The zoning at Hutto's Corner has been changed and the landowner soon plans to begin building a shopping center. ...more

June 17, 2009

The zoning at Hutto's Corner has been changed and the landowner soon plans to begin building a shopping center. ...more

June 17, 2009

Moving the sheriff's office to the Restoration Church, or any other location outside the city, is a big mistake. To move the department it will continually add more expenditure of time and money to travel to the courthouse as well as create a security risk in moving prisoners. Instead, convert the Sebring Middle School into a sheriff's office where ample parking is already available. Classrooms would provide space for personnel departments while the principal's office could be used for Sheriff Benton and additional jail space could be added to the gym. ...more

May 2, 2009

Before he resigned as director of the Tampa Sports Authority this month, Henry Saavedra was pulling down a salary of more than $209,000 a year including benefits, a car allowance and other perks. ...more

March 31, 2009

Is Tampa doing enough to conserve energy and reduce its carbon footprint? Determining that will be one of many tasks awaiting a new citizens task force created by Mayor Pam Iorio that over the next several months will work on implementing a new citywide energy conservation initiative with Tampa Electric Co., the city's main utility. The task force will come up with recommendations for energy conservation, renewable energy and climate-change initiatives for implementation by city officials and TECO. ...more

March 18, 2009

Don McRae, one of the most formidable black leaders in St. Petersburg history – and sometimes one of its most controversial – died Sunday after a long illness. He was 78. ...more

March 16, 2009

The city council is thinking green - as in green-collar jobs from a solar manufacturing plant in East Tampa's community redevelopment area. ...more

March 13, 2009

The city council is thinking green – as in green-collar jobs from a solar manufacturing plant in East Tampa's community redevelopment area. ...more

March 12, 2009

A five-story boutique hotel project in Ybor City has received initial approval from the Tampa City Council and soon will go before the Barrio Latino Commission for consideration of the building's design. ...more

March 11, 2009

An upscale dance club might be the next use for an 1895 building - one of the oldest in downtown Tampa - that originally housed the Tampa Harness & Wagon Co. ...more

March 5, 2009