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
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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
A boardwalk will replace the former dive shop at the Boynton Beach Marina.
Rendering provided
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach can now move forward with completing its $18 million marina.
County commissioners agreed unanimously May 19 to allow demo
The Little House property at 480 E. Ocean Ave.
The Oscar Magnusen house at 211 E. Ocean Ave.
Photos provided
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach held its own version of the Shark Tank television show in March when its Community Redevelopment Agency board l
By Jane Smith
The fate of the old Boynton High School is on the front burner again. On March 17, an architectural consultant gave city commissioners three options for its Town Square: Renovate the high school, partially restore it and save its faç
By Jane Smith and Willie Howard
Boynton Harbor Marina customers are paying $5 for parking on Fridays through Sundays, after its Community Redevelopment Agency board nixed negotiations with a landowner to provide free parking.
CRA staff was neg
Boynton Beach Mayor Jerry Taylor dedicates the Downtown Heritage Trail plaque in honor of Janet Hall,
a boat captain and co-founder of the Sea Mist fishing company, during a March 18 ceremony.
Standing with Taylor are Hall’s daughter, Judi Garnsey An
By Sallie James
A free, on-call electric cart service may be coming to Boca Raton’s downtown as an alternative mode of transportation to ease a chronic parking crunch.
The owner of Delray Beach’s Downtowner has expressed interest in expanding
INSET BELOW: Costello
By Jane Smith
The new head of Delray Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency will receive a slightly more than 18 percent salary increase over his previous salary as the agency’s assistant director.
The CRA board approved t
By Jane Smith
Business owners at the Boynton Harbor Marina can exhale now that the city has found a short-term solution to a vexing parking problem.
At the January meeting of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency board, CRA staff received t
By Tim Pallesen
Plans for an iPic theater near Atlantic Avenue came to a temporary halt Dec. 15 after it appeared that the city of Delray Beach and its Community Redevelopment Agency had failed to communicate.
The CRA chose iPic Entertainme
INSET BELOW: Jeff Costello
By Jane Smith
The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency won’t miss a beat when its executive director Diane Colonna leaves this month.
The agency’s assistant director, Jeff Costello, will take over the very
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach has another white knight charged with a big task of helping to jump-start its downtown.
This time, restaurant broker Tom Prakas has exclusive listings on two historic properties: the Ruth Jones cottage and the Oscar
By Jane Smith
At the Nov. 18 City Commission meeting where the proposed land development regulations were discussed, Commissioner Adam Frankel called Diane Colonna back into the chambers to present the Community Redevelopment Agency’s views.
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By Jane Smith
The woman whose name is synonymous with the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency will leave in January.
Diane Colonna gave her board a resignation letter in late November. She will join former Delray Beach CRA chief Chri
By Jane Smith
Boynton Beach does not want to be the Grinch that stole Christmas this year.
Board members of its Community Redevelopment Agency voted 5-2 last month to return the 43rd annual boat parade to a Friday night.
The CRA staff had r
The new Harbor Master building at Boynton Harbor Marina.
Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
The proposed marina master plan.
Rendering provided by Boynton Beach CRA
By Willie Howard
The Harbor Master building near the fuel docks at Boynton Harbor is
Community Redevelopment Agency
Executive director’s salary: $123,188
Assistant director’s salary: $95,000
Employees: Seven full-time, one part-time to be hired
Board: Seven-person board, made up of five City Commission members and two community membe
Community Redevelopment Agency
Executive director’s salary: $0; city manager is executive director per an interlocal agreement.
Downtown manager’s salary: CRA pays 90 percent or $88,788
Employees: 4.98 full-time-equivalent positions. Each CRA emplo
By Jane Smith
After waiting for more than 10 years, Boynton Beach will finally get a project that could jump-start its downtown.
City commissioners sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency board gave tentative approval to a $4.3 milli
