Renovations are coming to Zanders Park in east Winter Garden. The Winter Garden City Commission and the Winter Garden Community Redevelopment Agency approved the first step in the renovation process at the Thursday, July 25, City Commission meeting. The CRA approved the funding for the playground and site work renovations in the amount of $209,000, which includes a…
DetailsFort Myers resident Debora Gillen has donated nearly $500,000 to a city agency to help with the construction of a park. The gift, of $431,732, will be used to construct a Common Ground Pocket Park in the downtown redevelopment area, according to a statement. The donation, the release adds, will be instrumental in transforming the…
DetailsA special Cape Coral Community Redevelopment Agency meeting will be held Wednesday morning for two items – Bimini Basin District and the former Cape Coral Golf Club. CRA commissioners will vote on an interlocal agreement between the City of Cape Coral and CRA regarding its participation in the city’s purchase of property in the eastern…
DetailsA new addition to Shady Park will honor four Hannibal Square residents whose contributions shaped the history of Winter Park. The Shady Park Pioneer Memorial will include busts of Ideal Womans’ Club founder Mary Lee DePugh (1878-1949), activist and founder of the Winter Park Advocate newspaper Gustavus Christopher “Gus” Henderson (1862-1917), and the first Black…
DetailsThe Downtown Orlando Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board on July 31 will consider Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for design and engineering work for a “festival street” on a 250-foot span on Church Street between the SunRail tracks and Hughey Avenue. In addition, the CRA Advisory Board will consider a separate contract with DRMP Inc. to…
DetailsCollier County has recently welcomed a new Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) director, a change that many residents and local businesses have eagerly anticipated. With a backdrop of ambitious plans and a growing community, the new director’s fresh perspective brings a renewed sense of hope and momentum to the area. As the landscape of our communities…
DetailsNew Port Richey has approved another development incentive to a business on U.S. 19 at its southern entrance, this time for a popular restaurant location next door to the multistory condo and luxury hotel property that got more than $7 million in incentives from the city last month. On Tuesday, the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency…
DetailsA bricking project along Ybor City’s Seventh Avenue is now underway. Crews began replacing the street with bricks on July 29. The project’s first phase starts between North 15th and 17th Streets, according to a news release, and is expected to take two weeks. Construction will be done one block at a time and will…
DetailsPompano Beach If purchasers want a beach town lifestyle without an unreasonably high cost of living, they should give Pompano Beach, a city 40 miles north of Miami, top priority. “Pompano Beach prices continue to be significantly less than those of its wealthy neighbors, Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale,” Ybanez stated. Pompano Beach is changing right…
DetailsAt the June 12 Community Redevelopment Agency board meeting in Winter Park, an additional $50,000 was approved to develop and design a bigger and better “Christmas on Park 2024: Bringing the Magic of the Holidays to Downtown Winter Park.” An initial $50,000 was previously approved at the May 22 City Commission meeting bringing the city’s…
DetailsOn Thursday, the Avon Park Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Advisory Board discussed in detail Donaldson Park’s future in pickleball. This was in continuation of the joint session workshop that was assembled on July 2. CRA Communications and Project Coordinator Shawn Holiday provided the board notes from the session to “solidify” their approach to get a…
DetailsThe Orlando City Council voted early this week to update and make more permanent changes to the downtown parklet program. The program started in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing restaurants and other businesses to offer outdoor seating to combat the spread of the virus, and was updated in 2021. Funded by the Community Redevelopment…
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