Mental Health Awareness at the Arts Warehouse

In an effort to take part of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Arts Warehouse partnered with Deon Jefferson and BeWellPBC to host not only an event, but also a month-long exhibit that shined a light on mental health and our local artists.  “The idea for Express Yourself Fashion Art Ball was one of inclusiveness, awareness,…

Studio 404 in Delray Beach

Studio 404 Receives CRA Funding Assisting

Studio 404: How Sweet it Is In true Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency fashion, Delray Beach is getting sweeter because of funding assistance. To help the owners of Studio 404 achieve their goals of providing the Delray Beach community with frozen daiquiri, food and fun, the CRA granted the Site Development Assistance funding, which encourages…

Meet Rob Massi, CRA Operations Assistant

At the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), good works doesn’t go unnoticed and team members are appreciated. So when Rob Massi was hired as an administrative assistant in 2017, he earned his current role at operations assistant just two short (and eventful!) years later.  “With lots of moving parts, I am the gateway to…

Corey Jones Isle

Recap: Corey Jones Isle Ribbon Cutting

Corey Jones Isle Officially Opens and Welcomes Residents!  The Delray Beach Community Land Trust (DBCLT) in partnership with the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) proudly announced the ribbon cutting of 10 workforce housing units in the Southwest Neighborhood. The project is named in honor of Corey Jones, a local community member who was wrongfully…

Hatcher Building Delray Beach

Commercial Activation Update: Hatcher Construction

Building For the Community, With the Community Local business, Hatcher Construction & Development, Inc., will not only be creating a new office space for themselves, but will also open up the space to other local businesses that might need a location to operate and thrive.  By using two of the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency’s…

95 SW 5th Ave Delray Beach Rendering

Commercial Activation Update: 95 SW & 98 NW 5th Ave

Improving Retail Office Space on Fifth Avenue Thanks to the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), two projects on Northwest Fifth Avenue are growing with the City and its residents. If you’re familiar with the vacant and soon-to-be brand new building located at 98 N.W. Fifth Ave. and 95 S.W. Fifth Ave, respectively, get ready…

CRA Board Chair Shirley Johnson

Meet Shirley Johnson, CRA Board Chair

To see change, one must be the change. And that is exactly what CRA Board Chair Shirley E. Johnson is doing.  “The Delray Beach CRA was reorganized in 2018. At that time, the sitting City Commission became five of the CRA members and two City Residents were added to complete the Board. I was one…