The state officially dropped its challenges to the Wiregrass Ranch development Wednesday, allowing plans for future residential phases to proceed. ...more

October 18, 2007

Tom Pelham, the secretary of the state Department of Community Affairs, said very little last week during a visit to Lakeland to hear from Polk County residents worried about how the proposed $491 million rail realignment plan might affect local communities and neighborhoods. ...more

October 3, 2007

A standing-room-only crowd on Wednesday used a visit from the state's top growth management official to express concerns about Florida's $491 million CSX rail realignment plan and what it might do to neighborhoods, cities and counties. ...more

September 27, 2007

Pasco County officials maintain Hillsborough County has 'no legal basis' to demand $28 million for improvements to Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, despite claims the Wiregrass Ranch mall and related developments will create significant new demands on the road. ...more

September 22, 2007

Residents of Darby, St. Joseph and other areas in rural northeast Pasco County were rightfully alarmed about plans by a developer to build 300 homes on 475 acres just west of Interstate 75. The land is in a rural protection area, where many homes are on tracts of 5 and 10 acres and even larger, and the requested density was highly inappropriate. ...more

September 14, 2007

CF Industries expects to hire from 30 to 35 full-time employees and anticipates an annual payroll and benefits of $2.2 million for a proposed uranium extraction facility it's planning to build near Plant City, a company official said Wednesday. ...more

September 6, 2007