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Neighborhood Enterprise Division Manager – Escambia County, Florida

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffSeptember 18, 2014

Title: Neighborhood Enterprise Division Manager – Escambia County, Florida Organization: Escambia County Board of County Commissioners Salary: $68,036.80 – $78,249.60 Annually Date Posted: 09/15/14 Closing Date: 09/29/2014 City: Pensacola County: Escambia County, FL Type of Position: Full-Time Education Requirement: Bachelor’s in Community Development, Public Administration, or Business Administration Experience Requirement: Five years of managerial experience…

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Leesburg Waives Impact Fees to Assist Community Redevelopment Areas

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffAugust 12, 2014

Leesburg has approved a temporary waiver of municipal impact fees to encourage redevelopment in certain areas of the city. City commissioners unanimously agreed Monday night to waive impact fees for new businesses moving into and refurbishing existing structures within Leesburg’s three community redevelopment areas. The waiver covers utility, police, fire and recreation impact fees for qualifying businesses…

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City of Leesburg Housing Incubation Project

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffAugust 4, 2014

Kenya Young flashed a wide smile and raised her arms high in the air Monday afternoon to celebrate her family’s new apartment as they aim for the American dream of owning a home. “We get to move in on Friday!” said the 35-year-old mother of four, who found out three weeks ago that her family…

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Lake Worth Murals Turn Heads Downtown – Palm Beach

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffAugust 1, 2014

LAKE WORTH — A bright mural nearing completion downtown — featuring an owl, members of a native tribe and booming speakers — had onlookers talking Sunday. “I love it,” said Leslee Scruggs, who lives in Lake Worth, as she snapped shots with her camera phone. “I didn’t realize it was happening. Usually you have to…

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‘Going A-Wall’ Mural Project Brings Color to Downtown Lake Worth – Palm Beach

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffJuly 31, 2014

LAKE WORTH — Downtown Lake Worth is getting more color. Over the weekend, three sleek murals were decked on the walls of retail buildings on Lucerne Avenue during the Going-A-Wall live-painting event. It featured live music, food trucks and several paint-covered artists in action. On one wall, the side of Bruce Webber’s Art Gallery building,…

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Delray Agency Asked To Pay For Police

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffJuly 31, 2014

The Delray agency responsible for keeping the city free of slum and blight is being asked to dish out more money this year. The Community Redevelopment Agency board will consider approving budget requests from the city and several nonprofits on Thursday and they could find themselves spending more money. But the group will likely have…

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Downtown Tampa Tries Free Pingpong In The Park

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffJuly 31, 2014

TAMPA — To enliven downtown, Tampa has tried: • Coloring the Hillsborough River kelly green for St. Patrick’s Day. • Creating a mac-and-cheese festival. • Putting a pop-up golf driving range on N Franklin Street. • Trucking in loads of white sand for a summer beach volleyball court. Now comes a hot pink pingpong table…

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Audit: County Misused ‘Fight the Blight’ Funds – Tampa

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffJuly 30, 2014

Tampa, Florida –The federal government says Hillsborough County misused almost a million dollars in grants during its “Fight the Blight” campaign and it wants the money back. The inspector general of the Department of Housing and Urban Development released a scathing audit of the county’s use of federal Community Development Block Grant money for these…

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Live Oak CRA Has Planning Meeting Looking To The Future

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffJuly 30, 2014

Live Oak — Local residents, business leaders and city officials filled the Passenger Train Depot Tuesday evening to discuss the future of Downtown Live Oak and to prioritize a list of projects they would like to see done in the upcoming CRA fiscal year. As a result, the group decided roadways, a medical clinic facility…

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Seminole’s Challenge: Turn ‘blighted area’ On Oxford Road Into Vibrant Community – Orlando

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffJuly 30, 2014

Oxford Road in Fern Park is not one of Seminole County’s prettiest streets. The sidewalks are cracked and broken. The landscaping is either bare or filled with weeds. And empty parking lots are littered with liquor bottles, beer cans and other rubbish. Fernwood Boulevard, which runs alongside the Jai-Alai fronton and crosses Oxford Road, is…

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Timeline laid out for Vinik’s Channelside development – Tampa

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffJuly 30, 2014

Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik isn’t ready yet to unveil a gleaming architectural drawing of how everything in the new Channelside Bay Plaza will look, partly because that plan won’t exist for many more months. However, on Friday some of his lieutenants sketched out a timeline for when they hope some of the major…

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New Publix in Channelside and that’s not all – Tampa

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffJuly 30, 2014

Mercury Advisors is moving forward with its latest Channelside development, finalizing a joint venture with an Atlanta group and planning a fourth-quarter groundbreaking. Mercury will partner with Daniel Corp. on the apartment-and-retail development proposed on the block between East Twiggs and Madison streets, along Meridian Avenue, Principal Ken Stoltenberg said Friday. The project has been proposed as Martin at Meridian,…

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