CRA hires McMillion as CRA Redevelopment Specialist

FORT MYERS, Fla.  — The City of Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency has hired Phenicia McMillion as CRA Redevelopment Specialist.

In her new position she will be responsible for assisting the CRA Director in coordinating projects and programs that implement and account for the formally-adopted CRA redevelopment plan within the designated CRA area. She will be responsible for gathering and disseminating business information, marketing and discussing financial incentives with prospective applicants to promote redevelopment activities as specified in the redevelopment plans.

McMillion graduated from Riverdale High School before going on to receive an associates degree in liberal arts from Edison State College, a bachelor’s degree in criminology from the University of South Florida and a master’s in psychology from Nova Southeastern University. She most recently served as Behavioral/Intervention Specialist, Educator for the Lee County School District.

In 2008, McMillion co-founded the McMillion Foundation for Public Service, an IRS recognized 501c3 nonprofit organization that maintains a climate that attracts and motivates a diverse group of people towards public service.

About the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)

The Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency was created in 1984 by the City of Fort Myers, Florida, under Florida Statute Chapter 163, to formulate a plan and strategy for the revitalization of the downtown River District.

The Fort Myers CRA has continued to grow, and redevelopment areas have been added throughout the city. Today, the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency encourages and oversees redevelopment in five designated areas that contain a total of sixteen distinct geographic sections within the Fort Myers city limits.

The Fort Myers CRA, along with the City’s Community Development Division, prepares plans for the revitalization of each area and coordinates the implementation of the plan’s recommendations. Tax Increment Funds (TIF) generated by each area, combined with other funding sources, are used to upgrade the public infrastructure and to stimulate redevelopment in the same area where it was generated.

The Fort Myers City Council members, sitting as the Community Redevelopment Agency Board of Commissioners, oversee the Agency’s divisions and their operations. The Fort Myers CRA office is located at 1400 Jackson Street in the Downtown River District.