A funky new FAT Village? From neighborhood of old chop shops, Thrive Art District rises in Fort Lauderdale

Is Thrive Art District, which bills itself as a successor to the FAT Village Arts District, a thriving artist enclave or just streaks of white paint on low-slung warehouses? Some FAT Village artists have migrated to Thrive. Even developer Doug McCraw, who founded FAT Village and is steering its facelift, admits its creative movers and shakers have decamped across the tracks to Progresso.

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