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Apopka CRA launches outreach to rewrite 2017 redevelopment plan; public input open through Feb. 28
Summary
City planning staff led an interactive public session as the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) begins work to rewrite its 2017 redevelopment plan; staff will collect feedback, post results online and seek a consultant via an RFQ to prepare the update.
Bobby Hall, the city’s planning manager and interim Community Redevelopment Agency director, told residents that the CRA will hire a consultant to rewrite the agency’s 2017 redevelopment plan and asked attendees to complete questionnaires or visit QR-linked materials by Feb. 28.
The rewrite effort follows a Nov. 6, 2024 CRA board direction to staff to begin a rewrite because many parts of the 2017 update are now out of date and unimplemented. Hall described the purpose of a CRA and said the district — roughly 400 acres covering downtown Apopka — has a mixed set of future land-use designations that complicate redevelopment planning.
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