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North Greenwood is a historically African American neighborhood in Clearwater, Florida. Home to the North Greenwood Library, former North Greenwood Cemetery, churches, a community center, and an African American history museum in a former school building (Curtis School), the area was once home to orange groves. Jack Russell Stadium where the ...
The City of Clearwater is administered by a council-manager form of government, and the city manager serves as the chief executive and administrative officer of the city. [73] The Clearwater City Council comprises the mayor and four council members, each of whom serves a four-year term. The council is responsible for setting policies and making ...
The Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency has created many projects that have led to jobs growth and city beautification.; The city of Richmond, California used its agency to refurbish Macdonald Avenue, Macdonald 80 Shopping Center the city's downtown and a transit village at the Richmond BART/Amtrak station and the creating of the Richmond Greenway among many other projects.
The estate was built in the Harbor Oaks Residential District, Clearwater's first planned residential development, that was opened in 1914 by Dean Alvord, a major developer from New York. [3] The development offered then-innovative features such as paved streets, curbs, and sidewalks, underground utility and sewer systems, and tree lined parkways .
Redevelopment projects can be small or large ranging from a single building to entire new neighborhoods or "new town in town" projects. Redevelopment also refers to state and federal statutes which give cities and counties the authority to establish redevelopment agencies and give the agencies the authority to attack problems of urban decay ...
It is the second-smallest county in Florida by land area, larger than only Union County. Pinellas forms a peninsula bounded on the west by the Gulf of Mexico and on the south and east by Tampa Bay. It is 38 miles (61 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide at its broadest point, with 587 miles (945 km) of coastline. [24]
A new 216,424-square-foot (20,106.4 m 2) joint reserve facility to be built at Gateway Center in Pinellas Park was planned as a replacement of three existing outdated and overcrowded facilities, including Fort Hesterly, the J.F. Campbell National Guard Armory in Clearwater, and the Lovejoy U.S. Army Reserve Center in Tampa. Construction of the ...
In its current form, the Courtney Campbell Causeway stretches approximately 9.9 miles (15.9 km) from eastern Clearwater to Tampa's Rocky Point island and subsequently to the mainland of western Tampa. The topographical causeway is broken by two elevated spans that allow watercraft access to and from Old Tampa Bay.