Community development

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. --- Will Vash at the Palm Beach Post reports that Boynton Beach commishers gave American Realty Development, Inc., of Lake Mary (no web site) the nod over Carlisle Development last night to develop an eight-acre phase of the 26-acre Heart of Boynton redevelopment corridor  along MLK Blvd. in Boynton Beach. American Realty Group vice president Jim Dyal, left, told Vash he plans to recruit local CDC's and the nonprofit Northwood Renaissance in West Palm Beach to help. "These...Read Full Story

TAMPA, Fla. --- James E. Dyal is vice president of American Realty Development in Tampa, which develops affordable multi-family rental communities. A member of the Florida Housing Coalition Board of Directors, he will present a workshop on affordable housing finance and development at Florida Housing's 20th Annual Statewide Affordable Housing Conference Sept. 5-7 in Orlando. Mr. Dyal volunteers as guest lecturer at the University of South Florida Collaborative for Children, Families and...Read Full Story

MIAMI, Fla. --- Matthew I. Pinzur reports in today's Miami Herald that Dade co commishers are set to consider a plan today to turn over control of the Miami-Dade Housing Agency to HUD and activists don't like the plan: Local leaders cannot regain control until HUD agrees that a lengthy work plan has been completed, though the county can seek a judge's intervention if the takeover lasts longer than a year. "What we need is housing, and this doesn't assure that's going to happen," said Max...Read Full Story

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WEST PALM BEACH — Swim, hunt, ride a horse, club until 4 a.m. Those are some of the new selling points for Palm Beach County as the Convention and Visitors Bureau undertakes a “radically different plan” to attract tourism dollars. ‘20 distinct towns - one Palm Beach’ How the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau is marketing the county under its new slogan: Boca Raton: Combines resorts with trendy shops and restaurants. Jupiter, Tequesta and Juno Beach: Jupiter is home to the...Read Full Story

(Ed. note: Denise O'Brien wrote this article for Collaborations, new online newsletter of the University of South Florida's Collaborative for Children, Families and Communities. It's reposted here (verbatim) because (a) it's a way better accounting of yesterday's incredible program than I wrote, (b) Denise is new to blogging and won't condemn me for plagiarizing her work, and (c) her work deserves a larger audience because it's very well-written.) By Denise O'Brien Government at all levels...Read Full Story

"We've followed the rules legally, but we're morally wrong here."---Hallandale Beach vice mayor Bill Julian HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. --- Hallandale Beach, Fla., vice mayor Bill Julian read tripoli's weekend story, Hallandale Beach, Fla. commishers turn greedy scumbag developers, plan to evict elderly residents, and decided to respond. In an email to Florida Workforce Housing Network on Sunday, Julian wrote that he plans to oppose the city's effort to evict the 84 residents of Tower Park in...Read Full Story

"We've followed the rules legally, but we're morally wrong here."---Bill Julian, vice mayor, Hallandale Beach HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. --- Hallandale Beach, Fla., vice mayor Bill Julian read our weekend story, Hallandale Beach, Fla. commishers turn greedy scumbag developers, plan to evict elderly residents, and decided to respond. In an email to Florida Workforce Housing Network on Sunday, Julian wrote that he plans to oppose the city's effort to evict the 84 residents of Tower Park in...Read Full Story

Hallandale Beach, Fla.: 1. Tower Park community; 2. Peter Bluesten Park 3. The most important citizen in Hallandale Beach. Photo courtesy Google Maps. HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. --- Poor Hallandale Beach, an indistinguishable spot of South Fla. sprawlopolis halfway between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. Mayor Joy Cooper, far left, and vice mayor Bill Julian have a problem. Cooper pledged to keep Halandale Beach "clean and green," but poor people are cluttering up the scenery and lowering property...Read Full Story

TAMPA, Fla. --- The Hillsborough County Commission recently appointed Diane Martin-Johnson to the Hillsborough County Affordable Housing Task Force, which recommends county housing policies. Martin-Johnson, a participant in the Community Real Estate Development (CRED) summer certificate course at the University of South Florida's Collaborative for Women, Children and Communities, is a financial analyst with Primerica Financial Services in Tampa and serves as a volunteer board member and...Read Full Story