Downtown Fort Myers trolleys on a roll again Trolleys will return to the streets of Fort Myers today for a second season to ferry passengers throughout downtown. The River District Trolley program was introduced during the 2012-13 tourist season to encourage visitors to walk around downtown and hop on a trolley when headed to a…
DetailsShaping and implementing the vision for the City of Live Oak Live Oak — In a workshop setting Nov. 14, Florida’s Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) was welcomed to Live Oak to help the city continue its quest to shape and implement the vision for the City of Live Oak that was begun in…
DetailsTampa seeks hotel, multi-family project proposals in Ybor City TAMPA — With developers sniffing around Ybor City, Tampa officials plan to seek proposals for two pieces of city land, one of them a potential hotel site at the historic district’s front door. City officials said Thursday they plan to invite hotel proposals for about a…
DetailsKriseman announces his first hire, a St. Petersburg deputy mayor who also will oversee Midtown ST. PETERSBURG — One week after winning the election, Mayor-elect Rick Kriseman announced his first hire: a high-ranking hospital official who will be his only deputy mayor. At a 10 a.m. news conference, Kriseman said Kanika Tomalin will focus on citywide…
DetailsStuart partnership could bring more events to downtown Revelers can look forward to more public events in downtown Stuart, thanks to the success of an 18-month-old partnership between the Downtown Business Association and Stuart Main Street. Read full story
DetailsBoynton’s development project gets a lifeline The Boynton Community Redevelopment Agency board unanimously voted to throw a stalled downtown development project a lifeline. On Tuesday, the CRA board went against staff’s recommendation to kill the One Boynton LLC/Kanner & Pintaluga project and voted to wait another 30 days to try and reach an agreement. “There’s…
DetailsWinter Park tries to make it easier to park your car on Park Avenue Winter Park’s tree-lined, picturesque Park Avenue offers some of Central Florida’s best dining and shopping. If you can find a parking spot. Empty spots are tough to come by at peak times, and the situation tends to get worse during the…
DetailsInspector general’s Hallandale probe painful Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper didn’t like the way she and her city were handled by the Broward County inspector general earlier this year. Cooper sent a three-page letter to the bosses of Inspector General John Scott a few days before his annual evaluation last week. At the evaluation meeting…
DetailsTreasure Island’s Silverboard: parking garage not feasible TREASURE ISLAND – City Manager Reid Silverboard told Treasure Island Commissioners Nov. 5 that building a parking garage either beachside or downtown is not feasible. He pointed to the estimated $6 million cost and the revenue the city would receive as the reason. “As you know, we have…
DetailsMajor Boynton downtown development hits negotiation snag Negotiations have failed in a major downtown Boynton Beach development that could have brought 200 jobs to the city. The CRA board will hear an update of the One Boynton LLC/Kanner & Pintaluga project — which included a hotel, two multi-use towers and a 50,000-square-foot headquarters for law…
DetailsDowntown Boca: Allocated residential space nearly gone If you want to build a place to live in downtown Boca Raton, act fast. In a city where 469 residential units are under construction downtown and another 558 are due to begin building before the middle of next year, it looks like downtown Boca Raton is quickly running out of…
DetailsDelray Marketplace adding parking spaces After almost a decade of waiting, residents of West Delray got the entertainment complex they asked for in the form of Delray Marketplace. What they didn’t get were enough places to park. But, that will change soon. Officials from the center, which is located at the intersection of West Atlantic…
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