Self-serve beer and new options for pizza and frozen drinks would become available to Downtown visitors and commuters under proposals that will be considered by a Downtown Investment Authority committee April 11.
The Retail Enhancement and Property Disposition Committee’s agenda includes incentives for three drinking and dining establishments in the heart of Downtown.
They are Pizza Dynamo and a connected Pour Taproom on the ground floor of the VyStar parking garage at Forsyth and Laura streets, and the Co-op Frose & Eatery in the newly renovated Florida Baptist Convention Building.
The proposed incentives are:
• $207,350 for Pizza Dynamo, comprising a $192,350 grant through the DIA’s Food & Beverage Retail Enhancement Program and a $15,000 grant to help create a sidewalk dining area.
• $215,000 for Pour Taproom, comprising a $200,000 in FAB-REP grant and a $15,000 sidewalk improvement grant.
• $156,240 in FAB-REP grant funding for Co-op Frose & Eatery.
The DIA’s targeted FAB-REP grants aim to spur development of food and beverage establishments in two targeted areas – The Elbow district near Ocean and Bay streets and the Hogan/Laura streets district. Development in those areas is part of the DIA’s goals to attract new businesses, residents and visitors to Downtown.
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