Clearwater Project Wins Redevelopment Award

WilsonMiller's efforts on a street façade improvement project in Clearwater, Fla., were recognized recently with an award from the Florida Redevelopment Association. WilsonMiller worked with two other firms on the project, which earned the Clearwater Community Redevelopment Agency the Best "Out of the Box" Award, presented during the FRA's recent 2006 conference.

Developed by WilsonMiller in partnership with Swan Development Advisors and Wallace Murphey and Boyington Architects, the City of Clearwater's Cleveland Street Façade Design Analysis project will create a new identity for Cleveland Street. Cleveland Street eventually will be transformed into a pedestrian-friendly area, with landscaped sidewalks and medians with areas available for public art. The nearly $9 million streetscape project is part of the city's overall plan for downtown redevelopment.

The award was one of 10 Roy F. Kenzie Awards presented by the FRA for the best projects and programs in Florida redevelopment. Others included:

• Planning Studies: Pinellas by Design
• Marketing: Downtown Hollywood CRA Vintage South Florida Campaign
• Capital Project Beautification: City of Boynton Beach Promenade
• Management Program: Martin County-Downtown Parking in FEC R-O-W
• Creative Organizational Development, Funding: City of Gainesville CRA- Transformational Incentive Program
• Outstanding New Building Project: City of St. Petersburg Tangerine Plaza Sweetbay Supermarket
• Transportation-Transit: City of Tampa Marion Transit Center, Reynolds Smith & Hills
• Outstanding Rehab Renovation Reuse: City of Gainesville CRA-Model Block Project
• Cultural Enhancements: City of Brooksville-Bandshell Bash
• President's Award: City of Lauderdale Lakes-Bella Vista Project

Contractors Team Up for Heart of Florida United Way

The Orlando-area offices of Skanska USA Building, Hardin Construction Co. and Brasfield & Gorrie teamed up in a recent golf tournament that helped raise $70,000 for the Heart of Florida United Way.

Eagle Roofing Products Soon to Complete New Plant

Eagle Roofing Products Florida LLC, a subsidiary of Burlingame Industries, is completing construction of its new concrete roof tile manufacturing facility in Sumterville, Fla.

Initially, the facility will have four production lines capable of producing 1.7 million squares of concrete tile a year. When it achieves peak utilization, it will be the largest tile manufacturing plant in the world, eclipsing Eagle's own Rialto, Calif., facility. The new plant measures 228,000 sq ft and will employ at least 200 people at full capacity.