If you wait all month for the food truck rally, your favorite truck could get a permanent home in Swan City with this latest development. Meet Main Street Eats, a new concept from entrepreneurs Butch Rahman and Chad Englund that would permanently park up to eight food trucks in a food court-style set-up east of downtown…
The seasonal River District Trolley is set to return Nov. 21 after the Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to approve an agreement with the city of Fort Myers and the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency to offer the fare-free service. Both the LeeTran Blue and Gold Line trolleys provide free access to and from…
The City of St. Augustine Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and Lincolnville Community Redevelopment Area (LCRA) are proud to announce a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for Thursday, December 5, 2024, for the recently constructed Lincolnville Park. After public outreach and community input earlier this year, the Neighborhood Services and CRA Division made a recommendation to the City…
The city of Miami Gardens is gearing up to expand its footprint as an arts and cultural hub with its very own performing arts center, the construction of which would coincide with the construction of a brand new city center. Planned for the east side of the lot adjacent to Miami Gardens City Hall, behind the…
In a brief session, Newberry’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board convened to hold a public hearing and discuss the adoption of the CRA budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25. The budget, amounting to $1,145,390, was presented by Newberry Assistant City Manager and CFO Dallas Lee, and received unanimous approval from the board. The CRA is focused…
Tampa City Council members on Thursday unanimously approved the Tampa Downtown Partnership’s Franklin Street Vision project. The $6 million investment supported by Council members serving on the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will improve the historic street that runs through several downtown neighborhoods. The project aims to combine historic charm and modern enhancements such as streetscape…
One local organization wants to stop vandalism and create a vibrant community. COCA plans to meet with the Tallahassee CRA on Monday, Nov. 18th. If they get approval, The murals could be finished by the summer of 2025. The Council on Culture & Arts (COCA) wants to address this problem creatively. They’re proposing a mural…
If the city builds a $10 million-$12 million parking garage, it’s likely to last 50 years, Mayor Julie Ward Bujalski said. That was among the reasons she gave for voting Oct. 24 for the preparation of a midtown parking garage design criteria package submitted by THA Consulting. The $96,000 package would be used as part…
Despite falling short on fundraising and sparking frustration from city officials, an arts destination in Boca Raton may move forward after all. The Center for Arts and Innovation is a multimillion-dollar performing arts site poised to revamp the north end of Mizner Park by bringing amenities such as a renovated amphitheater, a main theater and…
The Racing Hall of Fame and Marmer Construction submitted plans for a joint venture for the former Bank of America building to the Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency. The CRA received only the one proposal for the building, which calls for the first floor to be a race museum operated by the Hall of Fame (HOF).…
Help is on the way for Haines City homeowners in need of upgrades but lack financial support. Claretta Simpson still lives in the house she was born in. Her grandparents built the Haines City home in 1950. “I was raised here and bred here. My nieces and nephews, my brothers and sisters, everybody came through…
City of Naples’ $16 million First Avenue parking garage is expected to open in February after experiencing delays due to hurricanes and heavy rains. City Construction Manager Brad Hefner provided the Community Redevelopment Agency with a construction update Nov. 4, saying the schedule and contracts were affected by rains from August through October — Tropical…
In early October, the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) issued a request for proposals to design and build the Shipping Container Project at the Northwest 800 Block in Delray Beach, a project that had been pitched more than three years ago, but had still not seen much movement. The project calls for the development of 15 CRA-owned properties…
Groundbreaking Ceremony Announced for El Camino Project in Martin County’s Golden Gate CRA! The Golden Gate neighborhood is preparing for a major transformation as El Camino breaks ground on Thursday, November 14. A community celebration will take place from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., marking the start of construction on this exciting new project that…
Six local nonprofits will receive a total of more than $207,390 in grants from the 2024 Knight Foundation Fund by way of the Community Foundation of North Florida. Every year, the James L. Knight Foundation supports local organizations through its endowed fund at the Community Foundation. The goal is to impact downtown Tallahassee and bordering…
The Eatonville Community Redevelopment Agency is inviting longtime residents and others with memories of the historic Club Eaton to come and share them at an event Wednesday evening. The “restoration visioning session” is at St. Lawrence AME Church in the historic Black township of Eatonville beginning at 5:30 p.m. The old club at East Kennedy Boulevard and…
Overhead power lines may become a thing of the past in the city’s historic downtown thanks to a $9.3 million project to bury them. Three city boards — the City Commission, Community Redevelopment Agency and Community Redevelopment Board — voted Monday to move ahead with the work. It’s set to begin in March. Members of…
Pensacola officials are inviting the public to the grand opening of Bruce Beach to unveil the second phase and completion of the Bruce Beach Revitalization Project. Phase one of the project earned Pensacola’s Community Redevelopment Agency the 2024 Roy F. Kenzie Award at the Florida Redevelopment Association Conference in Tampa for Best Capital Project/Infrastructure for…
The public/private partnership plan with Brooklyn-based United Management calls for: The city to donate 1.7 acres in downtown to United Management, which is doing business in the city as Sunshine Lake Worth Development. The property, valued by the city at about $3.3 million, is at the southwest corner of Lake Avenue and South M Street.…
The St. Petersburg City Council, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, has approved preliminary plans for the 49-story Waldorf Astoria Residences at 150 2nd Avenue South in downtown St. Petersburg. The council unanimously voted to advance the project, following discussions on hurricane preparedness, crane safety protocols, and pushback from residents of the neighboring Saltaire condo…
If you need important renovations done to your home in Haines City, you may consider applying to the Community Redevelopment Agency’s new Residential Rehabilitation Program. The program can help give seniors or families struggling on a fixed income some peace of mind with long-overdue repairs. The grant is up to $50,000 per home, which equates to about…