By Richard Danielson
The Tampa Bay Times
TAMPA — With a low rate of homeownership and a median household income less than half the city’s average, West Tampa could use a boost.
City Council members approved a plan to do just that, creating a new community redevelopment area, or CRA, for 964 acres bordered by the Hillsborough River on the east, Columbus Drive on the north, Armenia Avenue on the west and Kennedy Boulevard on the south.
Meeting as Tampa’s community redevelopment agency, council members unanimously approved the plan after an officer of the West Tampa Chamber of Commerce, property owners and residents supported it.
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