City of Zephyrhills

THE CTIY OF ZEPHYRHILLS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXPECTATIONS YOU WILL FIND THE 2016 TOTAL ANNUAL REPORT INFORMATIVE AND INSPIRING. THE COMPANY HAS BEEN HARD AT THE OFFICE THIS PAST YEAR TO PLACE THE GROUNDWORK FOR TRANSFORMATIVE REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE AREA. ZEPHYRHILLS’ ORIGINS MAY DATE BACK TO THE LATE 1880’S WHEN THE AREA WAS FIRST PURCHASED FROM THE FL RAILWAY AND ROUTING CORPORATION, SURVEYED, PLATTED, AND REFERRED TO AS “ABBOTT” AND “ABBOTT STATION”. THIS NAME CONTINUED TO BE UNTIL 1910 ONCE CAPTAIN HOWARD JEFFRIES OF PENNSYLVANIA BOUGHT LANDS UNDER THE ZEPHYR HILLS COLONY ORGANIZATION to DEVELOP A “COLONY” FOR CIVIL BATTLE VETERANS. SINCE ALL THOSE EARLY DAYS, ZEPHYRHILLS OFFERS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND DEVELOP, ADOPTING ITS RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES AND VARIETY OF BUSINESSES. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, HOMEOWNERS DISCOVERED THE COMMUNITY’S PURE WATER SPRINGS…. THAT STILL STREAM TODAY! THE 2016 MASTERPLAN EXPANDS THE DISTRICT TO INCLUDE THE HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES ALONG WITH HOME SURROUNDING THE THE DOWNTOWN AREA CORE TO ENHANCE THE COMMERCIAL AREAS. THE MASTERPLAN WAS CREATED THROUGH A PROACTIVE GENERAL PUBLIC PROCESS, ON-SITE DISCIPLINE INSPECTION, AND RESEARCH. THE PLAN EMBRACES ZEPHYRHILLS’ RICH HISTORY AND IMPORTANT BRANDING COMPONENTS WITH TOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT. THE OWNERSHIP OF THE MASTERPLAN OFFERS PROVIDED THE PLATFORM AND VISION INTENDED FOR THE CRA AND TODAY THE CRA TABLE, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE HARD AT WORK TO HELP MAKE THE VISION A REALITY. THE PROGRAMS AND TASKS FOR 2016 WILL GIVE YOU THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE WILL DEVELOP EACH YEAR AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO IMPROVE OUR AREA, OUR CITY, THE COMMUNITY AND PASCO COUNTY. AGAIN THE ZEPHYRHILLS CRA EXPECTATIONS YOU FIND THIS STATEMENT INFORMATIVE AND UPLIFTING FOR YOU TO COME AND VISIT AND DISCOVER THE FUTURE WITH US IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA ZEPHYRHILLS, THE CITY OF PURE WATER..

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