ST. PETERSBURG — Thirty years ago, St. Petersburg took a leap of civic faith when it leveled a low-income neighborhood to attract a baseball team. Now Tropicana Field’s 85 asphalt acres offer another chance for neighborhood rehabilitation — this time without baseball. More and more Americans want to live in dense urban areas. It’s a…
DetailsNEW SMYRNA BEACH — The backdrop on Saturday seemed apropos. New Smyrna Beach’s downtown bustled with people taking in art galleries, a live music festival and a farmers market, all bringing the “feet on the street” and generating the economic activity that local businesses crave. Meanwhile, city and business leaders met at nearby City Hall…
DetailsST. PETE BEACH – City commissioners are talking about making improvements to the Corey Avenue area this year as a result of cost savings through their contract with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. St. Pete Beach Commissioner Marvin Shavian said at the commission’s Feb. 26 meeting he feels “very strongly” that improvements need to be…
DetailsBARTOW | County commissioners rejected the idea Friday of forming a Community Redevelopment Agency in the Inwood area. County Commissioner Ed Smith proposed the idea as a way to raise funds to fix infrastructure problems and to combat blight in this largely residential area between Winter Haven and Auburndale. [See Full Article]
DetailsPANAMA CITY — Commissioners approved a $13 million loan to finance the Marina Redevelopment Project during Tuesday’s meeting. The vote will effectively put the city more than $15 million in debt to SunTrust Bank. However, officials were confident the funds will ultimately benefit the city. “There’re wants and needs,” said Mayor Greg Brudnicki. “Most of…
DetailsTITUSVILLE — People in Titusville filled a mall parking lot to support an economic “renaissance” — in a community hit hard by the recession and shuttle program layoffs. “I have yet to run into a citizen who is not supportive of what’s going on here,” said developer Allen Goins, who is looking to revamp the…
DetailsOrange City first started putting together its request for a Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) more than a year ago, and submitted a plan to the county in September. Now, city officials are looking uneasily at a Feb. 5 letter from Deputy County Manager Mary Anne Connors. Connors said the county wants another 90 days to…
DetailsDELRAY BEACH COMPLETES DOWNTOWN GATEWAY FEATURE CRA to hold March 14th ribbon cutting to commemorate unique public art installation DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency is holding a public ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 10 a.m. to commemorate the completion of the Gateway Art Feature at the western entrance…
DetailsSaying they want to build “the downtown Riviera Beach does not have,” supporters of a $250 million plan to revitalize the city’s waterfront will bring their proposal Wednesday to the city council and community redevelopment agency for approval. A vote to approve would allow to city to spend $29 million to start improvements at Bicentennial…
DetailsCOCOA BEACH — Thousands of sunshine-seeking tourists and beachgoers are streaming downtown this weekend to bask in summer-like heat, clogging parking spaces and lots. They’re cramming vehicles into metered spaces. Pay-by-kiosk lots. Grassy pay lots manned by attendants. And alongside green curbs dating to last summer’s ill-fated pay-by-phone program. Downtown parking remains a perennial issue…
DetailsShopping and crowds usually go together — but not in downtown Boca Raton, where the managers of Mizner Park say city events are crowding out their customers. In a letter from its lawyer, the owners of Mizner Park are demanding the city grant veto rights over what sort of acts and festivals the city brings…
DetailsAre you ready? Did you know CRA Annual Reports are due March 31, 2013? Here is a short summary of the requirements in Chapter 163, Part III. S. 163.356(3)(c), Florida Statutes “The governing body of the county or municipality shall designate a chair and vice chair from among the commissioners… An agency authorized to transact…
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