be abolished because it has had increasing property tax funds for its use — at times exceeding its needs — while the “rest of the city is starving” to pay for operations and needed improvements. While his proposal has yet to gain support…
DetailsEAGLE LAKE — Ending blight and positioning the city to take advantage of opportunities for growth were major topics during the City Commission’s retreat Saturday. City Manager Luke Lewis began the discussion of the city’s future by talking about blight in the 3.2-square-mile city and ways to generate revenue. “There are areas in this city…
DetailsA vote on a $1.5-million investment in a Big Bend Cares expansion was delayed until next week over concerns about how it affects Bond Community Health Center. During a crowded meeting of a Community Redevelopment Agency citizen panel this week, members decided they need more clarification on how Bond and Big Bend Cares would work…
DetailsTREASURE ISLAND — As a city with an aging infrastructure and limited growth potential, officials are looking for every opportunity to generate more revenue. One possibility on the horizon that could expand the city’s tax base is redevelopment of residential areas, said City Manager Reid Silverboard. About 83 percent of the city’s property tax base…
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