Belleview OKs plan to improve downtown, combat blight BELLEVIEW — A new redevelopment plan adopted by the Belleview City Commission this week lays out various goals designed to improve the city’s downtown region and cutting back on blight. The Downtown Belleview Community Redevelopment Plan focuses on the main thoroughfares of the city: Abshier Boulevard, County…
DetailsCoconut Grove waterfront plan coasts to victory Miami voters on Tuesday easily approved a city-backed plan to remake a rundown piece of Coconut Grove’s picturesque public waterfront despite vigorous, even angry opposition from some residents of the historic village. The vote clears the way for developers Grove Bay Investment Group to sign a 50-year lease…
DetailsLee agrees to send $13.7 million to Bonita Springs for downtown project Disregarding concerns over budget constraints, Lee County commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday to give Bonita Springs $13.7 million to redevelop its downtown. The arrangement works similarly to a community redevelopment agency: capturing increased tax revenue from higher property values and dedicating it to finance…
DetailsExclusive Content: Over 60 FRA Conference Presentations Now Available for Download Sample Topics Include: Retail Recruitment in the New Economy Health Care and Redevelopment Getting Together How to Apply for State and Federal Grants and Loans Moving Ahead on Projects to Alleviate Slum Condition Using GIS Data to Locate Redevelopment Opportunities Fuel for Change: Local…
DetailsCoral Gables Business Improvement District bids farewell to Executive Director Search for replacement begins immediately November 11, 2013, Coral Gables, Florida—The Business Improvement District (BID) of Coral Gables says farewell to Executive Director, Mari Gallet, after nine years in the post. Ms. Gallet will depart in January, having started her own business consulting firm. The…
DetailsRedevelopment money will help ready old Brooksville downtown gas station for new tenant Brooksville native Frazier Mountain remembers that for more than five decades the Sinclair gas station at Broad Street and Brooksville Avenue served as a popular hub of activity while he was growing up. The handsome white stucco building with the red Spanish…
DetailsRenewed interest in building hotel in Downtown Fort Myers FORT MYERS, FL – The city of Fort Myers has been trying to get a riverfront hotel for years. When it looked like it was finally going to happen, the developer backed out last month. Now, city officials say there is renewed interest that could make…
DetailsDaytona, Holly Hill explore possibility of marina district DAYTONA BEACH – If you hopped in your car today and motored along the riverside roads that connect Daytona Beach and Holly Hill, you’d pass everything from a yacht club to a flower shop to buildings that have seen better days. When Holly Hill and Daytona city…
DetailsCRA redevelopment plan could bring change to downtown Naples The Naples Community Redevelopment District is looking at making changes in the future. What does it have in mind for the downtown business area? Read full story
DetailsHonoring Tampa’s past while building its future Now that a pointless fight is over involving the historic status of a downtown Tampa skate park, it’s time the city moved on by honoring its past within a more meaningful civic project. Built 35 years ago, the Perry Harvey Sr. Skateboard Bowl became both an architectural icon…
DetailsTampa core may lose slice of county taxes TAMPA — Mayor Bob Buckhorn pushes downtown redevelopment as a top priority for his administration, evangelizing about its capacity to lift the wider region economically and directing resources there to keep it moving. Now his partner in the campaign, Hillsborough County, is saying enough. For 30 years,…
DetailsMount Dora voters shouldn’t be fooled by flier warning of ‘taller buildings’ downtown Be sure to read the fine print on the flier — the real story is hiding there. That’s where you’ll learn that powerful forces from outside Mount Dora are making a play to control the City Council. A flier sent to registered…
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