City officials plan to ease flooding in the Channel District with an $8.7 million stormwater project that will build an underground vault for water storage beneath York Street. Pipes also will be installed under Washington Street, near a planned small park. ...more

December 23, 2009

City council members recently approved a fee reimbursement program to bolster commercial development here. ...more

December 23, 2009

A long-range strategy for commercial development of the former Gene's Bar on 22nd Street and a former honky tonk bar on 34th Street has received the go-ahead from the East Tampa Community Revitalization Partnership. ...more

December 16, 2009

East Tampa residents ponder what to do with two properties - former bars that were frequent trouble spots for police - acquired in recent years by the city. ...more

December 14, 2009

The project is code named "09-066." Tampa officials are negotiating with a commercial real estate company over Project 09-066 and how it could bring jobs and development to the area. ...more

October 22, 2009

The Florida Aquarium and Tampa are closing in on a previously stalled agreement on a new lease for the city-owned attraction, city and aquarium officials said Thursday. ...more

August 28, 2009

The forum "Harness Your Nighttime Economy" is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 30 at the Don Vicente de Ybor Historic Inn in Ybor City. ...more

April 14, 2009

City leaders are trying to revive plans to make Zack Street two-way and turn it into an avenue of the arts for downtown. ...more

January 10, 2009

Tampa leaders are trying to revive plans to make Zack Street two-way and turn it into an avenue of the arts for downtown. ...more

January 7, 2009

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Four tropical storms have wiped out most of Haiti's food crops and damaged irrigation systems and pumping stations, raising the specter of acute hunger for millions in the impoverished country. ...more

September 20, 2008