Sebring CRA approves incentive package for 139 Ridgewood Drive, including splash pad and access ramp

The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency board voted to approve an incentive agreement with Kendall Blox Company for a proposed $2.5 million development at 139 Ridgewood Drive, including a 20% incentive (approximately $505,000) and additional contributions for site features.

The board approved the agreement and a package that includes a splash pad (requested at $75,941), a handicap access ramp (about $21,000) and gravel pits beneath artificial turf to improve on-site retention and drainage. During board discussion, the applicant, Ken, said the splash pad is designed "as a system that you don't recirculate water" and that water would drain into the same underground system. Ken also confirmed that under the agreement the CRA will "pay the water bill for 5 years," while maintenance and repairs of the splash pad would…