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…
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Innovation Park Takes A Different, Unique Path
Rarely does a government entity decide to become smaller so that it can become more effective. But that is exactly what Innovation…
City Defends Use of Out-of-Town Contractor for Road Work, Provides Information On Cost Savings
Tallahassee Reports recently reported on a City Commission vote that resulted in a New Jersey based company, APS, being awarded a sole…
Imagine Tallahassee Adds Complexity To Blueprint Process
Kim Rivers is not happy. Ms. Rivers, a successful local business woman and the engine behind Imagine Tallahassee, believes the Leon County…
Vendor with Highest Bid Selected by City for TAPP Program Project
Tallahassee Reports has learned that City Manager Anita Favors selected the highest bid to produce a Public Service Announcement (PSA) commercial for…
Leon County Fuel Tax Will Not Be Spent On Road Maintenance
Decisions made by elected officials on the City Commission and the Leon County Board of County Commissioners ensure that the approximately $4…
One Developer Gets Message from Tallahassee City Manager, One Does Not
On October 14, 2013, the lobbyist for the Mckibbon Hotel Group (MHG), Gary Yordon, responded favorably to a request by City Manager…
Local Author Hits New York Times Best Selling List with “Extortion”
Tallahassee resident and author Peter Schweizer has hit the New York Times best selling list again with “Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your…
Sales Tax Committee Settles on Blueprint Projects
The Leon County Sales Tax Committee has recommended nearly $700 million in projects to be funded an extension of the current penny…
Government Spending on Homeless Shelter Move Approaches $3 Million
The cost to taxpayers to move the Tallahassee Homeless Shelter from Tennessee Street to a new location on West Pensacola recently topped…
Imagine Tallahassee Narrows List of Projects
Imagine Tallahassee is a private organization created to develop a process to guide the portion of Blueprint tax money that will be…
New Jersey Company Paves Tallahassee Roads with Workers from Out of Town
This week Tallahassee Reports received several phone calls from citizens who wanted to know why an out-of-town company was paving Springsax Road.…