From 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…
Habitat 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…
New 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…
Developers 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…
The 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…
Marc Kleisley FRA Board of Directors Vice President, Burkhardt Construction Q: What is your best business advice for a new FRA member? Marc: “Get involved, participate in the redevelopment academy, and attend the annual conference!” Q: If you had a superpower, what would it be and why? Marc: “Multiplicity. I wish I could revitalize more…
Charles Rudd FRA Board of Directors City Manager, CRA – City of Crescent City Q: What is your best piece of business advice for a new FRA member? Charles: Pull the benefits of membership to you. Don’t just sit back and say you didn’t get any benefit. Volunteer on committees, attend the conference, respond to…
The 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.…
Through 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…
The 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…
For decades, local residents have watched blight and decay metastasize around Daytona’s beachside and mainland urban core. Many thousands of dollars and hours have been spent on masterplans and redevelopment plans, and only the downtown riverfront is finally seeing a real renaissance. Within the course of four hours Wednesday night, city commissioners took a series…
Florida City’s Florida Pioneer Museum was started in 1962. They have displayed their collection in a 1904 vintage Florida East Coast Railway Homestead Station Agent’s house since the 2-story building was donated to the museum and moved to its present location on Krome Avenue in 1964. The museum has endured closure by damage from Hurricane Andrew and an over…
Related Group and BH Group are adding another planned project to the joint venture’s ongoing pipeline. Late last month, the Riviera Beach City Council, acting as the board of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, approved a 99-year ground lease with Related and BH to develop a pair of 20-story buildings with 424 apartments and 8,000…
An aquatic center being developed in Niceville could have a $235 million impact on the local economy and create more than 450 jobs, according to a report presented to the Niceville Community Redevelopment Agency. The CRA on Tuesday heard the economic impact report for the potential aquatic center, which would be a 50-meter, Olympic-sized pool.…
Michele Hylton-Terry is the Executive Director of the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency. She said these murals are a collaboration with the Fort Myers Mural Society and the City of Fort Myers Public Art Committee. “How better yet to show the history of the site and what this facility used to be to the community,…
The Jacksonville Jaguars are promising not to displace Eastside residents as the team embarks on a massive renovation of TIAA Bank Field. Team President Mark Lamping said Monday that the team is looking to develop property surrounding the stadium, but not gentrify to the point where current Eastside residents can no longer afford to live in their…
Bill Carlson said that in late 2013 he promised Jackson House owner Willie Robinson that he would help save Tampa’s last standing segregation-era boardinghouse. Months later, he was among those who stopped the city from demolishing the century-old downtown structure built by Robinson’s family. Robinson has since died, and the Jackson House is owned by…
Rick Hervey, carpentry teacher at DeLand High School, teaches some of the most gifted students on campus, if you ask him. “My kids come in here, many say they are struggling in their academic classes and worried about passing their EOC exams to pass their grade or graduate,” he said. “These same students are shining…
The City of Cape Coral Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) said funding was now available for its Breaking Barriers to Business (B2B) Grant Program. The city said the program aims to provide incentive grants to assist with site development costs of new non-residential construction, building/facility expansions, or renovations. The agency said $250,000 is available and will…
Tampa’s historic movie palace, Tampa Theatre, is owned by the City of Tampa and managed by the nonprofit Tampa Theatre Foundation. The Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) recently voted to approve Tampa Theatre’s funding request for $14 million to restore the iconic city landmark. Phase one, which consisted of restoration of the lobby, paint, plaster,…
The City of West Palm Beach will soon host its Annual 4th on Flagler Celebration with a festive “Stars and Stripes in Paradise” theme. The highly anticipated event will return for its 35th year as the largest waterfront Independence Day Celebration in South Florida. The event takes place from 6 – 10 p.m. along Flagler Drive (between Banyan Blvd. and Fern Street). “Our Annual 4th on Flagler celebration is rich…