After three years at St. Petersburg College Tarpon Springs Campus, the Palm Harbor Chamber of Commerce's annual Fine Arts and Crafts Festival returns to downtown this weekend. ...more

December 6, 2008

After years of accumulating money for downtown redevelopment, Dade City city commissioners expect to vote this month on whether to spend some of those funds to install decorative streetlights downtown. ...more

November 6, 2008

An even more eclectic variety of art will be on display this winter during the 34th Palm Harbor Chamber of Commerce Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Show. Chamber President Connie Davis said the chamber is happy to return the art show to downtown Florida Avenue after its 3-year stint on the Tarpon Springs Campus of St. Petersburg College. ...more

August 16, 2008

CLEARWATER BEACH - The Anchor Mini-Mart's flooding and parking problems are about to be relieved, with $400,000 in help from the city of Clearwater. Attorneys for the city and the store have agreed on a settlement to resolve issues created by the city's $30 million Beach Walk project. ...more

July 16, 2008

City officials and the development partners leading Temple Terrace's downtown revitalization project are in the final stages of approving the project's site plan. ...more

July 5, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - City officials and the development partners leading Temple Terrace's downtown revitalization project are in the final stages of approving the project's site plan. ...more

July 2, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The downtown area will soon have a new, distinctive element of character as a project that's been on the drawing board for several years is finally picking up steam. ...more

June 11, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS - What happened to old-fashioned streetlights and decorative benches purchased by local merchants that once adorned the city's historic downtown? The owners of property in the downtown district along Tarpon Avenue who purchased the street-side amenities in the mid-1980s repeatedly raised that question. ...more

June 7, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County commissioners will consider seeking grant money to continue the neighborhood revitalization of the Washington Heights neighborhood from the city of Sebring into the abutting Lincoln Heights area, which lies in the unincorporated area. Commissioner Barbara Stewart raised that idea last week after the five commissioners voted unanimously to donate $1,000 for equipment rentals for the June 21 Juneteenth community festival in Washington Heights. Both Stewart and Edgar Stokes, chairman of the county commissioners, said they were impressed by the streetscape project, which is improving the appearance of Lemon Street at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the center of the Washington Heights neighborhood. Further improvements to the neighborhood will be discussed by neighborhood residents and city leaders at two "visioning" sessions, scheduled for 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 18 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 19. ...more

May 25, 2008

The revitalization in the Lincoln Park area should reach new heights in 2008. ...more

February 21, 2008