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South Florida Corridor Art Infusion Grant Project - Building Facade & Mural Program LAKELAND, FL (January 29, 2021) | The Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is launching a new program for façade improvement and it comes with an art component to help bring color and life to one of the City’s main corridors.  The Art Infusion Grant Program will launch February 15 th and it was developed for the purpose of refreshing building facades and encouraging artistic expression through murals. Commercial properties along the South Florida Avenue corridor in Dixieland and Downtown from Geor...

Part of the Royal Mint site was excavated between 1986 and 1988, uncovering three mass burial trenches with 762 bodies. Cllr Golds added: “Only part of the site has been excavated and I am therefore asking Historic England undertakes a full and proper survey of the site to ensure the former Abbey foundations are protected for future generations. “Furthermore I hope that an investigation is undertaken to see if the proposed developments impede on the unexcavated burial sites. “If so, steps should be taken to remove remains with care and dignity.” Cllr Golds added: “Only part of the s...

Vanderburgh Co. invests $577K for broadband expansion By Makayla Neukam | December 15, 2020 at 4:24 PM CST - Updated December 15 at 4:24 PM EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The Vanderburgh County Commissioners awarded a Rural Broadband Request for Proposal (RFP) to Watch Communications. The main focus for this wireless solution is northern Vanderburgh County. According to the proposal, most residents in Priority Area A, who choose to engage with Watch, should be served with internet speeds up to 100 megabits per second, download speed and ten megabits per second upload speed. “Beyond highway,...

Chinese Embassy plans at risk over Black Death bodies Beijing bought the former Royal Mint site for £250m in 2018 Plans to build China’s largest European embassy in east London could be scuppered after local leaders raised concerns that the foundations would disrupt the bodies of thousands of bubonic plague victims. Councillors in Tower Hamlets have flagged complaints to Historic England, warning that the building will disturb “a site of major historical importance”. China bought the former Royal Mint site for £250m in 2018, and began consultation with residents la...

China embassy plans in Tower Hamlets lead to fears for plague victims buried beneath old Royal Mint Rachael Burford Fears that China’s plans to build its largest European embassy in east London could unearth the bodies of thousands of bubonic plague victims have been raised with Historic England.   Beijing bought the former Royal Mint site for £250 million in 2018 and started consulting with residents last month.   It wants to create a “welcoming public face for China”, with office space and staff accommodation, having outgrown its current embassy in Marylebone. The R...