TEMPLE TERRACE - Thanks to a city-sponsored program, Alan White is delighted that his potential customers will no longer be turned off by his business's shabby-looking surroundings. On June 3, the Temple Terrace City Council awarded a $3,793.30 commercial facade improvement grant to White and Raymond Proch, co-owners of TWA Firestone Tire, Wheel and Automotive Services at the southwest corner of Busch Boulevard and North 56th Street. That amounts to half the cost of $7,586.60 to remove four sickly oak trees and replace them with four palm trees, as well as adding an assortment of drought-tolerant flowering plants that will front both thoroughfares. ...more

June 5, 2008

The city is putting an annexation proposal on hold due to its costs and concerns that not enough property owners would support it. ...more

May 31, 2008

Police are showing up more around adult businesses in Drew Park after complaints from residents and other business owners. ...more

May 29, 2008

A city council majority opted to allow two 50-foot signs at a proposed 50th Street hotel to grab the attention of Interstate 4 motorists. ...more

May 7, 2008

There has been another small setback in the city's plans to revitalize its downtown core. ...more

February 9, 2008

City council members got their first good look Thursday at plans for a new Curtis Hixon Park, and they didn't like everything they saw. ...more

February 7, 2008

There has been another small setback in the city's plans to revitalize its downtown core. In an agreement reached Dec. 18 in which the city council voted to sell 17.98 acres southeast of Bullard Parkway and 56th Street to Ram Development Co./Pinnacle Realty Advisors for $14.4 million, the master developer consented to presenting its preliminary site plan of pedestrian-friendly retail, residential, restaurant and office components for approval at Tuesday's council meeting. ...more

February 7, 2008

The city's redevelopment board went on the road this week and heard from residents about what they want to improve neighborhoods. ...more

January 12, 2008

The redevelopment of Central Park Village could be delayed by a year, officials said this week. ...more

January 9, 2008

If you want to improve your community, the city wants to hear from you. ...more

January 5, 2008