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…
AfriKin [https://afrikin.org/], a groundbreaking platform for African and African Diaspora art, is set to present its latest art fair during Miami Art Week from December 1st to December 8th, 2024. Titled Threads of Life in Fragments of Time , this year’s theme will bring together artists from over 33 countries, uniting their works in a…
Orlando City Council members got a detailed look and new timelines for major projects announced during last week’s State of Downtown address. All told, the initiative known as DTO Action Plan promises to change Orlando’s urban core to the tune of as much as $750 million. The projected value of $700 million to $750 million for…
After extensive debate on adding Allapattah to the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), city commissioners reached a consensus to create a separate, exclusive agency dedicated to the area. As its Oct. 15 meeting came to a close, the Miami City Commission unanimously instructed City Manager Arthur Noriega to find funding and hire consultants to spearhead…
The potential for downtown Margate is superior to that of “The Walk” in Coral Springs or “The Promenade” in Coconut Creek – places barely affordable for working entrepreneurs with fresh new ideas. Presently owned by the City’s Community Redevelopment Agency, Margate’s downtown is already here and is home to great restaurants with likely more on…
New renderings were released for the 49-story Waldorf Astoria Residences, at 150 2nd Avenue South, in downtown St. Petersburg. The project would be the first hotel-branded luxury condominium in St. Pete and is expected to have 164 condominium units, available in two-, three- and four-bedrooms. The penthouses will be some of the largest condominiums in…
A Historic East Winter Garden Design Workshop was held Oct. 3 at the Healthy West Orange building in Winter Garden. Residents heard an informative presentation on the East Winter Garden Draft Form-Based Code and the new street, intersection and public space designs for the Historic East Winter Garden Neighborhood, as well as how the projects…
A New Orleans/Mobile/Old Pensacola feel will dominate the area known as the “Old Town Landing” in Niceville if the firm that the city charged with creating design standards in the six-acre waterfront off Bayshore has its way. AVCON unveiled its design standards to the Niceville Community Redevelopment Agency, which comprises the city council and mayor, at…
The DeFuniak Springs Amphitheater sits right on the edge of Lake DeFuniak in Chipley Park. It is the hub for activity in downtown DeFuniak Springs. The venue hosts concerts, plays, holiday events, and the annual LakeFest festival. But the Community Redevelopment Agency says it needs modernization to improve its functionality. “We do everything here to…
Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency approved four Commercial Property Improvement Matching Grants for the Downtown Redevelopment Area during its last meeting of the fiscal year. The first grant was approved for Bare Roots Holding Company LLC’s property at 2011 Bayside Parkway for the not-to-exceed amount of $45,086. The funds will be used to install a…