LAKELAND | A nearly $1 million project to restore the old, downtown federal building started earlier this month. It’s the first step toward putting the building out to bid later this year. Tony Delgado, deputy city manager, said workers will remove mold, asbestos and lead paint as well as fix leaky roofs and demolish walls…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2014 CONTACT: Brittany Lesser, 850.245.6522 Secretary Detzner Announces Start of Application Period for Arts and Culture Grants Tallahassee — Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced today that the application period is open for Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs 2015-2016 grants for general programming, specific projects, and facilities.…
A “model block” in Boynton Beach received a large donation on Monday. Wells Fargo Community Bank presented two checks totaling $458,000 to the Boynton Beach Faith Based Community Development Corporation and the Neighborhood Renaissance Corporation to beautify a blighted block, between Sara Sims Park on NW 9th Court and Poinciana Elementary School on Seacrest Boulevard.…
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Sidewalks, landscaping, pedestrian safety improvements and potentially burying utilities along U.S. 1 were named priorities Tuesday by city commissioners for a proposed Community Redevelopment Area. The commission was asked to list their top 10 capital projects in a new CRA that would run along U.S. 1 — called North Dixie Freeway…
Hernando County commissioners agreed last fall that the county needed to improve its neighborhoods by knocking down blighted structures. They just couldn’t agree on how to pay for it. Commissioners can avoid a repeat of that debate when they consider a proposed foreclosure registry ordinance later this month. Under the plan, a portion of the…
Turning around the central Tampa neighborhood of Sulphur Springs will require smarter planning, years of work and tens of millions of dollars. The blight didn’t appear overnight, and it won’t disappear quickly. But the city of Tampa has made a good start in recent months, unveiling housing programs that Mayor Bob Buckhorn predicts will “set…
You know buildings are in bad shape when blue roofing tarps would be an upgrade. At the Brooks Villas apartment complex, which has been abandoned for six years, the tarps that once covered the roofs have been worn to tatters. Several of the roofs have started to collapse. Some of the others have collected so…
Over eggs, Boynton Beach city leaders and business owners discussed possible solutions for the city’s struggling economy. On Thursday at the Courtyard Marriott, about 30 people attended the city’s first-ever “economic development stakeholders breakfast.” “Economic development requires a long term plan and long term vision,” said Boynton’s economic development manager Scott Kline. “We have a five-year plan…
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — A roughly $107,000 Community Redevelopment Agency grant approved for the development of a assisted living facility on Washington Street will be reallocated after a building permit could not be secured in time to meet the city’s April 1 deadline. With the grant voided, that money could be shifted to fund home repairs…
PANAMA CITY — City officials are casting a broad net in hopes of drawing in a variety of private interest in the Marina Redevelopment Project. Panama City commissioners unanimously agreed on language Tuesday seeking partnerships with private developers from across the country to help with marina plans. The city is expecting complete proposals from developers,…
Bonita Springs leaders want to reach out to the private sector to help make their vision for a vibrant downtown a reality. The City Council asked city staff at a strategic planning workshop Wednesday night to work on requesting proposals for developing two city properties on Old 41 Road. “I think it is time,” Mayor…
Oviedo’s decade-long vision of creating a vibrant town center — where residents can live, shop, dine or just spread a blanket on the grass to watch a concert — will soon take a major step forward when construction begins on Center Lake Park in the coming weeks. Tucked just north of East Mitchell Hammock Road,…
