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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.
CRA Talent - Interviews for the two vacant Project Manager positions are close to being concluded. Suzanne Wynn will join the CRA as a Project Manager on April 28, 2014 and the second position has been reposted.
Economic Development - Mindtree, Ltd. received its first year payments for the High-Wage Job Creation Incentive Program for creating thirteen high-wage jobs in the technology sector over the last year. Two jobs were created at over 200% of the average annual wage for the county receiving $2,500 each and eleven jobs at over 150% of the average annual wage for Alachua County. This grant is a two year grant and Mindtree, is eligible to receive additional incentives in year two, based upon retaining these jobs and creating additional high-wage jobs. An application for High-Wage Job Creation Incentives was also received from Azalea Health, a Georgia-based healthcare management and medical billing software company which recently opened a new office in Gainesville in the Ayers Building.
Eastside Redevelopment Advisory Board (ERAB)
GTEC Area Master Plan - On Agenda
RFP for Developers at GTEC - On Agenda
1713 SE 8th Ave...
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