Last November, Boynton Beach city officials held a watch party to demolish its city hall building to call attention to their ambitious $250 million Town Square project, which includes a new City Hall, along with a library, hotel, cultural center, amphitheater, apartments, parking garages and a fire station. The big project is proof of a…
On Tuesday, March 5, the House Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee of the House State Affairs Committee (scheduled for 1 PM at the Capitol) will consider HB 9 (LaMarca). The way this bill is currently drafted, it would significantly limit the formation and continuation of Florida Community Redevelopment Agencies. Please email or call the…
Florida Community Loan Fund has joined forces with New Jersey Community Capital and Central Florida Foundation to address the needs for affordable rental housing in Orlando’s Parramore neighborhood. These 3 organizations invested $8 million to form the Parramore Asset Stabilization Fund (PASF) and have purchased 83 scattered-site residential units across 44 different properties. This unique…
HAINES CITY, FL – In the Florida based “City of Angels,” Haines City, a unique art experience is taking place. The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) launched a citywide arts initiative, Haines City WINGS, to engage residents and visitors in the selfie-crazed world. This mural project, Haines City WINGS, is a community arts engagement program organized…
LAKELAND — On the outside wall of Southside Cleaners, across from the 7-Eleven convenience store facing South Florida Avenue, the second of three murals commissioned by the Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency is taking shape, courtesy of muralist Timothy Haas. Greg Myers, owner of Southside Cleaners, paid for the paint, which was special ordered for the…
WASHINGTON — President Trump directed federal agencies on Wednesday to steer spending toward certain distressed communities across the country — part of his administration’s push to turn a tax break included in last year’s $1.5 trillion tax package into a broader effort to combat poverty and geographic inequality. Mr. Trump signed an executive order at…
DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Press Release – verbatim – from Avison Young)— Avison Young Principal Keith O’Donnell completed three transactions totaling $33 million on behalf of Investors Warranty of America to sell a 42.7-acre property in Delray Beach, Florida. The site is the former Office Depot headquarters at S. Congress Avenue and Old Germantown Road. “Immediately after being awarded the listing,…
CRA 30th Anniversary Celebration presented by City of Dunedin Community Redevelopment Agency Date: 02/16/201902/16/201902/16/2019 Location: Downtown Dunedin Douglas Ave & Main St Dunedin, Florida 34698 CRA 30th Anniversary Celebration Saturday, February 16, 2019 9am – 2pm, Free to attend Downtown Dunedin Join us as we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Downtown Dunedin and the great…
Class A office vacancies remain at historic lows in downtown Jacksonville with Cushman & Wakefield predicting “solid growth for the overall market” in 2019; affordable housing in St. John’s County is in high demand; Jeff Camarda, CEO, Camarda Wealth, says “…we’ll see continued growth in the U.S. economy for the next year and a half.”…
Michelle Phillips, 32, beamed at the Fontainebleau Resort Miami Beach hotel business card resting between her thumb and index finger. It meant that she was one step closer to working as a hotel cook. Every day for the last eight weeks, Phillips has risen at 6:30 a.m., roused her two kids, buttoned up her white…