Regarding "Ybor City Parking Meter-Free For Month" (Metro, Nov. 30): Twenty-one thousand dollars in revenue? That's what the city is making a month on parking in Ybor? ...more

December 3, 2007

Broadway came back to life Thursday as stage-starved fans lined up in the cold for tickets and theaters reopened their doors following a 19-day stagehands strike that took a big toll on the local economy. ...more

November 30, 2007

Retail experts attribute Ikea's worldwide success to its ability to simultaneously entertain, establish its brand and keep product prices low. ...more

November 8, 2007

Steve Miklos grew up here and he's never seen folks so divided. ...more

November 6, 2007

BayWalk, the retail heart of downtown St. Petersburg, is up for sale. The Sembler Co., the St. Petersburg-based developer that built the entertainment and retail complex, confirmed Thursday that it just recently began seeking suitors for the 150,000-square-foot center. ...more

November 1, 2007

The builders of Cypress Creek Town Center revised their plans for their project off State Road 56 last week at the urging of county officials. ...more

October 29, 2007

A meal at the Cherry's on Bloomingdale Avenue is what started Jill Canavan, 31, on the road to becoming a restaurateur. ...more

October 24, 2007

The painful housing market has claimed yet another condo project - at least for now. ...more

October 20, 2007

A developer's proposal to build one of the most significant projects in the Tarpon Springs downtown district in many years, Meres Crossing at Meres Boulevard and Alt. 19, is moving forward. ...more

October 20, 2007

PLANT CITY - A Plant City restaurant owner whose family has been serving up good food for more than 50 years is changing the name of his Lakeland restaurant. Fred's Southern Kitchen is the new name for Fred's Market Restaurant in Lakeland. Owner Fred Johnson said the new name "better reflects the Johnson family heritage of casual family dinning and Southern hospitality." ...more

October 18, 2007