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Update on Redevelopment Projects and Development Agreements (NB)
Explanation
Staff has been asked to provide an update on several redevelopment projects and development agreements under review. This update is a sampling of the many projects underway by the CRA, and is not a complete list.
Organization Updates:
Staff has started the process of redesigning a new website. Buster O'Connor of eye4 design has been hired to give the CRA three concepts for web styling. Those have been forwarded to staff. One concept will be selected and given to a web designing to implement on the new CRA website. All three designs include new ways to write CRA.
Development Agreements:
Gainesville Greens - Located at 104 Southwest 2nd Avenue. The City Commission approved an extension to the option of this site; a companion extension to the development agreement was approved by the CRA Board in June.
University House on 13th Street - Located at the northeast corner of Northwest 13th Street and Northwest 7th Avenue. The development agreement is being negotiated. A draft had been sent to the developer.
University Corners - Located on the west side of Northwest 13th Street between University Avenue and Northwest 3rd Avenue. The agreement is actively being worked on by Staff.
Project Updates:
Banners - The specialty banners for the celebration of the University of Florida 100 year anniversary in Gainesville were replaced with 28 original University Avenue and College Park area banners on June 16, 2007. A Purchase Order has been issued to a local printer (Sign by Tomorrow) for providing the remainder of missing banners along the University Avenue corridor. The banners will be installed by the end of July 2007.
Cotton Club - Located at 837 Southeast 7th Avenue. The Cotton Club fundraiser and announcement of architectural design services was held at the Harm Museum on May 24, 2007. Jay Reeves & Associates Inc. was the architectural f...
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