When developers approached Hillsborough County in 2006 about creating a gated community on a spit of land jutting into the Little Manatee River, environmentalists and community activists responded with e-mail blitzes, T-shirt campaigns and emotional speeches. ...more

January 21, 2009

Developers who want to turn a spit of land on the Little Manatee River into a gated community will test a new Hillsborough Planning Commission policy that some believe will allow more urban sprawl in the rural community. Little Manatee Reserve LLC wants to rezone 46 acres, mostly wetlands, from Agricultural Rural into Planned Development, then add 10 more houses on urban-sized lots to the 22 already approved on an adjacent tract. ...more

January 16, 2009

VOTE WITH YOUR MOUTH So, Election Day is Tuesday. Or it was last month, if you voted already. ...more

October 31, 2008

The Seffner-Mango area is growing, and not just in terms of population. ...more

July 30, 2008

The Seffner-Mango area is growing, and not just in terms of population. At the July 17 Seffner-Mango Community Plan meeting, 20 residents agreed to shift the community's boundaries and claim a chunk of land east to McIntosh Road for the community plan. ...more

July 25, 2008

Hillsborough County planners are fighting two proposed changes to the county's long-range plan that would amend policies for extending water and sewer lines into rural areas. ...more

December 19, 2007

A landowner's wish to carve a chunk of land out of the Keystone-Odessa Community Plan is meeting resistance from county planners. ...more

December 15, 2007

A proposal to increase the development potential of 58 acres on the north and south sides of Van Dyke Road, west of Gunn Highway, is meeting resistance from county planners. ...more

December 15, 2007

Hillsborough County planners are fighting two proposed changes to the county's long-range plan that would amend policies for extending water and sewer lines into rural areas. ...more

December 15, 2007

In a modest country home, tucked down a dirt lane far from the city bustle, Marcella O'Steen harbors a morgue of county documents, zoning maps and speech drafts. ...more

November 17, 2007