The idea floated around for a couple of years, in moments of, "Well, what if we did this?" or "Do we go ahead with this?" ...more

March 25, 2009

Details remain to be worked out, but the Tampa Sports Authority last week moved closer to resolving a neighborhood group's concerns about a proposed youth golf program at Rogers Park Golf Course. ...more

February 4, 2009

Details remain to be worked out, but the Tampa Sports Authority moved closer today to resolving concerns a neighborhood group has with a proposed youth golf program at Rogers Park Golf Course. ...more

January 26, 2009

Last-minute negotiations between representatives of a neighborhood group and two advertising companies forced the city council on Thursday to postpone a vote on a settlement aimed at reducing the number of billboards that can be put up across the city. ...more

December 19, 2008

Trendy restaurants, boutiques and coffee shops often are at the top of residents' lists when talking about the neighborhood's development. ...more

July 30, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County commissioners will consider seeking grant money to continue the neighborhood revitalization of the Washington Heights neighborhood from the city of Sebring into the abutting Lincoln Heights area, which lies in the unincorporated area. Commissioner Barbara Stewart raised that idea last week after the five commissioners voted unanimously to donate $1,000 for equipment rentals for the June 21 Juneteenth community festival in Washington Heights. Both Stewart and Edgar Stokes, chairman of the county commissioners, said they were impressed by the streetscape project, which is improving the appearance of Lemon Street at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the center of the Washington Heights neighborhood. Further improvements to the neighborhood will be discussed by neighborhood residents and city leaders at two "visioning" sessions, scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 18 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 19. ...more

May 25, 2008

The suicide bomber walked straight to the Sunni Arab leader of a group battling al-Qaida in Iraq, shook his target's hand and detonated the explosives wrapped around his body. ...more

January 8, 2008