here - Satellite Beach

Internet – Newspaper Archives Searches
Barker (Harris), Courtney
(Articles are in reverse chronological order)
TAB 4
Hometown News (Fort Pierce, FL)
March 7, 2008
New building will extend downtown ambiance
By Darrell Johnson
TITUSVILLE - Plans for an office building were finally approved Feb. 12.
The 6,000-square-foot structure will be built on half-acre at 603 S. Washington Ave., across
Palmetto Street from City Hall.
When the previous plans were first introduced to the Titusville Community Redevelopment
Agency in September, the applicant, David Boland of Titusville, was asked to redesign the
faēade so it fit criteria for the historic downtown area, said city manager Mark Ryan.
"(Mr. Boland) came in last time with a more suburban-style structure, and we asked him to
redesign it to fit with the downtown master plan," said city planner Courtney Harris. "We're
very excited about the design. It fits in very well with what the master plan envisioned."
The CRA was created to regulate downtown building projects.
In order to bring the plan into compliance, Mr. Boland added awnings and smoothed the roofline,
Mr. Ryan said.
The black, dark brown and tan stucco exterior will fit nicely with the existing downtown
architecture, Ms. Harris said.
Mayor Ron Swank, acting as the CRA chairman, described the design as "Florida crackerish."
"That's a stretch," retorted CRA member Jim Ball.
The building will be the new site of David Boland Inc., a general contracting firm.
It has been anticipated as a welcome addition to the downtown area, which now ends abruptly
two blocks north of the site, said Ms. Harris.
Page 33 of 49