Leave it to Florida Department of Community Affairs Secretary Tom Pelham to come up with a way to reform growth planning without the impossible demands of Hometown Democracy. ...more

February 16, 2008

Florida counties that receive state funding for affordable housing must take a closer look at their standards and ensure they are helping builders meet the needs. ...more

February 10, 2008

Pasco County commissioners on Friday gave divided opinions on several landowners' requests to change the use of their property. ...more

November 3, 2007

LAKE PLACID — The population of the town could double in less than eight years if a proposed development, by local citrus farmer and landowner Alan Grigsby, is successful. The proposal calls for 942 new homes on 375 acres, or an average density of 2.75 dwelling units per acre. Twenty percent of the site will be set aside for commercial development. The tract of mostly farmland is south of West Interlake Boulevard and east of Catfish Creek Road. Rhon Ernest-Jones Consulting Engineers Inc., the project's consultant, expects a "full build-out" by 2015. Any construction depends on the new construction market, Rhon Ernest-Jones said. ...more

October 31, 2007

When local protests stymied plans to build Wesley Chapel's first hospital in a mostly residential area off traffic-clogged State Road 54, hospital officials said they would go back to the drawing board. ...more

October 25, 2007

The next few years promise to be challenging ones for drivers on Interstate 75. The Florida Department of Transportation expects to begin widening the interstate soon between Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Hillsborough County and the Hernando County line. ...more

October 10, 2007

The Florida Department of Transportation expects to begin widening Interstate 75 soon between Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in northern Hillsborough County and the Hernando County line. ...more

October 9, 2007