Gateway Building Will Not Repay Public Dollar Investment Until 2040
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the $1.4 million in public funds provided to the owners of the Gateway Building, home to Walgreens…
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City Vendor Sponsors Mayors Brunch at Edison
If you were looking to have lunch at the Edison this past Saturday you were out of luck. The City subsidized venture…
Proposed $1.5 Million CRA Grant for Southside Health Facility Generates Heated Debate
UPDATE The CRA voted 6-2 in favor of the $1.5 million grant to Big Bend Cares. Voting for the grant were County…
BREAKING, EXCLUSIVE: Doubletree Hotel Gets $883,000 in CRA Funds
On October 23, 2014, the Leon County Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) voted to give the new owner of the downtown Double Tree…
CRA Votes to Give $1.6 million Tax Break to Out-of-Town Developer
On Thursday, February 27, 2014, the Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) voted 6-1 to approve a property tax rebate in the amount…
CRA to Become Stand Alone Department, Personnel Expenses to Increase
The City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), whose mission is to reduce conditions of physical blight within the agency’s two redevelopment districts:…
Mckibbon Hotel Group Consultant Communicated with Staff Without Registering as a City Lobbyist
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the consultant retained by the Mckibbon Hotel Group (MHG) – who has business before the City Commission…
Change In Plans for City Gateway Property Draws Opposition, Reveals Insider Dealings
It looks like there will be a battle over the development of a piece of property in the heart of downtown Tallahassee.…
Frustration Boils Over At CRA Meeting, Policy Goals Finally Adopted
The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board finally voted to accept five broad policy goals, but not before frustration among some members boiled…
CRA Workshop Turns into Frenchtown Redevelopment Discussion
The CRA Workshop, that was initiated by some Board member concerns about about the appropriate focus of the CRA, turned into a…
Where Does The Tallahassee CRA Spend Your Money?
The City of Tallahassee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has spent or committed over $27 million to redevelopment activities in two sections of…
CRA Board Discusses Homeless Shelter and North Monroe CRA District
Commissioner Gil Ziffer, the liaison between the CRA Board and the Homeless Shelter, reported that the ideal situation would be for the…