West Atlantic residents ask questions about redevelopment projects Before Delray’s Community Redevelopment Agency selects a new tenant for six empty acres of land on West Atlantic Avenue, the developers have to make it past the toughest critics: the people who live, work and play in the area. On Thursday night, people packed a conference room…
Program aims to revive Cape streetscape CAPE CORAL – Cape Coral leaders want to spruce up the south end of the city. Tuesday evening, the Community Redevelopment Agency unveiled a new incentive program designed to fix some of the crumbling sidewalks and enhance the streetscape. Leaders said the goal is to create more of a…
Lake Worth shuffleboard building to become element city’s emerging arts district LAKE WORTH — The city’s shuffleboard building is on its way to being the next piece of an emerging arts district on the near west side. Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to convert the 5,000-square-foot building at 1121 Lucerne Ave. into a community cultural facility where…
Overtown catalyst for new investment heads to commissioners Commercial projects R. Donahue Peebles/Barron Channer and passenger rail company All Aboard Florida are spearheading in Miami’s Overtown are taking their last major step toward becoming a reality. The projects, which would each be developed on separate blocks next to the famous Lyric Theater, are set to go before the Miami-Dade…
Avon Park mayor, CRA advisory chair ask for civility AVON PARK — Deputy Mayor Brenda Giles asked for and got a special meeting of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency set for Thursday. Giles said Monday that issues brought up at last Friday’s Southside CRA Advisory Board meeting needed to be handled by the “Mothership Board,”…
St. Pete’s CRA could become countywide model CLEARWATER – Despite budget concerns, Pinellas County Commissioners unanimously agreed to continue work with the city of St. Petersburg to create a Community Development Area to combat the problem of blight and poverty. Commissioner Janet Long was absent. A study released last year identified five areas in the…
It’s hard to count the number of downtown Ocala revitalization plans that have been undertaken over the years. Most have been trotted out amid much fanfare. But after some sprucing up here and there, they invariably have found their way onto some obscure shelf in City Hall unfulfilled. The latest plan for downtown does not…
The long-discussed, unrealized redevelopment of two former subsidized housing properties is among the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency’s slimmed down set of priorities. Beginning with the upcoming budget year, CRA staff intends to focus more narrowly on projects and initiatives that spur economic development and have ripple effects in the city’s four community redevelopment districts. Those…
Terri Bailey and her family were the first homeowners living in the 5th Avenue/Pleasant Street neighborhood to get the exterior of their home painted for free as part of a program sponsored by the city of Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency. Known as the Fifth Avenue Pleasant Street Residential Paint Voucher Program, the program was created…
An ambitious plan to develop the City of Milton’s riverfront and link it with the picturesque Village of Bagdad a few miles downstream is on Mayor Guy Thompson’s desk, ready to launch. Authored by the Buffalo, N.Y., urban design firm of Peter J. Smith & Co., the $15 million to $20 million plan has five…
Panama City Commission Approves Port Authority and CRA Budgets The Panama City Community Redevelopment Agency was met with opposition once again as those from the Downtown North Community, namely Glenwood, were not happy with how the CRA plans to spend funds. Specifically, more than $500,000 for more sidewalks down 9th Street in Panama City. “I would…
Florida Trend Unveils Special Section in July About CRAs Cities throughout Florida are rediscovering their roles as crossroads for commerce, as magnets for culture and entertainment, and as stimulating places to live. It’s time to spread the word. Florida Trend CRAs
