Layoffs, foreclosures and tight-fisted credit are not the usual incentives for a business boom. But Seminole Heights is bursting with activity. At least seven businesses recently opened or under construction are taking hold along the neighborhood's major corridors: Nebraska, Florida and Hillsborough avenues. They are: Sangria's Spanish Tapas Bar & Restaurant, Ella's restaurant, Richy's Themes Sports Lounge, The Independent tavern, Tampa Street Market, D&D's Antiques & More and Reservations Gourmet to Go. ...more

February 11, 2009

Business owners and the city both agree that changes should be made in the city's sign ordinance to keep up with the times. The question that remains is how to make both sides happy. Shop keepers say they need signs that attract both pedestrian traffic and potential customers driving by in vehicles. Meanwhile, city officials say they must prevent visual clutter and ensure signs are safe and not a visual nuisance. ...more

January 24, 2009

An earful of comments from Tarpon Springs business leaders and residents likely awaits city staff Wednesday night during a town hall meeting to discuss revisions to the city's sign ordinance. Interim City Manager Mark LeCouris and city planners will hold the fact-finding meeting starting 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at the Tarpon Springs Heritage Museum in Craig Park. ...more

January 2, 2009

Lani and Paul Czyzewski are primed to let go of a large part of their past. ...more

June 18, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - Lani and Paul Czyzewski are primed to let go of a large part of their past. The Czyzewskis will close the doors of Lani's Antiques & Collectibles in Temple Terrace following an everything-goes auction Saturday, June 21. The shop they opened in Terrace Plaza in summer 2004 contains several of their parents' collections, including Lani's mother's Wedgwood china, pieces of her mother's and grandmother's hand-embroidered linens, crystal and silver. ...more

June 16, 2008

It will be almost another 18 months before old-fashioned streetlights illuminate Tarpon and Pinellas avenues. ...more

May 10, 2008

The sight of scaffolding and guys in hard hats may give shoppers the impression that downtown's Fifth Avenue has been turned into a construction zone. ...more

January 11, 2008

Got a yen to tat lace, string beads, burn wood? How about quilting, whittling, stitching, scrapbooking? ...more

October 11, 2007

Seven Fifth Avenue storefronts will get makeovers, the city council unanimously decided Monday night, as the city continues trying to spiff up the downtown. ...more

October 9, 2007

When Joe Abed opened Manolo's Italian Restaurant five years ago, he spent two months buffing and sanding the floors, scrubbing off a quarter-inch layer of tar that hid the old hardwood. ...more

October 8, 2007