FORT PIERCE — The non-profit Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF) received confirmation from the Adrian Dominican Sisters (ADS) that they have been approved for another loan for $165,000. SELF was originally approved for a $35,000 loan last year and, after successfully deploying these initial resources with zero delinquency or defaults, ADS has now increased the…
DetailsWEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Florida Green Energy Works program has funded its first commercial deal – and it is a perfect example of how PACE or ‘Property Assessed Clean Energy’ can spark sustainable investment in our communities. The $45,000 retrofit is of a family-owned business property at 1101 North Tamarind in West…
DetailsTAMPA BAY| The Florida legislature’s refusal to add $20 million to the empty coffers of the state’s entertainment tax incentive program has dealt a blow to everyone from indie filmmakers to government film commissioners. It has also put a ding in the agenda of theTampa Hillsborough Economic DevelopmentCorp. A stated goal in its 2013 annual report was…
DetailsSt. Augustine, Fla., is considering a narrow-gauge heritage streetcar operation, roughly paralleling U.S. Route 1 and linking several traffic generating sites within the municipality. The proposal, first disclosed publicly this spring by Historic City News website, is being aided by a so-far unnamed designer of track and overhead wire systems. Last September the St. Augustine…
DetailsHere in Tallahassee, the Scott Administration has worked hard to create a pro-growth environment that allows businesses to get to work doing what they do best: creating jobs and prosperity for Florida families. One way we’ve done that is by cutting permitting times. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has reduced permitting time in 2013…
DetailsWinter Park | If the Brevard County Manatees move to Winter Park as proposed, Brevard County would be left with an 8,100-seat stadium used for little other than major league spring training each year. And even spring training is in doubt. Brevard County Parks and Recreation Director Jack Masson said: “It would be a loss…
DetailsResidents of West Atlantic Avenue know what they want to see in their backyard, so they are working closely with a developer to make their vision of being connected to the rest of downtown Delray Beach a reality. In Delray, as in many cities, new developments are often met with complaints, criticisms and concerns by the toughest…
DetailsDUNDEE — An ordinance relieving pressure on downtown parking requirements and another allowing golf carts on some roads will be up for second readings at the Town Commission meeting tonight as officials try to make the town more accessible for businesses and residents. The downtown parking ordinance would create a new district encompassing Dundee Road…
DetailsLAKELAND | Polk County Tax Collector Joe Tedder has a new award to hang up in his new art deco-style building. Well, it’s not exactly a new building. But that’s the point. Tedder was one of many who received a Historic Preservation Award from Historic Lakeland during an awards ceremony Monday in that renovated building…
DetailsLAKELAND | NOBAY Village was reaffirmed Monday as the preferred development to take over the downtown Lakeland Bay Street parking lot by a 7-1 vote of the Downtown Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board. The vote doesn’t change the status of NOBAY’s developer, Broadway Real Estate Services, as the unanimous favorite by a selection committee of…
DetailsLAKELAND | Development of the 14 acres near the Lakeland Police Department that city officials took by eminent domain and then left sitting after the 2008 recession could soon be back on track. Two Polk County developers have submitted proposals to City Hall to turn the blocks into a downtown residential area. But the public…
DetailsProblems at the West Palm Beach Housing and Community Development Department, ranging from alleged corruption to rampant mismanagement, stretch back years. So when Mayor Jeri Muoio abruptly fired Pembroke Pines consultant Community Redevelopment Associates on Wednesday, the news landed with a thud. It shouldn’t be this way. But it is, and it needs to change.…
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