Area Plan

The Fifth Avenue/Pleasant Street (FAPS) Redevelopment Area has been an area of focus for the City of Gainesville since 1979 when a slum and blight finding was made. The Redevelopment Plan for the Area was subsequently adopted and has been amended over the years, most recently by Resolution 970179 on July 28, 1997. This Plan update builds on previous planning efforts by adding specific strategies and redevelopment programs for the Gainesville CRA to help bring about the desired changes in the Area. The FAPS Redevelopment Plan is intended as a guide to the physical and economic revitalization and enhancement of the neighborhood. To that end, a mission statement for the redevelopment of the Area has been developed and reads as follows:

"To improve the quality of life for all residents; to allow for a dynamic, vital, inclusive neighborhood with a healthy mix of cultures, ethnicities, ages and economic incomes; to make available good quality housing in a variety of housing types; where people own their own homes, have places to work, play, and shop in a safe atmosphere that features clean, friendly streets, a respect for history, and a dynamic mix of cultures, backgrounds, and income levels, and to improve the physical environment and public infrastructure throughout the neighborhood."

In order for the revitalization and redevelopment efforts of the FAPS neighborhood to succeed, partnerships must be formed by the community, various neighborhood organizations, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), the City of Gainesville, Alachua County, neighborhood churches, institutions, private property owners and other interested parties. The vision and redevelopment strategies can help guide future redevelopment efforts to establish a flourishing, integrated, diversified community, reflecting its cultural heritage and thereby improving the "quality of life" of its residents and property owners. To that effect, there are several broad principles which are recommended and can aid as a guide upon which the FAPS neighborhood may be redeveloped and preserved.

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FY2009 Area Budget (10/1/08 - 9/30/09)

Approved by the CRA 3/16/09
Revenues			$549,768
Minus: Payroll & Operating Expenses			$103,112
Minus: Total Debt Service & Development Agreements			$79,012
Project Funding
	CRA Maintenance		-
		Landscape/Maintenance	$11,817
	CRA Office Building		$46,000
	NW 5th Avenue Streetscape		$161,066
	Model Block Program		$64,400
	Fifth Avenue Arts Festival		$2,000
	A. Quinn Jones project		$25,000
	Acquisitions & Options		$39,361
	Facade/Paint Program		$15,000
	Historic Heritage Trail		$5,000
Total, Projects			$367,644