ANATEE — Local attorney Caleb Grimes has watched Manatee County’s existing Land Development Code and the project approval process turn people away from wanting to develop in the county. “We have to recognize that we may not get it right the first time but we’ve got to start and we’ve got to start letting the…
DetailsScott Shimberg spreads an enormous map across a conference table, and sweeps his hand over the geographic picture of east Tampa. One roadway in particular gets his attention — 22nd Street. He sees a roadway that is noteworthy as a connector to neighborhoods — Ybor City and the Channel District among them — and a…
DetailsThe Boynton Beach City Commission will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Here are 3 topics the commissioners are expected to discuss, and here’s why each is important: – It’s budget time. The commission will have a final vote on approving the budget for 2015-16. The proposed general fund budget is $76,518,564 with…
DetailsThere’s no doubting the achievements of the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency in lifting the city from the doldrums to a dynamo. But after 30 years, the agency’s success has turned it into something of a runaway train, an engine that rakes in lots of money and seems hellbent to spend it — often to…
DetailsEconomic development is at the epicenter of our daily lives. It affects where we live, work and play. The prosperity of this community depends on thoughtful investment of our tax dollars to create jobs and foster a culture of private reinvestment that will continue for generations to come. We are dedicated to economic development, which…
DetailsLEESBURG — Staffers will ask city commissioners Monday night to continue waiving impact fees for projects that redevelop vacant properties in the city. Leesburg created the waiver in March 2015, and staffers want it extended to September 2016. “The purpose of this extension is to continue to encourage businesses to locate in currently vacant structures…
DetailsVivian Brooks received a lower rating this year for her work as the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency director, and two city commissioners want her fired. But a majority of the board thinks she deserves to keep her position — and has even voted to give her a 3 percent salary increase. The CRA approved the…
DetailsEconomic development is at the epicenter of our daily lives. It affects where we live, work and play. The prosperity of this community depends on thoughtful investment of our tax dollars to create jobs and foster a culture of private reinvestment that will continue for generations to come. We are dedicated to economic development, which…
DetailsRIVIERA BEACH — After a decade-long delay, a giant resort and spa project is back on the drawing board for Riviera Beach’s Singer Island. The Wellness Resort and Spa complex would be composed of two 20-story towers along North Ocean Drive, less than a mile north of Blue Heron Boulevard. It would generate millions in…
DetailsTAMPA — After a marathon — and contentious — hearing that lasted until early Friday morning, the City Council denied a zoning change needed to build Altis Grand Central, a mixed-use project with 296 apartments proposed near the Oxford Exchange. Plans called for two apartment buildings, five and six stories tall, at 504 W Grand…
DetailsA controversial plan to eliminate two road-improvement fees charged to developers and replace them with something called a mobility plan, with rates some argue are too low, will be considered by Sarasota County commissioners at a public hearing Tuesday. If adopted, the mobility plan would supplant the existing system of road impact fees that Sarasota…
DetailsDick Rosedale remembers a time in the 1980s when “you could roll a bowling ball” down Canal Street because of the lack of activity in the the city’s mainland downtown district. While the business climate there has waxed and waned since then, it seemingly hit critical mass in June 2011 when Canal Street was pocked with empty…
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