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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Kayak Launch Built at the Millville Waterfront Park

Panama City – Excitement rowed its way through Millville Waterfront Park Tuesday morning. A ribbon cutting ceremony for a new kayak launch kicked off at 10:30. The community redevelopment association received a $30,000 coastal partnership initiative grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to construct the launch. The project included an ADA accessible floating dock with a launch slot and…

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Fort Myers’ vision for Midtown includes over 4,000 residential units, 5-plus acres of public space

The future of Fort Myers’ Midtown could include 4,000-plus residential units, 650,000-plus square feet of commercial office space and about 5 acres of public space. The plan seeks to turn the neighborhood that currently has about 500 residents and almost 200 businesses into a walkable urban center that would connect to downtown. The Midtown Vision…

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Tallahassee CRA holds grant workshop for not-for-profit groups

The Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency is bringing together not-for-profit organizations to learn more about receiving grant money. The workshop will help any interested not-for-profit learn the guidelines and application process to receive the 2019 Promotional/Special Event Grant Program. That grant goes towards supporting small events in the Greater Frenchtown and Southside redevelopment districts.   Read…

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$20,700,000 Awarded to Ocean Breeze East Project within the Boynton Beach CRA’s Heart of Boynton Beach District

Boca Raton, FL – New affordable apartments are coming to the Heart of Boynton community. On July 27, 2018, the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC) awarded RS Development Corp. (a/k/a Ocean Breeze East Apartments, LLC, OBEAL) $2,700,000 in Annual Housing Tax Credits for ten years from its 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit allocation to build a multi-family apartment…

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Groveland hires CRA, economic development leader

GROVELAND — Dan Murphy has been named the city’s new community redevelopment agency manager and economic development project manager. Murphy, an international economic-development specialist with broad marketing experience, will manage Groveland’s 1,000-acre CRA district, which includes all of historic downtown Groveland and generally runs along State Road 50 from east of Green Valley Boulevard to…

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Apply for the CRA GFS Promotional & Special Event Grant Program

The City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is kicking off its 2019 Promotional/Special Event Grant Program. The CRA has $50,000 available to fund the program, which supports smaller events taking place in the Greater Frenchtown/Southside (GFS) redevelopment district areas. The grant funds will be available to qualified not-for-profit organizations that will host promotional/special events…

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