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Housing authority seeks CRA inclusion for Springfield Apartments redevelopment; board cautions on precedent and process

5511691 · July 31, 2025
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Tallahassee Housing Authority presented a community-developed Springfield Apartments master plan and asked the CRA to study adding the apartment buildings into the CRA boundary; board members said expansion requires interlocal steps and cautioned about precedent and legislative uncertainty.

Tawanna Thompson, representing the Tallahassee Housing Authority, presented a draft master plan on May 15 for Springfield Apartments that city and county funds supported through a planning process involving residents and stakeholders. Thompson said the authority seeks placement of the final draft on the June agendas of both the city and the county so architects and planners can present the plan. She told the CRA the redevelopment concept includes an additional eight acres of land the housing authority already owns; that parcel lies inside the CRA boundary, but…

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