In the classic Bill Murray military comedy "Stripes," Murray's character, John Winger, gets dumped by his girlfriend, who said she needs someone who will grow with her. "Talk about massive potential for growth!!" Winger, a committed and newly jobless slacker, shouts as the girlfriend walks out of his life for good. We flashed back to that scene when we read the comments John Hagen offered after being named the president of the Pasco Economic Development Council. ...more

November 25, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco Economic Development Council has chosen John Hagen, a development director for a community near Phoenix, as its president and chief executive. ...more

November 21, 2009

Highlands County will need to add 11,000 jobs by 2015 when the population will be nearing 110,000 people, according to its economic development director. ...more

March 29, 2009

Now it's the other committee's turn. The county's new business and economic development committee will make its debut Tuesday, with plenty of front-burner issues on the agenda. ...more

March 15, 2009

A Tampa mattress manufacturing company said today it plans to open a plant that officials said eventually will create 300 jobs in Oklahoma. ...more

February 13, 2009

Here is a look at how Main Street programs such as Clearwater's have fared in neighboring Pinellas County communities: ...more

November 17, 2008

Here is a look at how Main Street programs like Clearwater's have fared in neighboring Pinellas County communities. ...more

November 13, 2008

This city still can call itself home to one of the world's largest electronics makers. ...more

September 13, 2008

As Jabil Circuit Inc. negotiates with local governments for incentives to keep its headquarters in St. Petersburg, the company announced 120 local job cuts Thursday. That's about 6.5 percent of the local work force. ...more

September 12, 2008

DUNEDIN – Dunedin economic development staff can breathe a sigh of relief now that Gov. Charlie Crist has signed the state budget for fiscal 2009 with a $1.3 million appropriation for the city's planned Gateway redevelopment project intact. ...more

June 12, 2008