Community Redevelopment Agency

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CRA Recognized for Southern Charm Kitchen Partnership and Porters Community Improvements

What do a contemporary, southern cuisine restaurant and a sidewalk project have in common? Both are local urban revitalization efforts that were recognized at the state and regional level this fall. Southern Charm Kitchen earned a Judge’s Choice award from the Urban Land Institute’s North Central Florida District Council, a land use nonprofit organization that...
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Close to Completing Its Mission, What's Next for the CRA?

By Caitlyn Finnegan Coming up on the completion of several decades-long redevelopment projects, the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency is at a crossroads for its next step. The agency is still heavily involved in projects throughout the community, including Depot Park renovations, facade grants, revitalizing historic landmarks and helping to promote Innovation Square, but CRA leadership...
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Lyons Returns as CRA Director

Former director left in December 2011 to head Boise agency.   Anthony Lyons has been rehired as the director of the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). “We have selected the most qualified candidate from a national pool of exceptional applicants,” says Gainesville City Manager Russ Blackburn. “In Anthony, the CRA will have a proven leader...

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