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CRA Project Summary March 2018 (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, Project Manager, Jessica Leonard - 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 each district. Staff is pleased to announce our interactive CRA District Wide Map has afforded the opportunity and empowered multiple area stakeholders to verify eligibility by visually showing address verification.
Enthusiastically, staff is proud to announce that we have reached our maximum of allowed façade grant awarded milestone of the program for both CPUH and FAPS until additional funding is budgeted for FY19 with seven (7) grant reimbursements pending project competition in FY18. Staff would like to credit the success of this program to prior façade grant awardees and overall awareness in each district as a continued effort is placed in concentrated outreach and community engagements. We currently have multiple façade grant projects underway across the four redevelopment areas and have multiple applications pending approval. We are currently accepting applications in FAPS and ERAB, and have recently recommended nine (9) applications in both districts to the Advisory Boards.
Strategic Planning - On this Agenda
Eastside Redevelopment Advisory Board (ERAB)
Heartwood, Project Manager, Shawn Moss - A homeowner’s association board has been formed for the newly developed subdivision Heartwood. Site work construction has begun and the contractors are working diligently to produce “pad ready” sites for local builders and potential homebuyers to be unite...
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