• Landscaping designs for the Greenwood Cemetery Project, to include updating and beautifying the grounds, will be under construction in FY2025/26. Plans include a new cremation tranquility garden and walking path, estate plots, and several new columbarium niches.
  • The Clifford House Museum has been going through several updates, and beautification efforts were completed in FY 2024/25.
  • Construction of Phase Two of the Clifford House Project includes a curving, paved walkway through gardens of native and perennial plants with small identification signs naming each variety of vegetation along the way is complete. The windmill has been repaired.

GOAL #2: To Expand the Local Economy

Strategic Priorities

To Ensure a Competent and Effective Government

To Provide a Safe Community

To Plan for a Secure Future

To Develop and Maintain a Functional Infrastructure

Strategies

1. Evaluate and implement local actions to encourage business expansion and growth, including providing infrastructure.

  • In collaboration with the Economic Development Administration, the City conducted a business incubator feasibility study to assess the entrepreneurial landscape of Lake County. The report provides ten recommendations that are being implemented and monitored.
  • The UCF/Eustis Business Incubator opened in August of 2023 to provide programs and services to startup and scalable businesses. It is housed in the MEGA Workspace building, which offers low-cost office space and business amenities, e.g. conference room availability.
  • Ensure that regulations and processes are business-friendly by analyzing and evaluating the potential impact existing and proposed regulations, requirements, and ordinances will have on new and current businesses.
  • Evaluation and Appraisal Report and recommended updates to the City's Comprehensive Plan completed and adopted in FY 2025/26.
  • Improvements to the business tax receipt process were implemented with the move to GovWell from Edmunds systems.
  • Streamline development review and business-friendly process with the GovWell system by offering online applications, payment, electronic-only reviews, and applicant self-access to review comments as they are rendered.

2. Ensure that Eustis builds a reputation as a business and industry-friendly environment where companies choose to locate.

  • CRA Plan focuses on creating an environment that supports private investment.
  • Manage CRA Developer Agreements:
  • Lake Investment Ventures
  • North Central Place, LLC

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