Wifey & I love to head across the bay in our little boat. At a distance, The Pier beckons us from the water, inviting us to visit downtown St. Petersburg for shopping, a bite to eat, or just a nice walk. But the docks at the pier are in terrible shape. Not [...]
President Barack Obama will be in Tampa in just a few hours to give the State of Florida $1.25 billion for high-speed rail. The effort is expected to create 23,000 jobs in Florida over four years, and will likely energize several local light rail efforts, including the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority (TBARTA). [...]
USF is now considering building the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in Tampa Heights
Quote of the Week: “It was like being married to a nymphomaniac,” Weaver said. “The first two weeks were great. Then all hell broke loose.” You’ll remember that Charlie Crist signed a bill to encourage all of us to get a bulldozer and start building stuff nearly anywhere in Florida. As you might imagine, developers such as Ron [...]
Think a high speed train between Tampa, Orlando and Miami is a good idea? If so, you may want to check out ConnectUs. ConnectUs was founded by Ed Turanchik as a grassroots organization in collaboration with the leadership of the Central Florida Partnership, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Tampa Downtown Partnership, and Tampa Bay Partnership. The plan [...]
Governor Charlie Crist was talking tough, and not mincing words. “It’s every single Floridian taking on that personal responsibility to be prepared, to be ready for another hurricane season.” Crist was in front of all the cameras when he showed up at The Home Depot to give us a stern lecture on the first day of hurricane [...]
It’s hard to imagine a worse place to build houses than smack in the middle of an AQUATIC preserve. Here’s this breathtakingly beautiful, skinny little spit (only 300 feet wide!) running out into the middle of the Little Manatee River [see aerial image] — full of pines, palms, mangroves and wildlife [see photos] — so naturally [...]
Two months ago, Hillsborough County Commission Chairman Ken Hagan proposed an economic stimulus task force to study ways to create new jobs and make the county more competitive. Hagan said that he wanted to get a “fresh set of eyes and ideas” working on the problem. The task force was beginning to come together last month, [...]
Florida State Legislators (just like some Hillsborough County Commissioners) are working to “streamline” — i.e. deregulate — the development industry. State lawmakers want to make it cheaper & easier for developers to build more subdivisions and strip malls, apparently ignorant of the widely reported fact that Florida has 300,000 vacant homes for sale — a [...]
