Best Urban Block in South Florida? It’s out there. For the original article visit The Miami Herald We used to know how to do this in America — how to build a convivial, walkable, prosperous city neighborhood of shops, workplaces and homes that drew people to it like the proverbial bee to honey. Then came…
Taxpayers pay dearly for preservation For the original article visit TBO.com It’s hard to find many people who oppose the idea of preserving historic buildings. Though often rickety and faded, these weathered artifacts of past craftsmanship forge a tangible link between our world and the one our parents and grandparents inhabited. But preservation can be…
New Port Richey considers deeper cuts to Main Street, special events For the original article visit the Tampa Bay Times City officials are looking at more funding cuts for Greater New Port Richey Main Street and some of the city’s most popular events, scrimping in every corner of next year’s budget. The city has steadily…
Four new restaurants coming to CityPlace later this year For the original article visit The Palm Beach Post A mixture of cuisine offerings is coming to CityPlace by the end of the year, filling several empty restaurant spots. Pampas Grille will go in the spot formerly occupied by McCormick and Schmick’s at Okeechobee Boulevard across from…
Correction: Seizing Mortgages Story For the original article visit the Bismarck Tribune Online FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — In a story July 15 about a proposal for cities and counties to use the power of eminent domain to seize mortgages and help homeowners into more manageable payments, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Robert Hockett, a…
Key West accepting capital-projects applications For the original article visit KeysNet.com Public and private groups have until Sept. 28 to apply for some $850,000 in Key West property tax revenue that is set aside annually for capital projects in the Bahama Village neighborhood of Old Town. The money is generated through what’s called a tax…
Downtown Boca happening: Success meeting marketing efforts By Anne Geggis, Sun Sentinel As seen in the Sun Sentinel Boca Raton— Efforts to get more people downtown are working, according to the marketing firm hired to promote the area. The monthly “Friday Night Live!” has drawn as many as 1,500 people to its concerts and weekly…
City Commission plans to move ahead slowly on possible downtown hotel/conference center By Christopher Curry As seen in the Gainesville Sun The Gainesville City Commission is in no rush to push ahead with the plan for a potential downtown hotel and conference center. The City Commission had put out the call for private sector interest…
Downtown West Palm Beach on brink of apartment building boom By Alexandra Clough Palm Beach Post Staff Writer As seen in the Palm Beach Post There’s a rush of new construction set for West Palm Beach. Don’t expect to see another glut of condos, however. This time, apartment builders are hot to build new rental…
Residents of historic Vero Beach areas express concerns about neighborhoods’ evolution By Ed Bierschenk As seen in the TC Palm VERO BEACH — Peggy Landers saw first-hand the changes in the Osceola Park neighborhood west of downtown Vero Beach over the past half-century as single-family homes and outbuildings were converted into rental properties affecting the…
City aims to jump-start CRA By Angela Daughtry, News-Leader As seen in the News-Leader City commissioners conceded Tuesday that their Community Redevelopment Area in downtown Fernandina Beach needs more attention, and that an advisory board should be formed to address it. The CRA was created in 2005 as a way to spur development in the…
Redevelopment vote may be delayed By BOB McCLURE As seen in Tampa Bay News Weekly TREASURE ISLAND – Voters may not get a chance to approve the proposed density and height changes for downtown redevelopment until the March city election. City leaders were hoping to get the measure before voters on Nov. 6, but that…
County will let Belleair start planning Belleview Biltmore redevelopment area By Anna M. Phillips, Times Staff Writer As seen in the Tampa Bay Times Plans to restore the historic Belleview Biltmore hotel have inched another step closer to reality. The Pinellas County Commission on Tuesday granted Belleair the authority to begin planning a Community Redevelopment…
Local divisions stymie redevelopment hopes By Derek Catron, Staff Writer As seen in the Daytona Beach News-Journal First, the good news. Nearly everyone interviewed for this series agreed on one thing: Daytona Beach has a huge upside. Said local real estate agent Greg Antonich, “Daytona has absolutely tremendous potential. It could be so much more…
Redevelopment project hits a snag By KENNETH KNIGHT | The Tampa Tribune As seen in the Tampa Tribune TEMPLE TERRACE –The city council has called for a series of meetings to address a stalemate blocking continuation of the 29-acre downtown redevelopment district project.Council members began their latest wave of meetings about the town center project…
Nonprofit wants more say in Delray redevelopment decisions By Maria Herrera, Sun Sentinel As seen in the Sun Sentinel The Delray Beach West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition wants more say on the decisions the Delray BeachCommunity Redevelopment Agency makes.At a joint workshop meeting Thursday the coalition told the CRA board it wanted to hold a…
County creates redevelopment area in Mount Plymouth-Sorrento By Eloísa Ruano González, Orlando Sentinel As seen in the Orlando Sentinel TAVARES — For more than a decade, residents and businesses have fought for a “redevelopment” designation in the Mount Plymouth-Sorrento area. County commissioners finally granted their wish this week, despite opposition from some residents who were…
Sebring CRA boasts 15 new businesses By JOE SEELIG As seen in Highlands Today SEBRING – The atmosphere among downtown Sebring merchants and professional people is a positive one with city records showing 15 new businesses have opened since 2011 after the city began a Business Recruitment Program and other incentives.Things are definitely happening and…
Historic houses to stay with museum for now By EILEEN ZAFFIRO-KEAN, Staff Writer As seen in the Daytona Beach News-Journal DAYTONA BEACH — People who’ve come to love a cluster of houses dating back to 1790 in St. Augustine’s historic district just got a one-year reprieve to enjoy the tiny village just the way it…
Boca gives its first ‘Mizner cottage’ historic designation By Anne Geggis, Sun Sentinel As seen in the Sun Sentinel BOCA RATON Addison Mizner gained fame for building opulent Palm Beach mansions, but the newest buzz is about what he did for the middle class. The first of potentially 12 “Mizner cottages” was designated an historic…
Fort Pierce picks plan for Fisherman’s Wharf By Laurie K. Blandford As seen in the TC Palm FORT PIERCE — Plans for people to buy, eat or watch local seafood getting hauled in by commercial fishermen at the northwest base of the South Causeway Bridge are moving forward. “We intend to put the fish back…