FAST FACT:

What is a Community Redevelopment Agency?

Florida Statutes, Chapter 163, Part III gives counties and municipalities the authority to carry out “Community Redevelopment” to prevent and eliminate blighted conditions within a community.

This is implemented through a public body known as a Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA).

A CRA operates under Florida statutes. Its general purpose is to protect and enhance the district’s tax base through redevelopment activities and public/private partnerships.

The City of Rockledge Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) was established by the City Council in 2002 to guide the City in its redevelopment efforts.

After finding it necessary to arrest the blighting conditions that threaten its commercial core, the City created 4 sub-districts that make up the whole Community Redevelopment Area.

Focused around our major arteries and collector roadways, the districts are:

  • Barton Boulevard
  • Barnes Boulevard
  • Florida Avenue
  • US1.

The Agency’s mission is:

  1. Helping to revitalize these corridors with public investments to improve infrastructure and aesthetics, making an inviting arena for the private sector to invest
  2. Creating opportunities to bring people back to these areas to live, shop, eat, and play through special events, like the Art in the Park, Farmers Market, Car Shows, Hot Rockin’ Nights, and July 4th extravaganza
  3. Assisting in redeveloping properties to establish an urban core area with traditional town center features in the City through better land use, transportation, public facilities, aesthetics, and economic development.

Please take a look through this site to see how we can become part of your property portfolio. And, let us know if we can help with some incentives to make your project feasible

CRA Crew
VISION:

“Our vision for the CRA is to stimulate economic growth, promote private development opportunities, maintain a safe, prosperous community, all with a focus on improving the quality of life of our families and citizens.”