FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Karen Cherry and her husband, Chad, would have never guessed a former housing project is where their family could settle. "My husband and I were driving down Sistrunk (Boulevard), and we saw this community and my husband and I felt it was somewhere where we could be stable and raising our kids," said Karen Cherry who works as...
Fort Lauderdale’s New River Inn has worn many hats since it was built in 1905. It started as a railroad hotel in 1905, then it became city offices. In 1977 it became the original site of the Museum of Discovery and Science before it became what it is today, a museum for the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society. The New River Inn,...
Fort Lauderdale, FL (April 30, 2018) – The Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale (HACFL) and the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society (FLHS) have partnered with Refresh Live’s Chef Chad Cherry to launch the inaugural Fort Lauderdale Culinary Experience at New River Inn (located at 231 SW 2nd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale) on Tuesday, May 1st from 4 p.m. to...
Fort Lauderdale, FL – Fort Lauderdale Housing Authority (HACFL) and the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society (FLHS) have partnered with Refresh Live’s Chef Chad Cherry to launch the inaugural Fort Lauderdale Culinary Experience at New River Inn (located at 231 SW 2nd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale) on Tuesday, May 1st from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Fort Lauderdale Culinary Experience is...
Where it used to be quiet for the past 15 years or so along Fort Lauderdale’s Sistrunk Boulevard - there’s now a surge of building projects. Hear from Sistrunk residents and Fort Lauderdale's Housing Authority. Sistrunk Boulevard runs east and west, right through a historically black neighborhood. Millions of dollars worth of development projects have been approved to pop up in the...