Renewed interest in building hotel in Downtown Fort Myers FORT MYERS, FL – The city of Fort Myers has been trying to get a riverfront hotel for years. When it looked like it was finally going to happen, the developer backed out last month. Now, city officials say there is renewed interest that could make…
Daytona, Holly Hill explore possibility of marina district DAYTONA BEACH – If you hopped in your car today and motored along the riverside roads that connect Daytona Beach and Holly Hill, you’d pass everything from a yacht club to a flower shop to buildings that have seen better days. When Holly Hill and Daytona city…
CRA redevelopment plan could bring change to downtown Naples The Naples Community Redevelopment District is looking at making changes in the future. What does it have in mind for the downtown business area? Read full story
Honoring Tampa’s past while building its future Now that a pointless fight is over involving the historic status of a downtown Tampa skate park, it’s time the city moved on by honoring its past within a more meaningful civic project. Built 35 years ago, the Perry Harvey Sr. Skateboard Bowl became both an architectural icon…
Tampa core may lose slice of county taxes TAMPA — Mayor Bob Buckhorn pushes downtown redevelopment as a top priority for his administration, evangelizing about its capacity to lift the wider region economically and directing resources there to keep it moving. Now his partner in the campaign, Hillsborough County, is saying enough. For 30 years,…
Mount Dora voters shouldn’t be fooled by flier warning of ‘taller buildings’ downtown Be sure to read the fine print on the flier — the real story is hiding there. That’s where you’ll learn that powerful forces from outside Mount Dora are making a play to control the City Council. A flier sent to registered…
DeLand has grants for downtown improvements DELAND — The city is inviting property owners, business owners and others interested to apply for a pool of $20,000 in grants intended to improve the downtown area. Through the MainStreet DeLand Association, the city’s downtown community redevelopment agency is offering six grant programs; for lighting, new residential units,…
New Tampa housing chef has ‘tremendous task’ ahead TAMPA — Tampa’s housing and community development program has a new director after nearly two years without one. She’ll have her work cut out for her, city leaders say. Vanessa McCleary from Rocky Mount, N.C., took over this week as head of the agency charged with helping…
Winter Park hopes to put a bow on West Fairbanks Hoping to take advantage of newly constructed sewer lines that the city installed on Fairbanks Avenue, the Winter Park Economic Development Advisory Board is looking to build on that by putting together incentives that will encourage new business growth there. The board is also considering…
Redevelopment Plan Finalized For ‘Blighted’ Areas Of Cantonment A final review and comment meeting was held Tuesday night at Jim Allen Elementary School for the Cantonment Redevelopment Plan — a plan designed to address issues that need major improvement in a distressed area of Cantonment. Just under 2,000 people live in the Cantonment Redevelopment Area…
Now that the Parramore Lymmo bus rapid transit system has a new name — the Lime line — it’s time to look at how to fix up the surrounding neighborhood. The Orlando office of Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc. was awarded a contract by the city of Orlando to do a comprehensive study of the Parramore…
Creating Winter Park’s next great urban corridor WINTER PARK — As the city moves forward on developing a vision for future economic growth, Mayor Kenneth Bradley said he believes one of Winter Park’s corridors is on the verge of becoming the next first-rate one. “Denning (Drive) is in my view the next great corridor,” Braldey…
