Saving downtown from dying, through downtown living June 12, 2011 AN OPEN LETTER TO CHIPLEY CITY LEADERS Submitted by Prince Eon Menckeberg The problem for most two-story office buildings in any historic district lies in their functional obsolescence and problematic egress and ingress to the second floors. Most second story office spaces have a problem…
DetailsCRA Business Resource Center is open for business in a newly renovated store front in Old Pompano Posted by Ben Garrison on June 10, 2011 at 2:00 PM By Phyllis J. Neuberger Pelican staff Let’s begin with a fast explanation of what the CRA is. It’s an acronym for Community Redevelopment Agency which is funded…
DetailsThe six workshops identified below are scheduled in place of the annual DCA Growth Management Implementation Workshop held in June. These regional workshops are FREE of charge. Please make plans to attend and listen to Secretary Buzzett and staff discuss the 2011 Legislative Session and its impact on the Department of Community Affairs and the…
DetailsI suspect that you share many of my concerns about the outcome of the 2011 legislative session….so much of the reported information focused on the demise of growth management as you know. I personally have not been satisfied with the attention paid to the various tax initiatives that were floated, adopted, or drafted as potential…
DetailsDelray Beach CRA: Community Sponsorship Grant Program The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency approved new guidelines for its Community Sponsorship Grant Program, which offers annual contributions to local community organizations, at the regular meeting held on Thursday May 26th. The Community Sponsorship Program, which offers grants up to $1,500 a year for programs in the…
DetailsULI North Florida – Infrastructure 2011 Tallahassee Event Start Date: 06/09/2011 11:30 am Event End Date: 06/09/2011 2:00 pm Locations: FSU Turnbull Center – Tallahassee Address: 555 W Pensacola St Tallahassee, FL , UNITED STATES (map) Infrastructure 2011 – Tallahassee A Strategic Priority Guest Speakers Sunil Harman, Director, Department of Aviation, City of Tallahassee Tom…
DetailsRetrofitting suburbia: the state of the art via New Urban Network In today’s difficulty economy, three published new urbanist practitioners look at how to get projects going — in the suburbs or elsewhere. On June 1, at CNU 19 in Madison, Wisconsin, an in-depth “202” session will feature a discussion of innovative sprawl retrofit solutions…
DetailsFlorida Growth Management in the New Era- A Guide to Understanding Florida’s New Legislation Akerman, in conjunction with the ULI SE Florida/Caribbean and the Florida Redevelopment Association, will host a discussion on the sweeping changes to Florida’s Growth Management laws, approved by the 2011 Legislature. The Community Planning Act radically alters the comprehensive planning process,…
DetailsPartnership: St. Augustine and St. Johns County Case Study for Shared Success This case study highlights the Board of County Commissioners long-term commitment to growth as they established Vilano Beach as a Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) with Tax Increment Financing, which allows the CRA to use growth in real property tax revenues to reinvest within…
Details2011 Growth Management Bill & Conference Committee Report There’s some confusion about which bill actually passed. Below are links to the bill (this is actually the “strike-all” amendment to one of the budget conforming bills and growth management amendments) as well as bullet points describing what is in it (scroll down to “conference Committee summary”…
DetailsDixieland Community Redevelopment: Dixieland Alley Improvement Projects The alleyway system in the Dixieland Redevelopment Area is an important network that, if properly utilized, can provide both vehicular and pedestrian access to businesses, relieving traffic pressure on South Florida Avenue. City staff initiated an alley survey to consolidate all information regarding alley conditions in the Dixieland CRA. …
DetailsWhat Attaches People to Their Communities? What makes a community a desirable place to live? What draws people to stake their future in it? Are communities with more attached residents better off? Gallup and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation launched the Knight Soul of the Community project in 2008 with these questions…
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