LAKELAND CRA – DIXIELAND DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE

The City of Lakeland is seeking responses from qualified and experienced firms to provide professional services related to the modification of the Lakeland CRA Dixieland District Redevelopment Plan which includes an in-depth analysis of existing conditions, performance measures, updated goals and objectives, and a 10-year extension of its existing timeframe past 2031. The City of Lakeland’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has the goal of updating the CRA’s redevelopment master plan for the Dixieland district. Dixieland is a 72.61 acre commercial corridor with a collection of vintage retail shops. Featuring a budding restaurant scene and coffeehouses where the creatives go to connect and collaborate, Dixieland is the gateway to Downtown’s Arts & Entertainment Center. The purpose of the Master Plan update centers around providing higher quality of life for the neighborhoods, better connectivity, purposeful development and to stimulate private investment through strategic economic growth.