The Clearwater CRA met on March 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM in the Main Library Council Chambers. The meeting covered approval of prior minutes, a business spotlight presentation, and a downtown commercial grant for The District Bistro. The board approved an amended grant amount of $82,659.27, exceeding staff's original recommendation.
This time we'll call the order the March on there. This time we'll call the order the March 2 2026 meeting of the City of Clearwater Community Redevelopment Agency. This time we'll move to item 2.1 agenda. I've heard the minutes of the February 17, 2026 CRA meeting. So moved. Second. All those in favor? Opposed, unanimous. Moved item three on the agenda. Are there any citizens here today who desire to be heard on any items that are uh interest of the CRA that are not on today's agenda? Seeing none moved item 4.1. March Business Spotlight, one stop shop. Good afternoon. Hey, Susanino, CRA executive director for the record. I'm going to introduce Miss Tasha Hadley to come and present uh business spotlight. Good afternoon. My name is Tasha Hatley, CRA specialist, and I'm honored to present One Stop Shop located at 311 Cleveland Street as our March 2026 Business Spotlight winner. They serve downtown Clearwater for more than 35 years. Since this opening in 1989, founders Paris and Linda have built a family-run retail store focused on meeting the everyday needs of their clients and their customers. The store carries a wide range of products from office supplies, coffee, vitamins, the specialty items, all selected based on customer feedback. They have built a loyal following with orders coming from around the world. Beyond retail, the business has supported the community through service and volunteer efforts, including leadership on a downtown development board and participation in local charity initiatives. Shows long-term investment in the district. One stop shop supports the city's CRA goals of strengthening local businesses and reinforcing downtown Clearwater as a vibrant destination. The CRA and public communications have created a video highlighting their story. This video is available on our social media platforms along with a full article available on myClearwater CRA.com. At this time, we invite you to view the video feature. Thank you. I'm Lynn McPhothless. I'm the other owner of the one-stop shop. What makes one-stop shop unique is that we listen to what our customers want, and that's how we decide what we stock and carry in the store. We carry anything from office supplies to snacks to coffee to nutritional supplements. Whatever you want, we've got it. We like to support local artists, and we get asked quite often if we can carry their products because they would like to see if anybody wants them, and then of course we want to give the shock. So we have two racks over there, beautiful, beautiful greeting cards. We support the local community by functioning as a store that provides the products and services that are needed and wanted. Volunteering for the uh city's downtown development board. I served on the board for 14 years, most of that time as its chairman, and uh did what I could to help revitalize the downtown. In addition to that, we also support a variety of charitable functions. We do things like disaster relief when there's hurricanes. We could we're a donations point to collect donations for hurricane relief. Uh Linda also has been a volunteer in the St. Love Drugs program. And I volunteer weekly at the Week Happiness Association of Tampa Bay. We chose to locate our store in downtown Clearwater. We noticed that downtown was a bit of a retail desert. But unless you got in your car and drove to a mall, you couldn't get the things you wanted. We have pretty extensive hours for our customers. We're open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. till 9 30 p.m.