New and renovated businesses in areas designated as downtown and uptown corridors would be adorned with porticos, plaza facades and monument signs under plans the Hillsborough County Commission will be asked to approve in mid-2009. ...more

August 20, 2008

During this economic slowdown, the Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency believes the time is right to prepare for when the economy rebounds. ...more

August 13, 2008

Backers of the Brandon Community Advantage Center have cleared another hurdle in their attempt to get $2.5 million in county cash for construction of the proposed civic and cultural hub. ...more

June 25, 2008

Residential development at Wiregrass Ranch may be in limbo, but that's not stopping the Porter family from pushing forward with a new north-south road across their property linking State Road 56 and State Road 54. ...more

June 18, 2008

County commissioners gave tentative endorsement of giving $2.5 million to the Brandon Community Advantage Center. ...more

June 17, 2008

SEBRING — The purchase of the old Tampa Electric Co. power plant property is apparently off. "At this point," said Assistant City Manager Scott Noethlich, "nothing is happening." The city was interested in buying the Dinner Lake lot where the stream-driven plant sat until TRC America Inc. tore it down. More than a decade ago, said Andy Albritton, a mechanic there, the steam plant supplied power to the city. TRC America, which buys and demolishes power plants to sell the parts, finished removing the Dinner Lake plant in April. "It fits between the solid waste office and the city's fuel depot," Noethlich said. If the city ever wanted to expand either facility, the lot could have been useful. ...more

June 14, 2008

County commissioners are set to decide Tuesday whether to give $2.5 million in park funds to a group of business and civic leaders working to build the Brandon Community Advantage Center. ...more

June 14, 2008

Hillsborough County Parks Board recommends giving $2.5 million to the Brandon Community Advantage Center. ...more

June 9, 2008

Part of a proposed mega-development west of Interstate 75 is being resurrected in pieces. ...more

June 7, 2008

County parks board to decide Thursday whether to budget $2.5 million for the Brandon Community Advantage Center. ...more

June 2, 2008