Free Wi-Fi access is now available in downtown Winter Haven. The coverage area spans the Central Park corridor: Avenue A Southwest north to Avenue B Northwest, and Fifth Street Southwest to Fourth Street Northwest. The free service is being provided by Winter Haven-based Alternative Choice Wireless in partnership with city government. High-powered wireless antennas were…
DetailsHere’s some good news about downtown Clearwater: The Capitol Theatre blew away profit projections in its first quarter as a restored performance venue. And the theater’s popularity has generated enough business for shops and restaurants on the same block that the difference between that block and others downtown is now palpable. Clearly this is no…
DetailsJeff Vinik’s apparent winning bid Wednesday for Channelside Bay Plaza hopefully marks a new chapter for downtown Tampa’s beleaguered outdoor mall. Though the sale is not yet complete, the terms should satisfy the federal bankruptcy judge overseeing the case four years after the building’s owners, the Irish Bank Resolution Corp., foreclosed on the property. Vinik’s…
DetailsLEESBURG — Just in time for the Fourth of July celebration, upper levels of the city parking garage at Main and Palmetto streets that were closed for safety reasons have reopened after minor repairs. A portion of the decade-old garage next to the Leesburg Public Library was closed in April after officials noticed missing metal…
DetailsLAKE WORTH — Lynn Anderson doesn’t think much of the city commission, but even she likes what they did Tuesday night: They voted 4-0 to ask county transportation officials for up to $1.65 million to pay for a trolley. Commissioner John Szerdi was absent. Lake Worth used to have a trolley, called Lolly The Trolley, which…
DetailsBOYNTON BEACH — The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency is hosting a free movie night Friday at Dewey Park at 100 N.E. Fourth St. The Lego Movie, rated PG, will begin at 8 p.m. Food and drinks will be available to buy at the park. [Read Full Story]
DetailsLAKELAND | A downtown business owner and five accomplices added a pop of color to Lakeland’s downtown on Wednesday night. Paint Along Studios owner Dave Collins and the five others painted shrink-wrapped city-owned lampposts on a stretch of Kentucky Avenue in abstract designs of pastel without permission from the city. The plan to make downtown…
DetailsTAMPA — A plan to spur riverfront development on a prime 12-acre site in West Tampa moved ahead Thursday when the Tampa City Council unanimously voted to buy two pieces of property several miles away to relocate utility trucks. The trucks have been kept at 2609 N Rome Ave., two blocks south of W Columbus…
DetailsMusic, food, a good old-fashioned trolley pull, fireworks and the promise of two days of family fun fill an early kickoff to America’s Independence Day celebration at the annual Friendly Kia Fest Main Street Blast today and Saturday at Sims Park downtown. The event, traditionally held the last weekend of June so volunteers can enjoy…
DetailsDELAND — Brick-lined West Indiana Avenue was shut down Sunday and transformed into a scene from the 1950s as a Jacksonville advertising agency filmed a commercial for a national credit monitoring company. The Cross Agency brought several dozen crew members, actors and other staff into town for the commercial. Classic cars and actresses wearing red lipstick…
DetailsThat was the message from Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill to the commission during the first and maybe only workshop on his $3.96 billion operating budget for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. One highlight of Wednesday afternoon’s hour-long session was a plan to spend up to $20 million on unspecified projects across the county…
DetailsTAMPA — New hotels are opening. New restaurants aren’t far behind. New apartments are on the horizon. And new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau bear out what you can see with your own two eyes in the growth of downtown Tampa’s business environment. Between 2007, when the recession stalled developments all over Tampa, and 2012,…
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