SEBRING — One of Highlands County's most important meetings will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Highlands County Government Center. But here's the problem: it's about urban services boundaries and comprehensive plan amendments and neighborhood commercial nodes. If you're bored and already moving to the next story, stop. Read a little further. Remember Hometown Democracy, where the people want to make decisions about whether a strip mall is located in their back yards, or whether another used car lot replaces an orange grove? ...more

December 8, 2007

LUTZ Increased traffic near Sunlake Boulevard and North Dale Mabry Highway should prompt consideration of more commercial development there, county planners say. ...more

December 6, 2007

A year-long exercise that will guide the redevelopment of the Carrollwood area is getting ready to launch. ...more

December 1, 2007

A controversial plan to dig a 54-acre borrow pit over 10 years along the county border has the backing of Hillsborough County planners. ...more

November 16, 2007

A controversial plan to dig a 54-acre borrow pit over 10 years along the county border has the backing of Hillsborough County planners. ...more

November 14, 2007

Residents and landowners wondering how the northern tip of North Dale Mabry Highway will develop can get a glimpse at a community meeting next week. ...more

November 10, 2007

Residents and landowners wondering how the northern tip of North Dale Mabry Highway will develop can get a glimpse at a community meeting next week. ...more

November 10, 2007

Joe Prokop isn't sure he's invited. For decades he thought he lived in Seffner. His ZIP code confirmed it. ...more

November 7, 2007

Emphatic protests over a plan to extend John Moore Road and bring more traffic through residential neighborhoods have forced planners to cancel the proposal. ...more

October 31, 2007

There was plenty of show but little time for telling county planners how residents want the area to develop. ...more

October 27, 2007