FRA Members Get Discounts at May and July Sociable City Summits Sociability is an Economic Engine: Invest is a Safe and Vibrant Nightlife The Responsible Hospitality Institute’s 2013 Sociable City Leadership Summit series showcases the best strategies to plan, manage and police nightlife. Participants access a comprehensive overview of nightlife trends, issues, and the most…
Jacksonville’s City Council to decide on $11M for economic development Downtown revitalization funds are now in City Council’s court. Council is set to vote on a $9 million transfer from City savings to the Downtown Investment Authority to use for Downtown rejuvenation and $2 million for countywide economic development. Two Council committees met Tuesday and…
The city of Inverness looks to the future and that could mean some change INVERNESS — Inverness city leaders said it is time to start planning for the future and the result could be a different looking city down the line. When city manager Frank DiGiovanni strolls around Inverness he sees things most people don’t…
Pensacola City Council weighs YMCA lease City officials and advocates are hoping a lease for a proposed waterfront YMCA at the Community Maritime Park is headed for the Pensacola City Council’s agenda March 11. The idea has enjoyed being put on a fast track, in part because it has the backing of many of Pensacola’s…
Officials point out problems on NSB’s U.S. 1 corridor NEW SMYRNA BEACH — While the U.S. 1 corridor proposed for a new Community Redevelopment Agency district makes up 8 percent of the city, it accounts for a much larger percentage of the city’s code enforcement complaints and crime activity. That’s part of the case the…
Historic downtown Sanford to get longer Riverwalk, more brick streets A new wave of improvements is coming to Sanford’s historic downtown, known for its old brick buildings and a scenic walkway along Lake Monroe that gives pedestrians and bicyclists expansive views of the waterfront. To draw more shoppers and diners downtown, the city is planning…
Naples officials to vote on 30-year CRA extension Naples officials and the public will be challenged to think beyond their own lifetimes when they consider the city’s future development. The Community Redevelopment Agency will vote today on an advisory board’s suggestion to extend the CRA’s sunset date by 30 years, based on a consultant’s recommendation.…
Future of Boca Downtown Library yet to be written BOCA RATON — This week’s Boca Raton Public Library newsletter pronounces the new Downtown Library “75 percent done” but what will become of the old Downtown Library has not yet been contemplated. The new one is expected to open sometime in the summer with a coffee…
Hillsborough looks at focusing taxes to fight blight TAMPA — If you live in Brandon, the money you pay in property taxes each year can go to fill potholes in Westchase or toward part of the salary of a firefighter based in Apollo Beach. Those tax dollars flow into a general pot and county commissioners…
SARASOTA – It is 6:54 a.m. when the sun wakes Jesse Biter as it peeks through the windows of his four-bedroom penthouse. Within minutes, his two girls, ages 10 and 11, scamper through the $3.85 million Marina Tower condominium downtown. Biter cooks them breakfast; it reminds him of his own childhood. Driving the girls to…
When the Gainesville City Commission bought the vacant Mom’s Kitchen restaurant in 2009, there were a number of reasons to question the purchase. The city was dealing with a $1 million budget deficit at the time and the project wasn’t on a list of priorities for redevelopment. Yet the commission voted 4-3 to pay $165,000…
Generosity toward homeless causing eyesore downtown Tate Clair’s nightmare for the past three months has been a mountain of black trash bags near his restaurant.Clair, who owns The Lunchbox at 104 SE First Ave., said he has noticed more people coming to the Bo Diddley Plaza next to his restaurant and leaving bags or boxes…
