A group of planners and architects called the Urban Charrette is proposing a small fleet of water taxis similar to water-borne services in Fort Lauderdale, New York City, Boston, San Diego and other cities. ...more

February 17, 2009

The water management district will let utilities tap additional sources of water as a stubborn lack of rain continues to strain supplies. The Southwest Florida Water Management District has issued two emergency orders granting Tampa to take water from Sulphur Springs to augment its reservoir on the Hillsborough River and for Tampa Bay Water to expand its withdrawals from the Tampa Bypass Canal. ...more

February 16, 2009

Blame it on the strawberries. The recent cold snap that had Plant City farmers pumping groundwater to spray on their berries has caused a rash of sinkholes: on Whitelaw Road, Moore Lake Road, Gallagher Road, Sydney Road, Lone Oak Road and Drawdy Road. ...more

February 16, 2009

The water management district will hold a public meeting about a proposal to use a sinkhole as a source for the region's drinking water. ...more

February 10, 2009

The water management district has set a public meeting about a proposal to use a sinkhole as a source for the region's drinking water. The district wants to take water from Morris Bridge Road sinkhole near the Hillsborough River, first as a test, then to add to the region's drinking water supply. ...more

February 9, 2009

Fallen leaves crunched beneath shoes of the 48 students as they kept their eyes peeled, looking for wildlife. ...more

February 8, 2009

It could be the ugliest spot on the Carrollwood Day School campus, but students in the school's new environmental club plan to make over a mucky, trash-clogged retention pond. ...more

February 4, 2009

Jasmine St. Clair never imagined the impact her absentee father would have on her 18th birthday. ...more

February 4, 2009

By now you might be getting the idea that Tampa is as much a state of mind as a place. ...more

January 28, 2009

Jasmine St. Clair never imagined the impact her absentee father would have on her 18th birthday. ...more

January 28, 2009