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230 231 square feet of industrial/office space.“They’ve devel- oped the first two buildings,”says Holste.“They’re con- structing a third flexiblewarehouse space over there of 150,000 square feet and they’ve broken ground on that.The largest tenant that recentlycame inwas Car- nival Cruise Lines.They’re utilizing the space for their entertainment programming.” Holste also reports that work is proceeding on sever- al of the town’s roadwayprojects and other infrastruc- ture needs.“The Davie roadwayenhancement project leading into our downtown–that project is underway and under construction,”he says.“The third phase of that roadwayproject,that’s still in design.In terms of other roadwayprojects–Nova Drive is a project that will be breaking ground in the fourth quarter of 2017. We have our sixth fire station under construction and that will be opening inmid-2018.In terms of drainage, we have a stormwater master plan that wewill be taking to the town council for consideration in the next month to identifyour future stormwater needs.” Last year,Moss explained that Davie has longwant- ed to create awestern-themed downtown in homage to its“cowboy”past,as well as its equestrian present. “It was a keycomponent of the actual RFPthat we put out,”he says.“It specified that we requested a western-themed downtown.The proposal that came in proposed awestern village that would have shops and entertainment and a boutique hotel,all geared to feeding into our rodeo and thewestern theme,in addition to constructing some type of tourist attrac- tionwhichwould include cabaret shows or possiblya museum.But again,these are all things that need to be discussed and fleshed out beforewe proceed.But the vision still remains and the proposal that came back responded to that vision.Wewant tomake sure that,in the next sixmonths,we can proceedwith this current developer and from that point on,fast-track it. You’re looking at two or three years before you can see DAVIE, FLORIDA PREFERRED VENDOR n Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. www.cgasolutions.com Calvin,Giordano&Associates is amultidisciplinaryconsulting company that provides engineering,land planning,government reg- ulatorycompliance,public sector contract services,data technologies, and services for emergencymanagement and development issues.It offers governmental services,construction engineering and inspection, municipal engineering,transportation planning and traffic engineering, surveying andmapping,planning,landscape architecture and envi- ronmental planning,redevelopment and urban design,construction services,indoor air quality,website development and computer graph- ics,and geographic information systemservices.The companyalso pro- vides INKforce software that provides code enforcement,building per- mitting,planning andzoning,and fire inspection tracking services for government agencies.In addition,Calvin,Giordano&Associates offers engineering design services,such as planning,platting,surveying,site plans,drainage designs,sewer systems,water management systems, paving,grading,roadwaydesign,traffic engineering,and landscape architecture for various residential and commercial developments in Florida; and professional services that include facilitiesmanagement services,and parkand athleticfieldsmanagement services for public and private sectors.Calvin,Giordano&Associates,Inc.was formerly known as Berry&Calvin Inc.and changed its name to Calvin,Giordano &Associates,Inc.in June 1997.The companywas founded in 1937and is based in Fort Lauderdale,Florida. development,which is still prettyquick in‘government time.’” As for the lookof downtownDavie,Moss says there hasn’t beenmuch visible change,but that within a year or so,the land- scape should lookverydifferent with buildings going vertical. “We have a significant amount of projects approved and ready for construction,going through the final process; all mixed-use –retail and commercial on the bottomfloor and residential above that.Outside of the CRA,we’ve seen a significant amount of residential development coming up into the downtown area. The next spillover effect will be trying tomake sure that we create an environment that’s conducive for Millennials and fam- ilies.I thinkwe have the support from the communityand also fromour elected bodyand staff tomake that happen.”