The Sarasota City Commission will hear tonight from a community-based group that has been endeavoring to create a shared vision for the 42 publicly held acres that include the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and other civic buildings. Bayfront 20:20 — a coalition of organizations that have voluntarily joined together and hired a consultant with…
DetailsTo rise to the highest point allowed in Boca Raton, builders have to meet a slew of guidelines. This coming week, though, dropping one of those guidelines is under consideration in front of the City Council. Meetings addressing the issue are scheduled Monday, when the council meets as the Community Redevelopment Agency, and Tuesday, when it…
DetailsIn accordance with Chapter 23, Section 23-3, the City of Hallandale Beach seeks to pre-qualify General Contractors for the construction of the Main Fire Station to be located on 111 Foster Road, City of Hallandale Beach, FL 33009. Pre-qualification is a procedure by which a General Contractor may qualify to bid on the above mentioned…
DetailsI rode Tampa’s historic streetcar the other day. And it was … Sad. It wasn’t sad just because only a few silver-haired tourists and I rumbled along the 2.7-mile stretch between the southern edge of downtown east and north to the Latin Quarter of Ybor City. Yep, just us — even though it was a…
DetailsHIGH SPRINGS – While High Springs City Manager Ed Booth has been acting in the capacity of Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Executive Director for more than a year, he says he is “delighted” to now turn over the day-to-day administrative duties. Amanda Rodriguez joined the staff on Dec. 8 and was introduced to the public…
DetailsINVERNESS — From security cameras at the Inverness Government Center and boardwalk lighting at Cooter Pond Linear Park to the grand opening of the Valerie Theatre and a master plan regarding fire services within the city limits, the city of Inverness is gearing up for a banner year in 2015. What will 2015 look like?…
DetailsNow deeply into construction, Tampa’s next mega-mansion will rise three stories tall and spread out over a 47,000-square-foot space, roughly half the size of some Publix grocery stores, and likely feature rooftop gardens, fountains, and a dozen bedrooms, bathrooms and living rooms. Luckily for guests and visitors, the mansion will have an open-door policy and…
DetailsThe FLC University presents JANUARY 14, 2015 – NOVA UNIVERSITY DAVIE CAMPUS TOOLS THAT WORK FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Effective economic development requires leadership. Policy decisions, implementation strategy and economic reality ideally come together to achieve a community’s economic development goals. This program provides real-world guidance on the fundamentals and tools of realistic economic development. Elected officials can use them to guide strategies…
DetailsThe Cape Coral City Council met Monday afternoon. Here’s a capsule look: Who attended: Mayor Marni Sawicki, Council members Rana Erbrick, John Carisocia, Rick Williams, Lenny Nesta, Jim Burch, Richard Leon and Derrick Donnell. Major takeaway: In a 7-1 vote City Council approved a resolution of necessity that shows the existence of blighted areas in…
DetailsThree Volusia cities are entering the New Year with solid plans for longterm redevelopment of their primary urban corridors. The Volusia County Council recently approved requests from Edgewater and New Smyrna Beach officials to create Community Redevelopment Areas (CRAs) that cover practically the entire stretch of US1 through the two Southeast Volusia cities – as well as certain adjacent tracts. And last…
DetailsMiami-Dade commissioners backed tapping new property taxes to borrow $9 million for SkyRise Miami, a funding plan opposed by the project’s hometown mayor. With only three No votes, county support for the planned 1,000-foot observation tower passed by a comfortable margin Tuesday afternoon. The decision marked a comeback for SkyRise developer Jeff Berkowitz, since the…
DetailsLAKELAND | Julie Townsend once criticized the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority as having no direction. She even quit her post heading the Lakeland Downtown Partnership to protest the authority’s lack of funding to the partnership. JULIE TOWNSEND, the executive director of the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority, is now in charge of an agency she once criticized…
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