FORT LAUDERDALE In a few years, downtown drivers should be able to park their cars and ride the rails instead. Broward County on Tuesday gave final approval to run “The Wave,” a $142 million electric streetcar system that initially will travel a small loop around the urban core. The thousands of people who work downtown…
DetailsVolusia County wants new rules for Community Redevelopment Areas that would give cities less money to use in blighted areas, require more evidence of progress and make it harder to set up new CRAs in the future. The cities, particularly the ones looking to clean up sections of town they consider blighted, aren’t thrilled about…
DetailsTAMPA — The tower boom is definitely back in Tampa. After years with almost no new residential construction, developers on Monday filed plans with the city of Tampa for yet another new downtown tower, this one called SkyHouse Channelside. Added together, various projects in Tampa could bring more than 2,100 units to the market in…
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FRA Members Get Discounts at May and July Sociable City Summits Sociability is an Economic Engine: Invest is a Safe and Vibrant Nightlife The Responsible Hospitality Institute’s 2013 Sociable City Leadership Summit series showcases the best strategies to plan, manage and police nightlife. Participants access a comprehensive overview of nightlife trends, issues, and the most…
DetailsJacksonville’s City Council to decide on $11M for economic development Downtown revitalization funds are now in City Council’s court. Council is set to vote on a $9 million transfer from City savings to the Downtown Investment Authority to use for Downtown rejuvenation and $2 million for countywide economic development. Two Council committees met Tuesday and…
DetailsThe city of Inverness looks to the future and that could mean some change INVERNESS — Inverness city leaders said it is time to start planning for the future and the result could be a different looking city down the line. When city manager Frank DiGiovanni strolls around Inverness he sees things most people don’t…
DetailsPensacola City Council weighs YMCA lease City officials and advocates are hoping a lease for a proposed waterfront YMCA at the Community Maritime Park is headed for the Pensacola City Council’s agenda March 11. The idea has enjoyed being put on a fast track, in part because it has the backing of many of Pensacola’s…
DetailsOfficials point out problems on NSB’s U.S. 1 corridor NEW SMYRNA BEACH — While the U.S. 1 corridor proposed for a new Community Redevelopment Agency district makes up 8 percent of the city, it accounts for a much larger percentage of the city’s code enforcement complaints and crime activity. That’s part of the case the…
DetailsHistoric downtown Sanford to get longer Riverwalk, more brick streets A new wave of improvements is coming to Sanford’s historic downtown, known for its old brick buildings and a scenic walkway along Lake Monroe that gives pedestrians and bicyclists expansive views of the waterfront. To draw more shoppers and diners downtown, the city is planning…
DetailsNaples officials to vote on 30-year CRA extension Naples officials and the public will be challenged to think beyond their own lifetimes when they consider the city’s future development. The Community Redevelopment Agency will vote today on an advisory board’s suggestion to extend the CRA’s sunset date by 30 years, based on a consultant’s recommendation.…
DetailsFuture of Boca Downtown Library yet to be written BOCA RATON — This week’s Boca Raton Public Library newsletter pronounces the new Downtown Library “75 percent done” but what will become of the old Downtown Library has not yet been contemplated. The new one is expected to open sometime in the summer with a coffee…
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