In other action, Florida City awarded developer James L. Brown Sr., a contract to build four-story buildings located east of Northwest Third Avenue and south of Southwest 328th Street, across from Tatum Park on Lucy Street.
Brown was awarded the permits and a height variance to add the fourth floor in a three-story limit zone.
That extra floor, he said, would help make the building affordable for both housing and for mom-and-pop shops that could not otherwise rent a costly space on U.S. 1.
The property is a just over an acre and is surrounded by properties zoned for multi-families and mixed-use.
”It’s not going to be out of character if the adjacent properties are developed to their full potential,” city planner Henry Iler said.
”What’s been proposed is in keeping with Florida City’s long-time vision,” added Mayor Otis T. Wallace.
Quoted from City of Titusville Newsletter:
Last fall the City embarked on a program entitled: “United Vision – Envisioning our future together.” This process utilized a significant marketing effort to engage our citizens and businesses in two workshops to develop a consensus of broad themes that the City could utilize in developing a vision for our future and setting goals for the community as it relates to growth management.
IPG has been selected to conduct a seminar on Green Planning strategies at the 2008 Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association (FAPA) Annual Conference.
The conference titled “Sustainability. Just Plan It.” will run from September 10th to 13th at the Intercontinental Miami, in downtown Miami, Florida. The focus of this year’s event will be on the environment, economy, transportation, society, and sustainable planning initiatives. IPG will conduct its Green Planning session during the conference on Friday, September 10th, at 9:30 am.
The Green Planning session, moderated by Henry Iler, AICP, President and Principal of IPG, will convey the master planning process, its methodology and how it works at the local level, using actual case studies. It will present general scientific concepts central to global warming, resource conservation and environmental processes. It is expected to address comprehensive plans and land development codes, and their role in green master planning and implementation, and familiarize participants with local government practices that have adverse global warming consequences.
“Our little town is changing,” says Epling, president of the Homestead-based Community Bank of Florida for the past three decades and a resident of the town for most of his life. “The face is changing. Its a community in transition.”
If you haven’t been to Homestead in a few years, you might not recognize it. Nearly 10,000 new families have moved into the area since 2000, a growth rate of 32 percent, or almost triple the county average. Now retail shops are moving in, and city leaders are looking to attract offices and industrial businesses.
Before Hurricane Andrew walloped Homestead in 1992, the city’s two principal industries were farming and the Homestead Air Force Base, which then employed close to 10,000 people.
After the storm, the military reduced the site to an Air Reserve Base. The facility has taken on more personnel in recent years, but its still nowhere close to pre-storm levels. It now has around 1,100 full-time workers, plus about 1,200 reservists who come to perform monthly drills. An additional 175 full-time workers are expected to arrive soon.
The City of Doral has hired Iler Planning Group, the state-wide leader in green master planning, to develop a city-wide approach to reduction in greenhouse gasses.
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, April 9, 2008 (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) – The City of Doral, located in Miami-Dade County with a population of approximately 35,000, has hired Iler Planning Group (IPG) to develop the City’s first Green Master Plan. Recognizing the global consequences of local actions, the Green Plan will develop strategies for reducing the City’s contribution to global warming. The plan is to be completed in September 2008, coinciding with the American Planning Association’s Florida Conference. During the conference, Doral’s Green Plan will be presented by City Staff and Iler Planning Group at a session on green master planning and community sustainability.
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Iler Planning Group, a leader in “green master planning” in Florida, will present innovative Green Planning strategies at the 2008 Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association Annual Conference.
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, April 7, 2008 (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Iler Planning Group (IPG), a leader in Green Planning in Florida, has been selected to conduct a seminar on Green Planning strategies at the 2008 Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association (FAPA) Annual Conference.
The conference titled “Sustainability. Just Plan It.” will run from September 10th to 13th at the Intercontinental Miami, in downtown Miami, Florida. The focus of this year’s event will be on the environment, economy, transportation, society, and sustainable planning initiatives. IPG will conduct its Green Planning session during the conference on Friday, September 10th, at 9:30 am.
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“We could do more creative things associated with, if you will, The Jetsons,” said Jay Marder, director of the citys Development Services. He was talking about the possibility that the city could encourage future development in the Miami Modern style.
Marder and city consultants broached the topic during a workshop held April 3 to kick off the drafting of a proposal that would lay the groundwork for new development in Miami Gardens.
Miami Modern, or MiMo, the post-WWII style sometimes compared to the futuristic city drawn in The Jetsons cartoon and already incorporated through some sections of the city, could be used to create a physical identity for Miami Gardens, consultants from Iler Planning Group said.
IPGs support of renewable energy and carbon offsets with Carbonfund.org is a natural extension of the work it does on behalf of its clients. “Iler Planning Group is excited to join the growing number of businesses who have made the decision to offset their CO2 emissions and help fight global warming,” said Henry Iler, AICP, President and Principal of IPG. “As municipal planners, we are at the forefront of policy change and we embrace that responsibility by working comprehensively within our communities to reduce greenhouse gases at the local level.”
“IPG already understands that future urban development must be sustainable—its been providing eco-conscious planning services for over 12 years,” said Eric Carlson, Executive Director of Carbonfund.org. “Now IPG is taking its green initiatives even further, and were proud to help IPG go CarbonFree.”
