The Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board of Commissioners has approved a tax increment rebate of $4.9 million for the development of Towles Garden, a 140-unit affordable townhome community. Towles Garden is a project that the redevelopment plan for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd./VSSB Plan supports and Florida State Statute 163.345(1) encourages working with private…
City of Winter Garden Launches Website Dedicated to its Historic Downtown WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – The City of Winter Garden has launched a website to serve as an official online guide to its historic downtown. The website, www.downtownwg.com, highlights the attributes of the downtown area and the city and serves as a resource for residents,…
NEWS: The Pompano Beach CRA is proud to announce their new marketing campaign, “Love Always, Pompano Beach.” The all-encompassing annual program will feature local businesses located in the East CRA District, sharing special offers and experiences to attract residents and non-residents alike. The campaign kicks off with “Sunset Sips,” showcasing promotions from local restaurants. Following…
November 4th 2020 – National Research Center (NRC) at Polco and the International City & County Management Association (ICMA) have announced 10 Winners of the Voice of the People (VOP) Awards for Excellence. The Voice of the People Awards are the only national awards that honor local governments based on survey opinions and feedback from…
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – The City of Winter Garden, in collaboration with the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, has received a grant of $20,000 from the Florida Department of State’s Division of Cultural Resources to conduct a survey of structures located within Downtown Winter Garden’s commercial and residential Historic Districts. A selection of sites located outside…
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — The City of Winter Garden has launched a Love Local campaign to build awareness of the importance of supporting the local business community as well as providing programs and activities to help small businesses recover from financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Love Local campaign includes a number of…
SEBRING — The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency will be taking the final step today to set into motion a six month project to update the CRA’s Master Plan. At its meeting at 5:30 p.m. today the CRA Board will consider approving a $107,270 contract with S&ME, Inc., which will develop the updated Master Plan. The…
DELRAY BEACH – The city Housing Authority is moving ahead with plans for the Island Cove apartment project near the intersection of Southwest Eighth Street and Southwest 12th Avenue in Delray Beach. The authority, in light of the pandemic, changed its plans. It had been expecting to build 54 townhomes on the 3-acre site that would have sold for as much…
As a result of the declared emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Ruth Clavell received from the City of Homestead and the Homestead Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) a grant established to help small businesses, which, like hers, had to close when the pandemic started and the city decided to go on lockdown in March. The…
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) are co-hosting a webinar on supporting small business and economic development in rural Florida. The webinar will showcase rural small business, economic development and redevelopment resources; highlight the needs in state-designated rural areas; and explore government programs that provide…
n Monday, Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) Sec. Jonathan Satter announced almost $860,000 in grant awards to Citrus, Franklin, Gulf, Jackson, Sumter, Walton, and Washington Counties through the E911 State Grant Program. Since January, DMS has awarded more than $6 million in funds to Florida counties to modernize Florida’s public safety communications systems. “The E911 State Grant…
TAMPA – For years, Tampa city officials have struggled to find a way to keep pedestrians safe as its downtown core draws more people. It’s a conundrum that’s consistently landed Tampa near the top of national rankings among the deadliest cities for pedestrians and bicyclists. But Tampa artist Meaghan Farrell Scalise and the Tampa Downtown…
