Rural Economic Development Boot Camp A follow-up to the Rural Study findings presented to the regions, the Rural Economic Development Boot Camp is intended to complement the activities undertaken by local and regional economic development organizations. The event features keynote presentations by Governor Rick Scott, Secretary of Commerce Gray Swoope, DEO Director Jesse Panuccio, and…
DetailsTwo years later, Main Street debate persists It’s shortly after 5 on a weekday afternoon in downtown Gainesville, and traffic on Main Street is stacked up to the north and to the south of University Avenue. Northbound traffic stretches down to South Fourth Avenue. The tail end of the line of southbound traffic is back…
DetailsVenice wants to add more parking downtown VENICE – While Mayor John Holic has proposed a 500-space garage as a solution to downtown parking problems, city consultants said Thursday that other options should be considered first. Specifically, the consultants said the city should look at converting east and west lanes of Venice Avenue through downtown from…
DetailsMarianna eyes grant for downtown museum project The City of Marianna is again seeking money to turn a historic downtown building into a museum. On Friday morning city commissioners will convene for a special meeting. The sole agenda item is a proposed resolution to match funds for a $400,000 grant, the application deadline for…
DetailsDowntown: Congratulations to many in downtown area It was a full house at the COA River House May 30 when friends, fans and co-workers gathered to honor Cathy Brown as she handed over the reins to the new COA director Becky Yanni. Laughter and good cheer were the order of the day as Joe Boles…
DetailsBonita Springs swaps CRA quest for Lee County cash Downtown Bonita Springs could start getting drainage and parking improvements next year. City Manager Carl Schwing met with Lee County staff Wednesday to work on creating an interlocal agreement to redevelop Bonita’s downtown. “They’re going to contribute as if we had a tax-increment financing agreement without…
DetailsLake Worth CRA creating Neighborhood Enhancement Team LAKE WORTH — The Lake Worth Community Redevelopment Agency will hold an organizational meeting Wednesday for the Neighborhood Ehancement Team — residents who are interested in improving the neighborhoods west of Dixie Highway. Wednesday’s meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the shuffleboard building, 1121 Lucerne Ave.…
DetailsChannelside tenants bracing for long, slow summer Summer is always slow for many businesses at Channelside Bay Plaza. Most of the cruise ships are gone. Hockey is over, and the concert schedule is light at the Tampa Bay Times Forum next door. With the retail complex’s future still uncertain, this year will be even more…
DetailsUnhappy Broward commissioners want more control over city CRAs Broward County commissioners vowed to seek changes in state law to give them more oversight over municipal redevelopment agencies after learning they cannot audit alleged misspending by Hallandale Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency. “We want to get back some control from the state,” County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger…
DetailsCOMMUNITY GROUPS USE ART TO BEAUTIFY CONSTRUCTION FENCE The West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition (WARC) and Milagro Center to install children’s artwork on fence banners of CRA-owned site DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition (WARC) and the Milagro Center will unveil a collaborative project of artistic fence…
DetailsSARASOTA – Developer Civix LLC has proposed building a 150-room hotel at Main Street and U.S. 301, a lodging property that, if completed, will be the first downtown in nearly a decade. But to do so, Civix would first have to swap the Sarasota County-owned parking lot at that corner with a nearby site now…
DetailsBOCA RATON The city’s downtown has fewer than 4,000 residents, and some say that’s not yet enough to support the businesses along East Palmetto Park Road, the city’s main thoroughfare. So the idea now is to increase the number of residents to help stamp out the bloom of vacancy signs in the heart of the…
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