Encore, the planned Central Park Village redevelopment, would boost Tampa's economy by creating thousands of jobs - both short-term construction jobs and hundreds of permanent positions. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA -- Encore, the planned Central Park Village redevelopment, would boost Tampa's economy by creating thousands of jobs –- both short-term construction jobs and hundreds of permanent positions. The Tampa Housing Authority is pushing those jobs as a means to spur interest in breaking ground on the mixed-use, mixed-income community it is developing with Bank of America on Nebraska Avenue. ...more

December 9, 2008

The city council has OK'd a rezoning allowing for a three-story, Mediterranean-style law office in the neighborhood's historic district. ...more

August 27, 2008

Mayor Tom Katsanis got a luke-warm response from town council when he pitched plans to construct a new municipal building. ...more

August 17, 2008

Just as city officials began focusing on breaking ground for the downtown redevelopment project, they have been blindsided by an obstacle that could bring the venture to a standstill. ...more

August 13, 2008

Just as city officials began focusing on breaking ground for the downtown redevelopment project, they have been blindsided by an obstacle that could bring the venture to a standstill. ...more

August 7, 2008

TAMPA The long-awaited opening of the IKEA store moved forward today with a groundbreaking in which city officials and IKEA executives glad-handed and back-slapped one another, all the while marveling at what a wonderful fit Tampa is for the Swedish furniture store. ...more

June 4, 2008

Good things are often worth waiting for and the future owners of Habitat for Humanity homes nearing completion on East Drane Street are living that old adage. ...more

October 10, 2007