MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Town of Eatonville Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is to aggressively pursue redevelopment and revitalization activities within the CRA District, with emphasis on providing more housing market rate and affordable, cultural arts opportunities, improving long-term transportation needs and encouraging retail development to include mixed use projects.
VISION STATEMENT
To create and sustain a viable community where citizens, stakeholders and visitors can live, work and play while enhancing the town’s tax base by eliminating slum and blighted areas, addressing affordable housing and stimulating the economic development activities while being a catalyst for public/private investment.
A Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is a dependent agency established by the City government to reduce slum and blight of a designated area within its city limits. CRAs are governed by State Statutes, Chapter 163, Part III.
In 1969, Florida enacted legislation that enabled local governments to create community redevelopment districts and community redevelopment agencies to work in those districts. Most cities across the state of Florida have established CRA’s; Approximately 140 CRA’s operating in Florida at this time.
In 1997 by adoption of Orange County Ordinance number 97-M-14, the Town of Eatonville created the Community Redevelopment Agency whose charge was to prepare a redevelopment plan, implement planned projects and obtain the necessary funding.
The Town of Eatonville Community Redevelopment Agency is funded through Tax Increment Financing (TIF).
Create a thriving and economically robust commercial corridor with an emphasis on preserving the town’s historic character and charm where residents and visitors can live, work, play, and grow while improving the viability and livability of our neighborhoods.
307 E. Kennedy Boulevard
Eatonville, FL 32751
The Town of Eatonville Community Redevelopment Agency strives to ensure that its services are accessible to people with disabilities. The CRA has invested a significant amount of resources to help ensure that its website is made easier to use and more accessible for people with disabilities, with the strong belief that every person has the right to live with dignity, equality, comfort and independence.
