Cypress Point Community Church has held Sunday services in some unique settings since its 1998 founding. ...more

October 18, 2007

SEBRING — The Nan-Ces-O-Wee Hotel has a new owner, who has plans to revitalize it into a vibrant part of downtown. Jhonson Napoleon, owner of Napoleon Real Estate in Miami, closed Friday on the hotel, located at 139 N. Ridgewood Dr. "I want to make the hotel into a project that will make the city of Sebring proud," Napoleon said. He is already working with an architectural firm in Lakeland on plans for condominiums on the upper floors and a restaurant on the ground level. ...more

October 3, 2007

A developer's attorney has asked a special magistrate to clarify an order that directs the county commission to reconsider the Coyote Crossings project northwest of Coyote Road and Kitten Trail. ...more

October 1, 2007

A special magistrate has recommended that Pasco County commissioners reconsider a developer's request to build 14 houses northwest of Coyote Road and Kitten Trail. ...more

September 25, 2007

AVON PARK — The ground work on an upscale subdivision on Lake Damon should be completed in two weeks, according to a spokeswoman for Berry USA, the contractor developing the Grand Oaks subdivision. Although the actual houses will be built by other developers as the lots are sold, all the underground pipe work was finished for the 126-lot housing development. Work remains on the community pool, the landscaping and the development's recreation area, "and then we're done. "At this point we're moving along pretty good," said Kate Morris, the Vice President of Land Development and Construction with Berry USA. ...more

September 17, 2007

It's not a shock by any means that the Pasco County School Board and county commission haven't been able to iron out a new interlocal agreement as part of a state law that takes effect next year tying the approval of new residential development to school capacity. For years, the two governments have been sparring about the same issues and haven't been able to forge an agreement. ...more

September 16, 2007

It was an unfortunate mistake. That is the argument Daniel Comeau is making as he asks Tarpon Springs officials not to severely punish him for a violation of the city's preservation-minded tree ordinance. ...more

September 8, 2007