It was an offer the Tarpon Springs City Commission could refuse. City commissioners were less than eager during their meeting Tuesday night to pay $5 million for an 8-acre parcel of land on the south bank of the Anclote River. ...more

November 21, 2008

Here on the Hillsborough River, the tannin-stained water flows languidly past a mishmash of houses, apartment buildings and the occasional restaurant or marina. ...more

September 25, 2008

Tim Lopez, commodore of the Tampa Cruis-A-Cade Club, enjoys spending time around the club's riverfront property. ...more

July 2, 2008

After months of meetings, offers and counteroffers, city officials have failed to reach a deal to buy a mobile home park in the crime-ridden east end. ...more

January 15, 2008

It's not easy for a city government to negotiate a real estate purchase. ...more

December 13, 2007

The city's Community Redevelopment Agency is set to vote tonight on the proposed purchase of a dilapidated, crime-ridden mobile home park. ...more

November 27, 2007

Content with the site plan they approved this year, most city council members had their sights set on sealing the deal soon on a redevelopment project that has been in the works for almost a decade. ...more

November 26, 2007

To folks around here, it's known as the Spider's Web. The Port Richey Mobile Home Park, which straddles the corner of Grand Boulevard and River Gulf Drive, has over the years earned a dubious reputation as the epicenter of drug-dealing and prostitution in the city's crime-ridden east end neighborhood. ...more

November 20, 2007