Author: CRAStaff

The City of Fort Lauderdale is conducting its regular Business Survey and wants to hear from your business about its satisfaction with City services and the City as a place to do business.Your input helps to reveal where the City is exceeding expectations, as well as identify areas where improvement is needed to ensure our City moves strategically and innovatively into the future. Your feedback will remain anonymous.  However, survey participants that provide a complete submission can choose to be highlighted in the City’s upcoming business directory for increased market exposure.   Click the link here to take the survey.  For questions, contact the City of Fort Lauderdale, Office of Management and Budget, at structuralinnovation@fortlauderdale.gov    ...

Mount Hermon Apartments -Accepting Applications

Mount Hermon Apartments, an affordable senior housing development located in the Dorsey Riverbend neighborhood is now accepting applications for income-qualifying residents 62 and older. Interested applicants can make an appointment by calling 754-547-5005. Click Here for Mount Hermon Apartments Resident Selection Policy   ...

Small Business Town Hall

The City of Fort Lauderdale's Public Affairs division in collaboration with the U.S. Small Business Administration is hosting an SBA Townhall! This will be an opportunity for small business owners to meet with business loan lenders, connect with other business owners, and hear from city staff on all the resources the city has to offer to assist in creating and sustaining healthy and successful businesses in the city. Reserve your spot now and be a part of the conversation. ...

CRA Board Approves a $6 million Incentive for the1435 ArtXchange Mixed-Use Project

On June 4, 2024, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board of Commissioners approved a CRA Development Incentive loan to  Sirrom Commercial, Inc.,  for the 1435 Art Xchange mixed-use project to be located at 1429-1436 Sistrunk Boulevard. The project will replace a vacant commercial building located  along the core of  the Sistrunk corridor and create a critical mass and “epicenter” of new development next to the new L.A. Lee YMCA Mizell Community Center. The six-story, mixed-use development  will provide  seventy-one (71) affordable rental housing units with commercial / community space and covered parking. The high quality, energy efficient housing units will be affordable to households earning less than 120% of the Area Median Income (AMI), with 4 units affordable to households earning less than 100% of AMI, and 4 units affordable to households making less...

CRA Board Approves Funding for the Fred Deluca Teen Center

On May 21, 2024, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board of Commissioners approved a CRA Development Incentive loan to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County, Inc.  in the amount of $307,633  for the Fred DeLuca Teen Center.  The Boys and Girls Club celebrated the grand opening of the state-of-the-art center in April.  The new facility  serves teenager's aged 13 to 18 and features  a 7200 square foot building with a  recording studio, technology lab and culinary arts kitchen. The Teen Center is located  next to the Nan Knox Club at 832 NW 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311. The mission of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County is to enable young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens. The Teen Club's goal is that all...