After years of lax growth controls, Pasco County officials charted a refreshing new course more than two years ago by approving a much-needed rewrite of the comprehensive land use plan, the road map for orderly development. ...more

December 3, 2008

AVON PARK — Verbal barbs were hurled around the chamber during Monday's council meeting after negotiations stalled on plans to rezone a former nursery located near the Avon Park Executive Airport. It culminated into Airport Community Development Agency Advisory Board member Jim Renfro leaving the meeting after he was interrupted by attorney Warwick "Bud" Furr, who represents Roland Dilley. Dilley has been trying unsuccessfully to develop a plot of land that lies inside the airport's runway protection zone. ...more

June 10, 2008

If the Tampa Bay area develops a detailed mass transit plan, the area can benefit from perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money, the head of Denver's transit agency told the city council. ...more

November 16, 2007

Residents in this riverside community got their first glimpse Monday of a plan to redevelop the downtown area into heavily landscaped, pedestrian-friendly promenades with spruced-up businesses and a mix of suburban, rural and commercial development. ...more

November 10, 2007

A Delaware company is seeking permission to operate the county's first all-night borrow pit at an existing excavation site off U.S. 41 and near the Manatee County line. ...more

October 31, 2007