Steve LaBrake, the former Tampa housing director who was sentenced to five years in a federal penitentiary in a bribery scandal, will serve out the remainder of his term in a halfway house in Tampa, federal prison officials said. ...more

September 30, 2008

The airport's Community Redevelopment Agency wasn't in the gift-giving mood when the agency decided to not partially fund the city's annual Christmas Parade. ...more

September 25, 2008

The Circle was transformed into a quaint, eye-pleasing and functional park in 1985 and now more color and improvements are proposed in downtown Sebring's focal point. ...more

September 18, 2008

The city council's instructions were fulfilled last week when the East Tampa Community Revitalization Partnership elected new officers and expanded its board from nine to 13 members. ...more

September 17, 2008

When the red bricks of the 95-year-old Gary School came crashing down last week, neighborhood activist Fran Costantino cried. ...more

September 14, 2008

Hoping to preserve Tampa's architectural legacy, a city councilwoman has proposed spending $100,000 to repair the collapsing rooftop of the Kress building, one of the city's threatened downtown landmarks. ...more

September 11, 2008

Hoping to preserve Tampa's architectural legacy, a city councilwoman has proposed spending $100,000 to repair the collapsing rooftop of the Kress building, one of the city's threatened downtown landmarks. ...more

September 10, 2008

A Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency façade grant helped Larry and Rachel Moore add a back deck and driveway to their Rose Avenue home they purchased about three years ago. ...more

September 9, 2008

Dunedin's Community Redevelopment Agency will learn today about plans by its staff and the Dunedin Historical Society to expand and renovate the society's downtown headquarters and museum. At the City Hall meeting starting at 5 p.m. Thursday, city commissioners, acting as the CRA board, will also hear a proposal from agency staff to improve the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail Plaza, in front of the former railroad depot turned museum. ...more

September 4, 2008

The city council, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, has added two business owners to the slate of candidates for the volunteer board of the East Tampa Community Revitalization Partnership. ...more

August 27, 2008