The Bradenton City Council, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, released a request for qualifications on Wednesday that moves a downtown streetscaping project forward. Conversations about upgrading the appearance of the Old Main Street corridor, which also includes 11th and 13th streets west, began last summer. Bradenton Downtown Development Authority board member Mike Carter said…
The Housing Authority of the city of Fort Myers has appointed E. Bruce Strayhorn as chairman of its board of commissioners. Appointed by the mayor of the city of Fort Myers, the board serves as the governing officers of the Housing Authority of the city of Fort Myers, or HACFM and ensure that the authority’s…
The 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-use Transit Village secured a key step for its financing after the West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency approved a $114 million deal supporting the project on Jan. 9. The developer received permission to collect up to $114 million, plus interest, of the tax increment financing it generates for the next 29…
Fort Lauderdale officials will consider four big development applications, including an apartment tower near the river and a hotel just off the beach. All four applications will go before the city’s Development Review Committee on Jan. 10 as the first step in their approval processes. In the largest project, the 488 Residences at Riverwalk would…
Calling all millennials. Fort Myers officials are willing to rewrite the law books to make shopping, dining and living around downtown more attractive to you. More than 60 people attended a public meeting Monday night to learn about the push to increase density — or number of units allowed — in downtown, and a neighborhood just…
CLERMONT — City leaders are putting the first building block in place for an economic-development plan expected to generate millions of dollars. Victory Pointe, an estimated $8.6 million stormwater management site combined with an ecological public park and event space, likely will go out for construction bids soon, city staff said. Groundbreaking is expected in…
Back by popular demand. The return of the greatest exhibit of African American wax figures presented by the Renowned Dr. Joanne Martin. The Great Blacks In Wax. See the flyer below for exhibit details.
TALLAHASSEE – Three decades ago, lobbyist Ron Book persuaded a public hospital to pay him to protect its interests in a faraway Capitol, just as private businesses do. “It’s just a necessity to make sure that taxpayers are properly represented,” Book says. “We’re smart enough to understand the system.” Cities, counties, colleges, school districts, sheriffs,…
The Wild Spaces and Public Places sales tax doesn’t just mean conserving more land. It also means more spending money for local governments on long-awaited projects. Back in November, locals voted in favor of the half-cent sales tax, which will generate nearly $130 million over its 8-year span. The city of Gainesville is expected to…
The Legislature this year will decide whether Indiantown and Hobe Sound can become municipalities. The two unincorporated areas of Martin County have been considering becoming independent for decades, and leaders hope having their own government and elected officials will give the more than 20,000 residents combined more power to make decisions that affect them. State…
The proposal for the development of 12.4 vacant and overgrown acres along the Tamiami Trail gateway into Bradenton is just what Manatee County commissioners had in mind in adopting Land Development Code amendments targeting the county’s six major urban corridors. The code modifications encourage infill projects and redevelopment along the county’s six major urban corridors,…
As plans progress on both the downtown hotel project and the restoration of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad station, downtown and midtown neighborhoods in Fort Myers will soon be under renovation and redevelopment. The Fort Myers city council recently and unanimously approved a pair of projects that will move the city into the future as…
