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Causes: Economic Development, Urban & Community Economic Development
Mission: Those purposes of the organization are to lessen the obligations, duties, responsibilities and burdens of the government of the city of tampa within the ybor city area and surrounding areas and to facilitate, advance and affect the improvement, development, redevelopment and revitalization of ybor city and surrounding areas in the city of tampa, florida and to perform any and all lawful activities as are necessary and desirable for the management and operation of the corporation and as are related to or incidental thereto. Without limiting the generally of the purposes of the corporation include: (a) to undertake, directly or indirectly, the development of the ybor city redevelopment area and the surrounding areas within the city of tampa. (b) to undertake any activity contributing to the elimination of slums and blight within the ybor city redevelopment area of the city of tampa.
Programs: Special event co-sponsorship program: provide cra tif funds on behalf of the city of tampa to ybor organizations for new and enhanced special events that will enhance the revitilization of the district.
walk of fame paver program: this is a revenue source for the corporation derived from payment for inscribing sidewalk pavers with historical references, relationships, etc. The corporation pays a contractor to fabricate the inscriptions.