Mired in the aftermath of the housing meltdown, Pasco County commissioners are scouting a new path away from a dependence on sprawling residential growth for revenue toward a more balanced economy. ...more

October 23, 2009

The developers bought the sprawling property and forced hundreds of longtime residents to move out, with plans to build an exclusive waterfront housing complex. ...more

March 3, 2009

The developers bought the sprawling property and forced hundreds of long-time residents to move out, with plans to build an exclusive waterfront housing complex. ...more

February 27, 2009

You may not know it to look at them, but urban planners are human and have dreams. One dream many share is that Americans will give up their love affair with suburban sprawl and will rediscover denser, more environmentally friendly, less auto-dependent ways of living. ...more

February 21, 2009

So the GOP has found its issue for the 2008 election. For the next three months the party plans to keep chanting: "Drill here! Drill now! Drill here! Drill now! Four legs good, two legs bad!" OK, I added that last part. ...more

August 13, 2008

The Democratic candidates for state House of Representatives District 59 have been down this election road before. ...more

August 2, 2008

Big lawns aren't the scene in the urban core where most homes are built near the sidewalk, leaving just enough room on the front yard for hedges, plants and flowers. ...more

July 23, 2008

If you've worked downtown for long, it's likely you remember a time when popping out for lunch meant devouring a club sandwich at the deli across the street or, for a change of pace, trying the club sandwich at the one around the corner. ...more

July 17, 2008

In the city's urban core, which includes downtown and the Channel District, the biggest change is the addition of housing. ...more

June 4, 2008

Dan Sefair stands at his front door and muses that he might live in the only place in the urban core where a person can skip out to the street and be on the city's main drag. ...more

January 17, 2008