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Governor Ron DeSantis Awards More Than $35 Million to 48 Florida Communities for Community Development

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 22, 2022

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On December 21, 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis awarded more than $35 million to 48 Florida communities through Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for economic development, commercial and neighborhood revitalization, housing rehabilitation, and infrastructure improvements. Making investments in our small communities helps build opportunities for generations to come,” said…

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DeLand City Commission to Discuss Downtown Apartments and More

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 20, 2022

The DeLand City Commission will meet Monday, Dec. 19, to discuss the site plan for the DeLand Commons apartments and more. Developer Atlantic Housing Partners is seeking approval from the DeLand City Commission for DeLand Commons, a 180-unit multifamily project along South Woodland Boulevard in Downtown DeLand that includes the site of the former Save…

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Leadership Change Set at Downtown Englewood Agency

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 19, 2022

When Debbie Marks first took the job as administrator of the Englewood Community Redevelopment Agency in December 2007, it was supposed to be a temporary assignment. That turned into a 15-year fourth act of a career that started when she was an Army reservist working as a congressional liaison, answering soldiers’ concerns at the U.S.…

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Lakeland Officials to Decide S. Florida Avenue’s Future Design Monday

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 19, 2022

Lakeland officials will decide what the future holds for South Florida Avenue and the surrounding Dixieland community Monday morning. The city commissioners will vote on what future to recommend for South Florida Avenue’s ‘road diet,’ a roughly one-mile stretch from Lime Street south to Ariana Street, to Florida Department of Transportation. FDOT officials said it…

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Downtown St. Pete’s First Toy Shop Debuts on St. Pete Pier

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 19, 2022

It’s not a full-fledged, brick-and-mortar store (yet!), but Runrun Kids Store, a new toy shop that debuted last month in a St. Pete Pier kiosk, fills a large gap in downtown St. Petersburg’s retail scene. Although there are some shops in downtown St. Pete that sell a small selection of new toys, such as The…

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BB ScenicWAVES Also Looking at Wind Art

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 19, 2022

The Bradenton Beach ScenicWAVES committee, which oversees improvements to the scenic highway portion of Gulf Drive, was asked to consider installing a kinetic wind sculpture by Utah-based artist Lyman Whitaker. Whitaker is a sculptor with more than 30 years of hand-building metal wind sculptures. And members of the Anna Maria Island Garden Club are keen…

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Fred Eversley to Create Public Art Installation in City of West Palm Beach

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 15, 2022

12/14/22 Renowned Sculptor Fred Eversley has been commissioned by Related Companies in a public-private partnership with the City of West Palm Beach’s ArtLife WPB public art program and The Community Redevelopment Agency to create a site-specific public art installation in downtown. Slated for completion in spring of 2024, Portals will include eight parabolic shapes in transparent, violet-hued…

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MOCA North Miami Announces An Open Call To South Florida Artists For Its 2023 “Art On The Plaza” Series

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 14, 2022

12/8/22 The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami has announced an open call to South Florida-based artists to submit their work for MOCA’s 2023 Art on the Plaza series. Art on the Plaza was inaugurated in 2021 with a series of temporary public art installations on MOCA North Miami’s front plaza, inviting artists to activate…

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City and County asked for Input on South Brooksville CRA Maps

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 14, 2022

12/9/22 At the regular Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting on November 29, 2022, County Planning Administrator Michelle Miller and Connie Green, the President of the Tax Redevelopment Advisory Committee (TRAC), presented two proposed maps of the South Brooksville Community Redevelopment Area (CRA). TRAC created one map, and Miller and her staff created another map.…

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City Officials Hope New Initiatives Increase ADUs

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 14, 2022

12/9/22 Financing and rebate programs, and providing permits in under two days, are among new initiatives City of St. Petersburg administrators hope will encourage homeowners to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Councilmembers have increasingly looked to ADUs, also known as garage apartments or carriage houses, to help mitigate the ongoing affordable housing crisis. During Thursday’s…

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2022 FRA Awards: President’s Award Winner – City of Niceville; Old Town Landing Redevelopment Plan

2022 FRA Award Winner, Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaff December 10, 2022

Congratulations to the City of Niceville, CRA, for winning the 2022 FRA President’s Award for the Old Town Landing Redevelopment Plan. The concept of the revitalization of the Niceville historic downtown was first identified in the original Niceville CRA Plan in 2015. Since then, the concept has been expanded to include a 6-acre site…

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Zev Cohen to Design New Cassen Park in Ormond Beach

Redevelopment NewsBy Erica Thaler December 9, 2022

An engineering firm has been chosen for the redesign of Cassen Park. The Ormond Beach City Commission unanimously approved on Tuesday, Dec. 6, a $202,155 contract proposal from local company Zev Cohen and Associates for the design and required permitting for the project, to be funded with Community Redevelopment Agency dollars, since the park is…

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