BUT COUNTY WANTS MORE DETAILS ...more

June 11, 2008

AVON PARK — Verbal barbs were hurled around the chamber during Monday's council meeting after negotiations stalled on plans to rezone a former nursery located near the Avon Park Executive Airport. It culminated into Airport Community Development Agency Advisory Board member Jim Renfro leaving the meeting after he was interrupted by attorney Warwick "Bud" Furr, who represents Roland Dilley. Dilley has been trying unsuccessfully to develop a plot of land that lies inside the airport's runway protection zone. ...more

June 10, 2008

SEBRING — When Ave Maria opened last year in Collier County, two large landowners in Highlands County started working on a plan to conserve their land so they could organize the same kind of city, minus the controversies that surround that development. But after a series of fits and starts, the Rural Land Stewardship Area Program appears dead in Highlands County. First, Lykes Bros. dropped out of the program. Now, Atlanticblue has put in a more traditional rezoning request. Susie Bishop, an Atlanticblue spokeswoman, said Atlanticblue got tired of waiting for the state to review the program rules, and was discouraged by what she described as a new leadership in Tallahassee that stripped the program of incentives. ...more

June 8, 2008

Brooksville Wesleyan Church is seeking permission to build a new place of worship along State Road 50. ...more

June 7, 2008

BROOKSVILLE WESLEYAN ON P&Z AGENDA ...more

June 6, 2008

Items of interest from the May 27 Plant City Commission meeting include: ...more

June 4, 2008

Items of interest from the May 12 city commission meeting included: •A cooperative interested in developing a regional reclaimed water distribution line to eastern Hillsborough County and beyond is testing the waters in Plant City. ...more

May 21, 2008

A&E Interlocking Pavers Inc. of Hernando County will have to wait a month to find out if it can store its paving equipment in Brooksville. ...more

February 17, 2008

Despite a statewide slump in the housing market, developers Gary Walden and Isaac W. McKinney III want to bring new rooftops to the city's downtown district. ...more

February 13, 2008

They were able to convince Hillsborough County planning commissioners. Now Lithia residents have to do the same with county commissioners if they want to stave off suburbia. ...more

February 6, 2008