Citizens for the Revitalization of Temple Terrace

As most of you know the August 2nd Referendum Bond (which would have provided the infrastructure for the downtown revitalization) was defeated. The official Bond ballot language was “to finance or refinance acquisition, equipping and/or construction of land, parks, greenways, roads, highways and related infrastructure in the Downtown Temple Terrace Revitalization Master Plan.” The reasons […]

John Stainback, founder and managing partner of the nationally renowned consulting firm SPPRE (Stainback Public Private Real Estate), has submitted his report titled: A New Town Center, Temple Terrace, Florida: Evaluation of the Proposal Submitted by Unicorp in Response to the City’s RFP The report includes a a 125 line-item evaluation of the Unicorp proposal […]

The Revitalization Referendum Campaign got off to a roaring start on May 9th with a Volunteer Rally in the Masque Community Theatre. The event was sponsored by the Revitalization Referendum Committee. whose purpose is to organize the citizen campaign to PASS the August 2 Downtown Revitalization Referendum. About fifty volunteers attended the Rally. Since then […]

In August a small grassroots task force was created named the Citizens for Redevelopment. Their purpose is to “team with city officials to make sure Temple Terrace’s redevelopment efforts maintain momentum” and they’re responsible for developing the Downtown Redevelopment Powerpoint presentations that TTRA Director Ralph Bosek has been giving around town to inform our citizens […]

In mid April the Tampa City Council voted unanimously “to support a Community Redevelopment District in north Tampa.” This latest Tampa CRA district is intended to reinvigorate the neighborhoods bordered by Fowler Avenue, Busch Boulevard, Nebraska Avenue, and 30th Street. “Once the district is created, new property taxes collected from the district must be spent […]

In mid April the Tampa City Council voted unanimously “to support a Community Redevelopment District in north Tampa.” This latest Tampa CRA district is intended to reinvigorate the neighborhoods bordered by Fowler Avenue, Busch Boulevard, Nebraska Avenue, and 30th Street. “Once the district is created, new property taxes collected from the district must be spent […]

On March 16th there was a meeting of the City of Temple Terrace Strategic Teamwork and Redevelopment Committee (STAR) in which our town planner Neal Payton of Torti Gallas and Partners gave a small presentation and fielded questions from the group. Neal stated that there was one area in the southeast quadrant that could support […]

test News (February 22, 2004): On January 14th, 2004 the Metropolitan Planning Commission conducted an interactive open house to gather ideas from citizens regarding beautifying Busch Boulevard from Florida Avenue to 56th Street. Some of the ideas that came out of the workshop were having topiary on the median across from Busch Gardens and having […]

First the good news, in mid-November our City hired Ralph S. Bosek, P.E. as our new CRA (TTRA) Director. Ralph has been a resident of Temple Terrace since 1981. He has over 25 years of Project Management experience and in the past has been Vice President of TECO/BGA, President of Bosek, Gibson and Associates, Inc. […]

At the October 21st Temple Terrace Redevelopment Agency (TTRA) meeting (the TTRA is composed of the City Council members, Mayor and City Manager) the TTRA decided to drop the contract stipulations they had placed on the purchase of Terrace Plaza. Those stipulations included responsibility for any existing property owner claims, closing costs, and related fees. […]