5/18/2015 Progress Through Partnerships Drs. Bruce & Lee - PDF document

5/18/2015 Progress Through Partnerships Drs. Bruce & Lee Foundation The Private Sector Tools We Use To Accomplish Downtown Redevelopment • Maintenance & Appearance Codes • Façade Grants • Design Grants • Sign Grants • Utility Grants • Low Interest Loan Pool • Federal & State Tax Credits Historic Preservation Abandoned Building New Market • Redevelopment Grants Tenant Up-fit Historic Preservation Rent Subsidy • Other Incentives – Projects over $500,000 1

5/18/2015 Over 50 Events A Year! • Oktob oberfest • Chil ili, i, Brew & BBQ • First Friday • Third Thursday • Cinco De Mayo • Bourbon on, Bacon on & Brew • Lucky Shamroc ock • FMU Internatio ional Festival • SC Pecan Festival • Florence After Five • Downtown Farmers Market Public Places Create te A Sense of Place In a digital age, physical public space still matters. William H. Johnson Renaissance Dining Courtyard 2

5/18/2015 James Allen Plaza Downtown Dining Major Projects 3

5/18/2015 Now Open The New Florence Museum Recentl tlyCompleted ted Waters Building Performing Arts Center 4

5/18/2015 Hotel Florence & Victors Restaurant Kress Project Scheduled completion - March 2016 5

5/18/2015 Scheduled completion - 4 th Quarter 2015 100 W. Evans Scheduled completion - 4 th Quarter 2015 Partnerships… Revitalizing Our Historic District & Creating Jobs 6

5/18/2015 FMU Health Science Facility Scheduled completion - August 2016 Partnerships… Parking Garage & Apartment Complex Partnerships… Project Morgan 7

5/18/2015 Partnerships… Stokes Regional Eye Center Barnes Street Gymnasium Streetscape Projects 8

5/18/2015 Public Art Project Ray Reich – Do City of Floren 9