A bill to protect seagrasses by levying fines on boaters who carelessly run over the flats, House Bill 7059 is drawing fire from some environmental groups because Rep. Will Kendrick tacked on a provision that says developers may cut channels through some grass beds if they agree to "mitigate" the damage by restoring an equivalent amount of seagrass elsewhere. ...more

June 8, 2008

A public hearing and decision on changes to the Little Harbor development at Bahia Beach to allow condominiums to be used as hotel will not be held Feb. 26 as originally scheduled. ...more

February 25, 2008

The housing market is driving developers of Little Harbor, a residential enclave of 1,500 homes at Bahia Beach, to seek approval to change its zoning to allow shorter-term rentals of its housing units and to convert up to 250 of the housing units to hotel units. ...more

November 21, 2007

The painful housing market has claimed yet another condo project - at least for now. ...more

October 20, 2007

The painful housing market has claimed yet another condo project, at least for now. There were great hopes that New Port Tampa Bay, a 54-acre 1,200-unit waterfront development, would help revitalize parts of South Tampa. ...more

October 19, 2007