Gov. Ron DeSantis wasted little time announcing the state has $40 million for economic development projects his office can fund during the fiscal year that began Monday. The governor’s office sent out a news release Monday morning noting that applications were being accepted for the Job Growth Grant Fund, which was created under former Gov.…
If you live in Tampa, a designation you may never have even heard of could drop your property’s value. The city’s attempt to manage storm water issues could cause a flood of financial problems for homeowners. A Tampa resident showed FOX 13’s Sorboni Banerjee the South Tampa lot where her dream retirement home was supposed…
Public support for Hurricane Michael recovery efforts in the Florida Panhandle is lacking, according to a REBUILD 850 survey released Tuesday. The results showed nearly half of respondents would do nothing to help people affected by the hurricane and nearly 75 percent said they would not consider donating money to help with relief efforts. The lack of public support…
In a recent press release from the Town of Palm Shores, Mayor Carol McCormack was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Florida Commission on Ethics. To read the release, click here.
It’s been years in the making. But at long last, two residential development projects are well underway in southeast Gainesville. The first phase of a three phase Woodland Park redevelopment project is in the midst of site preparation, while at the Heartwood Neighborhood development site preparation is nearly completed. Heartwood sits on 15 acres on…
Florida Community Loan Fund has announced closing on a New Markets Tax Credit Transaction with Henderson Behavioral Health in Fort Lauderdale, to build a new Crisis Stabilization Unit and expand behavioral health services. Here are links to more information: FCLF E-newsletter June 2019, FCLF & Henderson Behavioral Health: Expanding Critical Services With NMTC Financing FCLF…
As someone who covers special operations and a guy who once created an urban design column when I was editor of the Philadelphia City Paper, I find The Heights redevelopment project fascinating on several levels. In Monday’s column, I wrote about a concept being created by U.S. Special Operations Command and the local academic/industrial infrastructure…
The City of Pompano Beach and Pompano Beach CRA have issued a Request for Letters of Interest (RLI) for a Master Developer for the City’s Downtown and Innovation District. The South Florida municipality has undergone a tremendous transformation during the past few years, and the creation of a dense urban downtown is the next redevelopment…
A 420-unit apartment community is in the works at the corner of Seaboard Street and Michigan Avenue in Fort Myers, the first of its kind in an area that has laid dormant for many years. This project is also the first to be approved in the newly created Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard redevelopment area.…
West Palm Beach, FL (June 6, 2019) On Saturday, June 8, the City of West Palm Beach will launch the 2019 Teens Unite Series! – a free series of summer events for youth ages 12 to 18. This program was created in collaboration with several youth development programs and community centers in the north end…
This session, Florida’s community redevelopment agencies (CRAs) are being targeted for an “overhaul” to institute reforms related to their operation. However, proposed bills in the Florida Senate and House, CS/CS/Senate Bill 1054 and CS/House Bill 9, go too far to limit the creation of new agencies, and to limit their terms. This proposed overhaul of…
A string of recent tough decisions and moral dilemmas in the sale of city-owned properties have left some questioning if it’s time to reevaluate the process. Members of the Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency’s advisory board asked city officials Thursday for suggestions on how to make the sale of city-owned land more transparent and consistent. The…
