By Jane Smith
The Arts Garage in Delray Beach must present better financial records before its chief public provider will release any more money, the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency board voted unanimously in late January.
The CRA had co
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By Jane Smith
Construction work has started to replace the temporary traffic signals at two East Atlantic intersections in Delray Beach. It will take at least two months to complete, weather permitting, contractors said.
Florida Department of T
By Jane Smith
Drama continues to swirl around the iPic movie theater as it makes its way through the Delray Beach approval process.
The proposed luxury movie theater just south of the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Federal Highway will ha
By Jane Smith
The owner of the proposed iPic movie theater property in Delray Beach asked to amend for the fourth time the contract to buy the 1.59-acre site.
But the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, which owns the parcel that sits
By Jane Smith
At their March meeting, Delray Beach commissioners will review an agreement that would give them more of the property taxes collected in the downtown.
“It’s not going to continue as is,” Mayor Cary Glickstein said Oct. 29 at the c
By Jane Smith
Two Boynton Beach residents, recently ousted from the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency board, spoke against creating a citizen advisory board to the CRA. At the Oct. 20 City Commission meeting, James “Buck” Buchanan and form
By Jane Smith
The Community Redevelopment Agency in Delray Beach successfully addressed 10 of 19 items found by state auditors in 2013, board members learned in early October.
Five additional items were partially corrected and four remain uncor
By Jane Smith
The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency board recently sweetened the deals for two entities to buy its historic homes and turn them into restaurants.
For the Little House, at 480 E. Ocean Ave., the CRA board agreed to bu
By Jane Smith
The Boynton Beach City Commission is trying to take control of its Community Redevelopment Agency board by ousting the two appointed members, James “Buck” Buchanan and former Mayor Woodrow Hay.
Vice Mayor Joe Casello brought up th
The 24-unit, nine-story luxury condo will be built at 327 E. Royal Palm Road.
Rendering provided
By Mary Hladky
While two recent downtown Boca Raton development projects garnered impassioned opposition, the 24-unit 327 Royal Palm condominium has
By Jane Smith
This time, the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency commissioners were unanimous at their late August meeting in awarding a $59,000 contract to analyze taxable values in each of its eight subareas.
The contract went to
The Little House may reopen as a tapas restaurant.
Photo provided
By Jane Smith
Ocean Ridge Commissioner Richard Lucibella wants to buy the Little House in Boynton Beach and turn it into a tapas eatery.
He and a partner, Barbara Ceuleers, put
By Jane Smith
The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency should pay to fix the north road in the Boynton Harbor Marina and rebuild the 400-foot sea wall while creating a park near it because the two projects are related, its executive direct
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach is undergoing a cultural shift where departmental silos are breaking down and city employees are working together in hopes of saving taxpayers money.
The enthusiasm of city staff was palpable when department heads ta
By Jane Smith
The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency selected a Davie firm to analyze taxable values in each of its eight subareas.
Munilytics was picked on price and time. It had the lowest price of the three bidders, coming in at $
By Jane Smith
The Boynton Woman’s Club will be able to restore most, if not all, of the windows and doors in its historic headquarters on Federal Highway in Boynton Beach. The club recently received a $140,000 state grant from the Florida Divisio
By Jane Smith
The Pizza Guy won’t be coming to Boynton Beach.
But Johnnie Brown’s might take his place.
Sal Campanile, who wanted to buy the Little House and the Magnuson House, backed out in early July. He sent an email to the Community R
Richard Rolle picks up garbage and debris
July 24 on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach will spend more than $2 million in the next budget year to make its downtown into a Disney-esque world
The recent article, “City/CRA shared-goals meeting takes a turn toward showdown” was more gossip-like than the journalistic quality your readers have come to expect.
First, a made-up “rift” (between city and CRA) that does not exist cannot “c
By Jane Smith
The fate of the old Boynton Beach High School and the county possibly providing public safety services will be discussed at the Aug. 4 Boynton Beach City Commission meeting.
The topics were named priorities at the city’s strategic
