The Florida Redevelopment Association is offering a CRA Board Training course in the Florida Panhandle area. The date is September 1, 2023, from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm at the Fort Walton Beach Recreational Center. This session is designed for elected and appointed officials, volunteers, and advisory board members. It provides a succinct overview of…
DetailsT.J. Chaltry leads monthly walking tours of downtown Tampa’s core as a Tampa Bay History Center guide. During the 90-minute, one-mile walk, he talks about old City Hall, mentioning that the clock in the 1915 structure is named Hortense. He notes that the 19-story Floridan Hotel, built in 1926, was the tallest building in Florida…
DetailsBartow has offered the job of directing the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency to Chamberlin H. Smith, who currently works as a community coordinator for Tampa’s department of development and growth management. Smith, who prefers the first name of Howard, said Friday by phone that he had accepted Bartow’s offer. His was one of about a…
DetailsThe Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency broke ground Wednesday on a new business project along Southwest Fifth Avenue. The goal is to develop a new commercial space that will provide affordable rental space for small businesses at 95 SW Fifth St. The CRA-owned property is positioned on the historic Northwest/Southwest Fifth Avenue commercial corridor. In…
DetailsFrom much-needed upgrades on the outside to a completely new interior, new money is helping two businesses off South Monroe Street continue to thrive on this side of town. Orion Wellington has owned Orion Motorsports for 19 years. They’ve been at this location on the Southside for 13 years, just south of Cascade Park. Operating…
DetailsHabitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County recognized its top volunteers during the nonprofit’s second annual Volunteer Appreciation Celebration held recently at the Tampa Theatre. More than 120 gathered to honor individuals, businesses, and organizations across six categories who have partnered with Habitat Hillsborough in working toward a community where everyone has an affordable and decent place…
DetailsNew Port Richey has been working on its image in recent years, enhancing the look of the city, redeveloping its downtown and creating an inviting atmosphere to draw in both residents and visitors. Now the city has decided to go big on that invite into downtown by improving the main entrance into the city, the…
DetailsDevelopers interested in joining the effort to create more affordable housing in Tampa now have another tool at their disposal. The City of Tampa has launched an interactive map where users can view city-owned lots available for affordable housing projects. The map allows the user to filter the properties by Community Redevelopment Area (CRA), council…
DetailsThe Downtown DeLand Community Redevelopment Agency and the DeLand City Commission will convene a joint meeting July 5 to discuss the future of the relationship between the city and GlassHouse Square LLC, the developer originally selected to build a replacement for the dilapidated Old Jail on West New York Avenue. The meeting comes on the…
DetailsThe Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency is reimagining the area west of midtown and downtown Lakeland. Now it’s your chance to have an impact on the future of the Downtown West area. Downtown West will stretch east to west from South Florida Avenue to Lake Beulah Drive, and north to south from Memorial Boulevard to Lime Street.…
DetailsThrough the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA)’s continued efforts to include diverse voices and perspectives, the museum is offering a robust series of educational programming this July. On view through Oct. 1, 2023, “Lonnie Holley: If You Really Knew” invites visitors to experience the work of prolific artist Lonnie Holley in his first major exhibition in the South. Also on…
DetailsThe county seat has a lot of quaint, old buildings just crying out to be preserved. It also has a road system that encourages large, heavy trucks to barrel through downtown, damaging buildings and scaring off pedestrians, said Christine Dalton of Dalton Studio LLC, who gave the Brooksville City Council a historic resource survey and…
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