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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Which Festivals Do Tax Dollars Fund and How Many People Attend?
The Community Redevelopment Agency, which is composed of City and County Commissioners, recently released their annual report for fiscal year 2015. In…
FACT CHECK: Mayor Gillum’s Statement on $205,000 Piggy Wiggly Incentive
Last month the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) voted to give $205,000 in tax payer funds to the owners of a Piggly Wiggly…
Downtown Development Seeks $525,000 in CRA Money to Help with Restaurant
Tallahassee Reports has learned that the new owners of the Florida Homebuilders Association property, located on the southeast corner of Park and…
CRA Gives $205,000 in Tax Money to Piggly Wiggly
Today the Community Redevelopment Agency voted to give $205,000 in tax revenue to the company which is locating a Piggly Wiggly’s at…
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…
The Southside Gets An Advocate…Will It Matter?
With the election of Curtis Richardson to the City Commission, the southside of Tallahassee will get someone on the Commission that actually…
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:…
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…