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This weekend, Saturday, February 15th 2025 our Hallandale Beach PAL will be hosting
their Annual Comedy Show at the Sport of Kings Ballroom. Gulfstream Park graciously
provides their beautiful venue. The evening includes a buffet dinner with a free drink
ticket, silent auction, and entertainment with top national comedians. Tickets are only
$50 Per Person. Sport of Kings is located at 901 Federal Highway in Gulfstream Park
on the second floor, doors open at 6:00 p.m. The show features MC Richie Minervini,
Jeff Norris, and John Joseph with Special Guest Mr. Bruce Smirnoff. For more
information, visit: Facebook - PAL of Hallandale Beach.
Our PAL under Jonathan Carrillo’s leadership and his Board of Directors are always
busy. In addition to running 5 sports at this time of year that include: Flag Football,
Cheerleading, Soccer, Track and Field and Volleyball, they also have ongoing activities.
These sporting events and activities would not be possible if they were not for their
fundraising. While the City helps to support PAL with a small budget stipend they
depend on contributions and fundraisers.
Our Hallandale Beach Community Redevelopment Agency has kicked off the year with
the quarterly Hallandale Beach Townhall Meetings in the NW quadrant on January 29th .
City staff shared public safety initiatives, CRA updates, City updates, beautification
program, current projects and more. Residents were able to ask questions and share
concerns. The next Townhall is scheduled for the SW quadrant, Wednesday, April 30th at
Ingalls Park, 735 SW 1st Street at 6pm. The NE/SE quadrants are combined on
Wednesday, August 27th Cultural Community Center, 410 SE 3rd Street at 6pm.
The mission of the Hallandale Beach CRA is to promote economic development and
enhance the quality of life by eliminating and preventing blighted conditions through the
facilitation of community partnerships, business growth, job creation, and neighborhood
revitalization. From applying for funding to training and business planning for the future,
our teams are working to ensure the success of our businesses located in our CRA
zone.
There are so many opportunities and benefits of our CRA starting with Economic
Development. Development opportunities include Class A Office, Retail, Residential
Development and Development of the Fashion, Art and Design District now known as
District 8.
District 8 is the cultural heart of Hallandale, the program Dine On Us, allows you to
explore the flavors of District 8 with an exclusive BOGO (buy one get one) When you
buy from a select menu at participating restaurants, get the second one for free,
happening now until February 28th 2025. Participating restaurants include Kao Bar &
Grill, Los Verdes, Moises Bakery, Ceviche Avenue, Boost E & V Juice Bar and Touch of
Cuba.
To enjoy District 8 and the rest of our CRA zone take advantage of the Be Local
Rideshare voucher program. Travel anywhere within the CRA and receive a $10 credit
to use on your Uber or Lyft ride. Subject to availability UBER CODE:rXnAiCXuIM0 LYFT
CODE: HBELOCAL
The Hallandale Beach CRA is committed to helping businesses succeed and grow. Our
team works to create a vibrant, innovative, competitive local economy in the HBCRA
Area by creating an environment that promotes the retention, expansion, and attraction
of businesses and by incentivizing new commercial and mixed-used developments in
the area. The City of Hallandale Beach has been ranked as Platinum City by the
Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, in which we have adopted a streamlined permitting
ordinance.
There are business programs and incentives to attract and expand our current
businesses who serve as the lifeblood of our nation’s economy. The HBCRA is now
accepting new applications for fiscal year 2024-2025, the deadline to apply is June 26th.
Programs and grants can be found on the HB CRA website and include commercial
business grant program, economic development incentives program, commercial
kitchen grant program, tenant lease surety/tenant rent subsidy, and restaurant rent
emergency stability grant to name a few.
HBCRA programs foster community involvement and address quality-of-life issues,
eliminating and preventing blighted conditions and revitalizing the economic integrity of
the community. The HBCRA offers five residential programs that assist in the
redevelopment of the community redevelopment area in order to eliminate the slum and
blighted conditions, thus improving the attractiveness and quality of life for our existing
and future residents of the City of Hallandale Beach. All HBCRA programs are on a first
come, first ready basis, subject to the availability of funds. If you are a homeowner or
future homeowner, please take advantage of these opportunities.
Programs include first time homebuyer program, paint program, rent stabilization
program, storm shutter/impact window program, replacement home program (rhp),
senior nip mini grant program, and senior rental-utility assistance program. Discover
other resources on the HBCRA website.
As always, I am available anytime for your questions, concerns, and ideas to make our
city a better place at phone/text 954-632-5700 or you can email me at
jcooper@cohb.org. Please visit me on my Facebook page at Mayor Joy Cooper. Like,
follow, and share.
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