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CRA Project Summary (NB)
Explanation
As a regular informational item on CRA agendas, Staff provides a brief update on selected referrals, redevelopment projects and development agreements under review. This monthly update is typically a limited sampling of the CRA’s many on-going projects, as opposed to a complete list.
CRA Wide
Façade Grant - The Façade Grant program is a competitive matching grant program that is designed to encourage reinvestment in building facades, specifically those located on highly visible target corridors within the district. Applicants must commit to expending (at a minimum) a cash match equal to the grant funds sought in the application. Repairs/upgrades to the façade must be visible at all times from the building’s exterior, and maintenance items are not eligible for grant funds.
Economic Development - On this agenda
Eastside Redevelopment Advisory Board (ERAB)
1717 SE 8th Avenue - On Agenda
GTEC Area Development - Staff continues outreach for the development of the GTEC Area.
GTEC Area Master Plan & Phase 1 Development -- The 13-acre GTEC Area Master Plan site is located between SE Hawthorne Rd and SE 8th Ave, and SE 20th St and SE 24th St. In 2011, CRA staff created a conceptual master plan for the site, that included an office and retail focused mixed-use development, aiming to retain GTEC graduate companies in east Gainesville and attract new businesses to the area. The plan was approved by the CRA Boards in 2011, and served as the basis of design for the current Master Plan project.
In Dec. 2013, CRA was granted a Partial Release of two mortgages encumbering unimproved sections of the GTEC parcels, making the land available for redevelopment. In Dec. 2013, CRA contracted Brown & Cullen Inc. to lead the design team for the GTEC Area Master Plan project. A joint kick-off stakeholder meeting for the GTEC Area Master Plan and the Former Kennedy Homes projects was held in Dec. 2013. In Feb.2...
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