DELRAY CRA SELECTS DEVELOPMENT TEAM WITH LOCAL TIES FOR NEW REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT Equity Enterprises USA partners with Delray architect, contractor for West Atlantic Avenue project MEDIA RELEASE October 28, 2013 DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency Board of Commissioners selected Equity Enterprises USA as the successful respondent to a recent Request for Proposals…
Coconut Grove waterfront plan goes to Miami voters On Coconut Grove’s picturesque but cluttered waterfront, a ramshackle marina, a seafood restaurant well past its prime and a funky if beloved watering hole known as Scotty’s Landing today occupy seven acres of choice public land next to Miami City Hall. Now their leases are up and…
Fort Myers downtown basin beckons Fort Myers is almost ready to unveil its new, downtown waterfront, but developers have yet to sign any contracts to build. A ribbon-cutting is tentatively scheduled for the first weekend in December, said Don Paight, executive director of the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency. “For all practical purposes,” he said,…
Avon Park CRA gives MLK Day back to community AVON PARK — A vocal majority won over the Avon Park Community Redevelopment Agency Board on Thursday. The Board, consisting of the members of the Avon Park City Council, voted to reject the previous vote to have the CRA sponsor the event. Instead, they have asked…
Editorial: To start cleaning up Lake Worth, outsource some of the work There are few issues in Lake Worth more pressing than the sad dilapidation of entire neighborhoods, which city officials for years have allowed to deteriorate into chaotic interminglings of orderly homes and abandoned, decaying buildings. Much of the blame lies with the city’s…
Pines downtown city center starts to take shape PEMBROKE PINES— The dream of a downtown city center, first conceived nearly a decade ago and stalled by the 2008 recession, finally is starting to come true. Once complete, the 80-acre site at Palm Avenue and Pines Boulevard will be home to more than 1,000 apartments, a…
Uptown Delray developer will present new plans for project The developers of Uptown Delray are back with an updated plan for their project, which would bring 146 rental apartments and space for shops to the heart of downtown. The original plans for the space, located on Southeast Second Street and Federal Highway, two blocks south…
Woman advocates efforts to preserve downtown neighborhoods in Sebring SEBRING – When Charlotte Pressler accepted a job as a professor at South Florida State College, it was natural for her to buy a historic house in Sebring’s downtown area because she has lived in such neighborhoods much of her life, she recalled Friday. When she…
New Smyrna looks to develop economic incentive program NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Crime, code enforcement issues and dilapidated or vacant buildings will still dog U.S. 1 when a prospective Community Redevelopment Area dawns here in 2015. It’s the Volusia County Council’s decision whether or not to grant New Smyrna Beach a redevelopment district. And even if…
Port Richey concludes street paving project PORT RICHEY — Crews recently finished paving in the Marina Palms subdivision by late last week for the city of Port Richey project. The city tapped into its Community Redevelopment Agency funds for the improvements. In June, city officials approved the bid from BRW Contracting, based in Land O’…
Nine make short list for county economic development manager job in Brooksville BROOKSVILLE – County Administrator Len Sossamon has nine applicants to consider for the vacant post of economic development manager. There had been 11, but one accepted another job and another withdrew his name from consideration. In all, 30 people had responded to the…
West Palm Beach sets CRA selection meeting for Friday A West Palm Beach committee tasked with selecting the private company that will take over the duties of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. Friday. The meeting, the group’s first, will be held at the Flagler Gallery on the first…
West Atlantic residents ask questions about redevelopment projects Before Delray’s Community Redevelopment Agency selects a new tenant for six empty acres of land on West Atlantic Avenue, the developers have to make it past the toughest critics: the people who live, work and play in the area. On Thursday night, people packed a conference room…
Program aims to revive Cape streetscape CAPE CORAL – Cape Coral leaders want to spruce up the south end of the city. Tuesday evening, the Community Redevelopment Agency unveiled a new incentive program designed to fix some of the crumbling sidewalks and enhance the streetscape. Leaders said the goal is to create more of a…
Lake Worth shuffleboard building to become element city’s emerging arts district LAKE WORTH — The city’s shuffleboard building is on its way to being the next piece of an emerging arts district on the near west side. Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to convert the 5,000-square-foot building at 1121 Lucerne Ave. into a community cultural facility where…
Overtown catalyst for new investment heads to commissioners Commercial projects R. Donahue Peebles/Barron Channer and passenger rail company All Aboard Florida are spearheading in Miami’s Overtown are taking their last major step toward becoming a reality. The projects, which would each be developed on separate blocks next to the famous Lyric Theater, are set to go before the Miami-Dade…
Avon Park mayor, CRA advisory chair ask for civility AVON PARK — Deputy Mayor Brenda Giles asked for and got a special meeting of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency set for Thursday. Giles said Monday that issues brought up at last Friday’s Southside CRA Advisory Board meeting needed to be handled by the “Mothership Board,”…
St. Pete’s CRA could become countywide model CLEARWATER – Despite budget concerns, Pinellas County Commissioners unanimously agreed to continue work with the city of St. Petersburg to create a Community Development Area to combat the problem of blight and poverty. Commissioner Janet Long was absent. A study released last year identified five areas in the…
It’s hard to count the number of downtown Ocala revitalization plans that have been undertaken over the years. Most have been trotted out amid much fanfare. But after some sprucing up here and there, they invariably have found their way onto some obscure shelf in City Hall unfulfilled. The latest plan for downtown does not…
The long-discussed, unrealized redevelopment of two former subsidized housing properties is among the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency’s slimmed down set of priorities. Beginning with the upcoming budget year, CRA staff intends to focus more narrowly on projects and initiatives that spur economic development and have ripple effects in the city’s four community redevelopment districts. Those…
Terri Bailey and her family were the first homeowners living in the 5th Avenue/Pleasant Street neighborhood to get the exterior of their home painted for free as part of a program sponsored by the city of Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency. Known as the Fifth Avenue Pleasant Street Residential Paint Voucher Program, the program was created…