This is a re-post (and the one below) from about the middle of last year, soon after I was appointed to the CRA Board. Given the discussion we had last night in our joint City Commission/CRA meeting, I thought that it merited another look. The concept here is that while - currently - residential properties produce the bulk of the CRA revenue, it is more a reflection of the sorry state of commercial properties within the CRA district. Once redeveloped, they have the potential to produce more property tax revenue on a per square foot basis than residential properties. Blighted residential areas within the CRA will then benefit from additional resources created by the reinvestment and redevelopment activity.