City commissioners took a first look at conceptual plans to spiff up Fruitland Park’s first boulevard at Thursday night’s workshop meeting and they liked what they saw. Mayor Chris Bell asked City Planner Greg Beliveau to develop three options — along with estimated costs — that commissioners can choose from next month. Most cities and…
DetailsThe fate of the old home near the shores of Lake Sue was almost certain: death by bulldozer. It’s the same demise one out of every eight homes in Winter Park — or more than 1,000 in the last two decades — meets when prospective buyers decide the dirt is worth more than the house. And the…
DetailsA rum company named after one of Key West’s favorite literary giants has plans to open up in Old Town, where the island’s first legitimate rum distillery sits about 400 feet away. Hemingway Rum, which makes Papa’s Pilar rum, has filed its first application with city hall to start the approval process required to turn…
DetailsLAKELAND | A city board Thursday could not pick its favorite of two radically different proposals to develop 10 acres of city-owned property near the Lakeland Police Department. Downtown Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board members voted 6-1 to pass the matter to the City Commission without their own recommendation between a massive mixed-use development called…
DetailsDELAND — Orange City officials celebrated Thursday after three years’ work for an agreement with Volusia County to redevelop its downtown. The County Council voted 6-1 to accept Orange City’s proposed Community Redevelopment Area, or CRA, a tax-increment tool that’s used in 15 other communities across the county. This is the first in southwest Volusia. The…
DetailsYou get a sense that downtown Tampa is emerging as a vibrant urban environment when people start to gripe about all the noise keeping them awake at night. For decades the city center has been dissected by various railroad lines where trains are required by federal law to blare their horns as they cross street…
DetailsST. PETERSBURG — A nonprofit organization that nurtures technology startups has gained initial city approval to build a business incubator south of downtown. The Tampa Bay Innovation Center can now start raising money to build a 40,000-square-foot center to house medical and marine science entrepreneurs on the city-owned 2.5-acre site at Fourth Street and 11th…
DetailsThe agreement is reached between diverse community coalition and Developer Equity Enterprise USA Inc. Delray Beach, FL. – NW/SW Atlantic Ave. neighborhoods will celebrate the first ever Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) negotiated between a diverse community coalition and Developer Equity Enterprises USA Inc. for the Uptown Atlantic Project. The CBA provisions included in the agreement are West…
DetailsCLEARWATER — The perennial question of what to do with downtown Clearwater is getting another workout this week A group of seven experts with the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit education and research group based in Washington, D.C., has spent the week immersing themselves in the city’s downtown. They’ve seen a mix of promising activity…
DetailsThe Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency has named Joan K. Goodrich as economic development director, effective Monday. Goodrich has more than 25 years experience in business development, marketing and economic development, in particular fundraising and grants. Goodrich previously led a recruiting team in the attraction, expansion and retention of 52 companies to the City of Coral Springs, resulting…
DetailsBARTOW | Lake Alfred’s plan to establish a community redevelopment agency drew sharp questioning from Polk County commissioners Tuesday. Although commissioners unanimously approved a resolution allowing the city to establish the CRA, some made it clear they were interested in looking at the details when the issue comes back for approval of an ordinance. Lake…
DetailsCape Coral business leaders moved forward Friday with a plan to study the Bimini Basin and its surrounding properties for future development opportunities. During the monthly meeting of the Cape Coral Council for Progress, Mayor Marni Sawicki spoke about the potential of developing the western end of the Community Redevelopment Agency district through a public-private…
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