FRA Newsletter Highlights | October 8, 2026 🌴 2026 FRA Annual Conference: Meet Our Keynote Speakers! 🗓 October 20–23 | Charlotte Harbor The 2026 FRA Annual Conference is almost here! Join redevelopment professionals from across Florida at the Sunseeker Resort for inspiring keynote presentations, expert discussions, best practices, legislative updates, and networking opportunities. 🎤 John…
Clearwater leaders approved steps this week tied to a proposed 83,000-square-foot entertainment center downtown, including vacating streets and an alleyway and selling city-owned land for the project. The proposal calls for an EVO Family Entertainment Center at Cleveland Street and Myrtle Avenue, with a multiplex featuring what backers describe as the world’s largest screen as…
A proposed private social and wellness club in downtown Boca Raton is moving forward after receiving unanimous approval from the city’s planning and zoning board. The eight-story project, planned near Sanborn Square, would add restaurants, fitness and wellness facilities, and rooftop amenities to an area already experiencing significant redevelopment. The proposed club would replace an…
A downtown lot the city has spent more than a decade trying to redevelop moved a step closer to becoming a boutique hotel when the Planning and Zoning Board unanimously recommended approval of the Tarpon Registry’s site plan. The City Commission is scheduled to consider the site plan at its Oct. 13 meeting. The project…
The much-anticipated opening of the Coral Springs Museum of Art’s new downtown gallery is now set for next week with a major exhibition of 57 Pablo Picasso original works. The gallery moved from Coral Springs Drive to the Cornerstone development at the corner of University Drive and Sample Road, and it opens the doors Friday,…
Plans for a new community opera house and amphitheater near Naples are advancing. There is hope of securing the land for it by January, if not sooner. Opera Naples is pursuing the multimillion-dollar development — called Theater in the Garden — in partnership with two other nonprofits, Theater in the Garden Inc. and the Luciano…
✨ FRA Newsletter Highlights | October 1, 2026 🌴 2026 FRA Annual Conference Registration is Open 🗓 October 20–23 | Charlotte Harbor The 2026 FRA Annual Conference is just a few weeks away! Join redevelopment professionals from across Florida at the Sunseeker Resort for expert speakers and panelists, best practices, legislative updates, networking opportunities, and…
The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency discussed and made a decision on gateway signs for placement on North and South Ridgewood Drive for a visual impact in welcoming motorists to downtown. Apparently now there is no big or small “Welcome to downtown Sebring” sign on Lakeview Drive nor South Ridgewood Drive. Mayor John Shoop said on…
The Community Redevelopment Agency is preparing to distribute money to 22 businesses for equipment and facility upgrades. The program is designed to help local businesses take on improvements that can otherwise be expensive. Back in 2024, Kena Bwembya, the Owner of Bwembya’s Market, received a CRA grant to help make improvements to her business. She…
The Bradenton City Council hosted a public hearing with their Community Redevelopment Agency identifying areas in the city that need to be redeveloped or rehabilitated in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare for the city. A 2023 study identified and documented the existence of slum and blighted conditions across 16 sites in the…
One of the more innovative strategies the city of Orlando has taken to help homeless people get off the streets is on track to surpass its goal of housing roughly 400 people over a three-year period. The city announced Thursday that the city’s “dignity bus” program — offering overnight shelter on two retrofitted Greyhound buses…
✨ FRA Newsletter Highlights | September 25, 2026 🎉 Thank You for an Incredible Redevelopment Week! FRA extends a huge thank you to Community Redevelopment Agencies across Florida for making Redevelopment Week a success! From sharing success stories to highlighting community transformations, CRAs across the state demonstrated how redevelopment strengthens neighborhoods, supports local businesses, and…