The Flagler Beach City Commission’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) meeting on September 25, 2025, highlighted a significant step forward in local business engagement with the formation of a new advisory board. The board, informally dubbed “CRAB,” aims to enhance outreach and collaboration with businesses in the CRA District. City Manager and CRA Director praised the…
The City of Port St. Lucie has finalized a deal to purchase roughly 111.59 acres of surplus land from the St. Lucie County School District at their Sept. 22 meeting. The acquisition was approved by the city commission and is aimed at furthering the city’s goals of expanding conservation areas and parks. The land, which…
On Monday, September 29, at 3 p.m., Related Urban, the affordable housing arm of leading developer Related Group, will join the Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (RBCRA) to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Residences at Marina Village. Located in the heart of Riviera Beach’s waterfront district, within its developing downtown corridor, the Residences at Marina…
The Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency hosts a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on “Element 8 – Residences at Marina Village.” With more than $150 million in redevelopment planned for Marina Village and the Broadway Corridor, Element 8 marks the next major step in revitalizing the area into a regional gateway and…
The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency has $110,000 earmarked for three grant programs in 2025-26 and is working on a new grant to help bring new businesses downtown. The new grant is the Commercial Rental Incentive Program, which CRA Board Chair David Leidel initially spoke of in March as a way to attract retail businesses. He…
Mill Creek Residential broke ground on Modera Downtown Boca. The development is slated to bring over 300 homes to the heart of downtown Boca Raton. Group P6 and Mill Creek will co-develop the project which offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom homes as well as select den layouts, penthouses and townhomes. All units will feature…
The City of St. Augustine Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will begin accepting applications for the Lincolnville Community Redevelopment Area (LCRA) Institutional Rehabilitation Grant Program on October 1. The grant program aims to provide funding for historic building rehabilitation within the designated LCRA boundaries, specifically targeting institutions that struggle to secure alternate funding. To qualify for…
The Tampa Bay Lightning today announced plans to re-open an outdoor hockey rink at Sprowls Horizon Sports Park in Pinellas Park. This comes with a $100K grant from the Lightning Foundation. “The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Lightning Foundation are proud to support the Pinellas Park community through the reopening and enhancement of the outdoor hockey rink,”…
A new mixed-use development may be coming to Margate. During the September 17 meeting, Matthew Scott, a lawyer for White Oak Development Group, LLC, made a presentation to the commission on a development agreement for the Cocogate project. The property is situated on approximately eight acres, located from 1308 to 1350 State Road 7 in the…
The long-term improvement effort for Lake Wales downtown streets is expected to take a step forward in coming months as work begins on Orange and Crystal Avenues and the adjoining portions of Market Street. Lake Wales City Manager James Slaton has confirmed that city officials are “hoping to break ground by the end of the…
The Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency approved a new storm mitigation grant program offering up to $100,000 in reimbursements to help downtown businesses protect themselves from hurricane flooding, with five local businesses already receiving approval for funding.The program, which reimburses 75% of eligible costs up to $100,000 per business, was created in response to repeated…
An agency of the city of Fort Myers is taking over the planning for how to re-make the historic McCollum Hall. The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, CRA, now has permission to spend money to get help with possible plans. The CRA is the owner of the property, just east of the downtown area. The CRA…