Skip to content
(850) 701-3677
  • Subscribe
  • Contact Us
    • FRA Staff
    • Board of Directors
  • MyFRA Login
Top Bar
Facebook page opens in new windowInstagram page opens in new windowTwitter page opens in new windowLinkedin page opens in new windowYouTube page opens in new window
Florida Redevelopment News Clips
Florida Redevelopment News Clips
    Menu
    • Academy
    • Awards
      • 2023 FRA Awards
      • 2022 FRA Awards
      • 2021 FRA Awards
      • 2020 FRA Awards
      • 2019 FRA Awards
      • Close
    • Membership
      • Join Us
        • Membership Apply/Renew
        • Making the Most of Your Membership
        • Why Join FRA?
        • Testimonials
      • How FRA Can Help YOU
        • Professional Development
        • Best Practices
        • Networking
      • FRA Member Access
      Close
    • Resources
      • Advocacy
        • Annual Reporting Requirements
        • CRA Basics
        • CRA Fiscal Impact
        • Legislative
        • myFRA Member Network
        • Public Education Tools
        • Redevelopment Works Campaign
        • Statewide List of All CRAs in Florida
      • Community Engagement
        • Effective Redevelopment Marketing
        • Events
        • Video Gallery
        • Disaster and Emergency Resources
      • More Resources
        • Housing Programs
        • CRA Responses to COVID-19 Issues
        • Redevelopment News Clips
        • Redevelopment Works Podcast
        • Job Listings
        • Redevelopment RFP & Qs
        • Sample RFPs and Job Descriptions
      • FRA Member Access
      Close
    • Annual Conference
        • 2023
        • 2022
        • 2021
        • 2020
        • 2019
        • 2018
      • Close
    • News
      • Take 5: FRA Leadership Q & A
      • Close
    • Contact Us
Search:
  • Academy
  • Awards
  • Membership
  • Resources
    • CRA Responses to COVID-19 Issues
    • Disaster and Emergency Resources
    • Job Opportunities
    • RFQ & RFP Postings
    • CRA Basics
    • CRA Fiscal Impact
    • Redevelopment Works Campaign
    • Legislative Positions
    • Reporting Requirements
    • Public Education Tools
    • Housing Programs
  • MyFRA Access
  • 2022 Annual Conference
  • Events
  • News
    • Take 5: FRA Leadership Q & A
  • Contact Us
    • FRA Staff
    • Board of Directors

Good News From Florida’s CRAs

CMPA wins suit over Maritime Park development finances (Pensacola)

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 16, 2014

Community Maritime Park Associates Inc. won a major victory Wednesday when a federal judge denied a $23 million counterclaim filed by the park’s former developer and awarded CMPA a judgment of $1.62 million. In her ruling, Chief U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers said Maritime Park Development Partners LLC, and its CEO, Scott Davison, fraudulently…

Details

Historic board to city: Save Tinker Field as landmark (Orlando)

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 15, 2014

Orlando’s Historic Preservation Board wants Tinker Field to be declared a local landmark — a designation that would stall the city’s plans to tear it down. It would be irresponsible not to try to save the rundown ballpark where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once spoke, one member of the preservation board said in voting to start…

Details

Drainage, lighting topics of special CRA meeting (Avon Park)

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 15, 2014

AVON PARK – The undertaking to revitalize and economically invigorate Avon Park’s southside has been a bit bumpy but began a process of smoothing out Wednesday night. At a Special Meeting of the Southside Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Advisory Board, the Citizens Advisory Task Force listened to a presentation by an Avon Park’s Cool &…

Details

DeLand business owners, downtown preachers clash at City Commission meeting

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 14, 2014

DELAND — Two downtown business owners clashed with members of a street-preaching church this week at the DeLand City Commission meeting, saying the demonstrations are chasing away customers. Members of The Bible Baptist Church in Glenwood flock to the corner of New York Avenue and Woodland Boulevard and preach each Friday evening. The preachers have been…

Details

Historic Venice apartment building to be restored

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 14, 2014

VENICE – A historic apartment building on the island of Venice that seemed destined for the wrecking ball is instead headed on a course toward renovation and revival. When completed, “the building should look like it did in 1926,” said Ernest Ritz, owner of Ritz Construction Corp. in Sarasota — whom the owner hired to perform…

Details

Ward ratified as head of West Palm Beach CRA

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 13, 2014

Jon Ward now officially is the executive director of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency. The city commission, sitting as the CRA board, voted 5-0 at its meeting Monday to ratify Ward’s selection. On Dec. 16, the city approved a contract to turn over the CRA’s duties to Broward County-based Redevelopment Management Associates, run by former…

Details

West Palm mulling Rybovich project

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 13, 2014

City commissioners Monday night prepared to take the first of two votes on the proposed massive waterfront village at the Rybovich yacht center, City planners spoke Monday night for more than an hour, to be followed by developers, and then the public, in what has become the next city development fight. It’s been just two weeks…

Details

City of Lake Alfred Ready for Next Strep to Create a CRA

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 12, 2014

LAKE ALFRED | The City Commission gave a consensus Monday to move forward with designating the area that will be targeted by the city’s planned Community Redevelopment Agency. Officials from the Central Florida Regional Planning Council did a finding of necessity study that identified areas along U.S. 17/92 that fit the conditions for a CRA.…

Details

Prehistoric village found in downtown Miami

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 12, 2014

Archaeologists who for months have been uncovering mounting evidence of an ancient and extensive Native American village in the middle of downtown Miami have concluded it’s likely one of the most significant prehistoric sites in the United States. The archaeologists, under the direction of veteran South Florida archaeologist Bob Carr, have so far painstakingly dug…

Details

Garage price tag hits $11 million (Sarasota)

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 11, 2014

SARASOTA – The State Street Garage, already something of an albatross around Sarasota’s neck, just got a whole lot more expensive. City commissioners voted unanimously to modify a proposed system for City Manager Tom Barwin’s upcoming performance review. Because of a special clause in Barwin’s contract, the city must use a third-party “facilitator” in the review…

Details

Voters to decide extent of development at Rivera Beach Marina (Video)

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 11, 2014

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. —A stroll at the Riviera Beach Marina will have people checking out a $10 million facelift it was given in 2013. The marina has a new seawall, underwater LED lighting and new boat slips. Tony Brown is executive director of Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency. He said the next phase will begin…

Details

City ready to dole out TIF funds to Bahama Village projects (Key West)

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffFebruary 11, 2014

A housing nonprofit, two churches, a youth program and a local family deserve funding from the Bahama Village Tax Increment Funding, property taxes reserved to alleviate blight in the historic neighborhood of Key West, an appointed committee has said. City commissioners will review the recommendations after their 6 p.m. meeting Tuesday at Old City Hall.…

Details
←1
23456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184
…185186187188189…
190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253
254→
See what’s happening with Florida redevelopment

Weekly e-news May 4, 2023

Weekly e-news May 11, 2023

Weekly e-news May 18, 2023

Weekly e-news May 25, 2023

Weekly e-news June 1, 2023

See More News Articles

  • Tallahassee CRA Event Funding Posted on: Jun 1st, 2023
  • Why Do We Redevelop Communities? Posted on: May 29th, 2023
  • Rock the Plaza Posted on: May 29th, 2023
  • City Opens New Marina at Community Maritime Park in Downtown Pensacola Posted on: May 29th, 2023
  • Historic Preservationists Honored at Polk Theatre Awards Ceremony Posted on: May 29th, 2023
  • Clearwater Calling For Artists For Multiple Public Art Projects Posted on: May 29th, 2023
  • City of Homestead: Community Redevelopment Agency offers various grant programs Posted on: May 26th, 2023
  • The Greening of Florida's Brownfields Posted on: May 24th, 2023
Search over 1,000 Florida Redevelopment News Clips.
  • Economic Development Manager - City of Delray Beach
  • Special Projects Coordinator (Economic Development) – Hillsborough County
  • Redevelopment Planner (CRA) - City of Kissimmee
  • Executive Director CRA - City of Bradenton
  • Senior Planner (Neighborhood Outreach), City of Lakeland
  • Communications Director - City of Bartow

Read more

  • Tallahassee CRA Event Funding Posted on: Jun 1st, 2023
  • City of Homestead: Community Redevelopment Agency offers various grant programs Posted on: May 26th, 2023
  • RFP #23-08 For the Purchase of City-owned Property and Provision of a Mixed-use Development at 1215 Indian River Drive Sebastian, Florida, (Former Harbor Lights Motel) Situated in the Community Redevelopment Area Posted on: May 23rd, 2023
  • RFP #23-11 For the Purchase of City-Owned Property and Provision of a Mixed use Commercial Development at 100 Veterans Memorial way Sebastian, Florida, (Former Public Works Compound) Situated in the Community Redevelopment Area - City of Sebastian Posted on: May 17th, 2023
  • Request for Proposals (RFP) 2023-03 Impact Fee Study - City of Crescent City Posted on: May 17th, 2023
  • City of Cedar Key Request for Proposals Professional Services For New Community Redevelopment Plan For the City of Cedar Key CRA FRP 2023-1 Posted on: May 9th, 2023

Read more

© Copyright 2023 - Florida Redevelopment Association | Site by Digital Opps

Privacy Policy

Go to Top