Florida’s Pompano Beach CRA Announces ‘Love Always, Pompano Beach’ Website and Marketing Campaign

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…

Delray Beach Housing Authority to build 54 apartments instead of townhomes, citing need for rentals

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…

WEBINAR: Supporting Small Business and Economic Development in Rural Florida

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…

DMS Announces $860,000 in Grants for Rural Florida Counties to Improve Public Safety Communications

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…