If you’re new to the scene, the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency loves not only helping local businesses, but also inviting new businesses to the area with a goal to benefit the community as a whole. One such example of that is the Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel on West Atlantic Ave. This development…
If you’re a local business owner in the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency’s (CRA) district who thinks your exterior space and/or signage could use a facelift, the CRA is here to help! The CRA’s Paint-Up & Signage Program was put in place with an ultimate goal to help local business owners improve their exterior attractiveness…
She might have found herself in the middle of an artist residency at the Arts Warehouse, but that’s certainly not where she started. Missy Pierce has held more professions than most people ever dare to consider, but finally feels at home as an artist. Pierce finds that her biggest career challenge has been corralling…
Art has always been a calling for Cherie Saleeby. She was 12 years old when she put together her first studio, and later studied photography at the College of Creative Studies in Detroit, Mich. While she enjoyed photography, she was once again drawn, this time into a sculpture class, which has been her focus ever…
Familiar with how to treat a blank canvas, Grace Gdaniec hit the Arts Warehouse ground running. Her background in the art world provided her with not only the vision needed to help curate the Arts Warehouse into what it is today, but also allowed her to think outside the box and help create the many…
If you look amongst the polished and newly-constructed buildings dotted along the Avenue and throughout Downtown Delray, you’ll find bits and pieces of Delray’s history that shine in their own way. One of those buildings is the La France Hotel, and it has a beautifully storied past. The LaFrance Hotel was the only African-American…
The Eagle Nest initiative was born out of an idea to not only provide affordable housing for Delray’s community members, but to also support our local high school youth. Because many good, community-focused ideas need funding, the Delray Beach CRA was called in for support. The mission of the CRA is to foster and…
Whether you’re a local, a visitor or in a mixed group exploring the best of Delray, you’ll immediately recognize one aspect of the Village by the Sea that makes it so special: the walkability. No need to drive from stop to stop when you can enjoy the fresh air. But even though you can walk,…
One of the reasons why Downtown Delray Beach is so amazing is the accessibility. Not only does the downtown space boast have multiple places to park, Atlantic Avenue features wide sidewalks to encourage visitors and locals to walk once they’re out of their cars. Making it easier for pedestrians to enjoy the city and…
A mid-way location might have been what brought Christine Tibbs to Delray Beach, but it certainly wasn’t what kept her here. This Wellington native used to visit the Village by the Sea when she was growing up, so when she returned to South Florida after a brief reprieve out of the state and in the…