After decades of discussion about redeveloping downtown Clearwater, the city has made major headway in recent months that, if all goes well, should turn all that talk into action. Since the start of fall, voters have approved two major projects, a local developer with big dreams took the first step and a new Community Redevelopment…
The sound of voices of those hoping to open a cruise ship terminal to walkers, runners and cyclists amid downtown’s current and explosive growth is getting louder. But don’t expect that prime piece of waterfront to be accessible to the public when it’s not being used for cruise ships anytime soon. At a meeting of…
Marjorie Waldo, President & CEO of Arts Garage, today announced the nonprofit organization will present two fun events during the first week of January 2023: Popular cabaret star Jill Switzer will sign copies of her new helpful how-to guide The Contemporary Singer’s Blueprint: From Amateur to Professional and Beyond. The evening will start with a live…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On December 21, 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis awarded more than $35 million to 48 Florida communities through Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for economic development, commercial and neighborhood revitalization, housing rehabilitation, and infrastructure improvements. Making investments in our small communities helps build opportunities for generations to come,” said…
The DeLand City Commission will meet Monday, Dec. 19, to discuss the site plan for the DeLand Commons apartments and more. Developer Atlantic Housing Partners is seeking approval from the DeLand City Commission for DeLand Commons, a 180-unit multifamily project along South Woodland Boulevard in Downtown DeLand that includes the site of the former Save…
When Debbie Marks first took the job as administrator of the Englewood Community Redevelopment Agency in December 2007, it was supposed to be a temporary assignment. That turned into a 15-year fourth act of a career that started when she was an Army reservist working as a congressional liaison, answering soldiers’ concerns at the U.S.…
Lakeland officials will decide what the future holds for South Florida Avenue and the surrounding Dixieland community Monday morning. The city commissioners will vote on what future to recommend for South Florida Avenue’s ‘road diet,’ a roughly one-mile stretch from Lime Street south to Ariana Street, to Florida Department of Transportation. FDOT officials said it…
It’s not a full-fledged, brick-and-mortar store (yet!), but Runrun Kids Store, a new toy shop that debuted last month in a St. Pete Pier kiosk, fills a large gap in downtown St. Petersburg’s retail scene. Although there are some shops in downtown St. Pete that sell a small selection of new toys, such as The…
The Bradenton Beach ScenicWAVES committee, which oversees improvements to the scenic highway portion of Gulf Drive, was asked to consider installing a kinetic wind sculpture by Utah-based artist Lyman Whitaker. Whitaker is a sculptor with more than 30 years of hand-building metal wind sculptures. And members of the Anna Maria Island Garden Club are keen…
12/14/22 Renowned Sculptor Fred Eversley has been commissioned by Related Companies in a public-private partnership with the City of West Palm Beach’s ArtLife WPB public art program and The Community Redevelopment Agency to create a site-specific public art installation in downtown. Slated for completion in spring of 2024, Portals will include eight parabolic shapes in transparent, violet-hued…
12/8/22 The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami has announced an open call to South Florida-based artists to submit their work for MOCA’s 2023 Art on the Plaza series. Art on the Plaza was inaugurated in 2021 with a series of temporary public art installations on MOCA North Miami’s front plaza, inviting artists to activate…
12/9/22 At the regular Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting on November 29, 2022, County Planning Administrator Michelle Miller and Connie Green, the President of the Tax Redevelopment Advisory Committee (TRAC), presented two proposed maps of the South Brooksville Community Redevelopment Area (CRA). TRAC created one map, and Miller and her staff created another map.…
