HUD funds master plan for downtown TAMPA – Mayor Bob Buckhorn gathered the city’s press corps at City Hall Monday morning to announce the kick-off of a project he said had eluded five mayors before him: developing a long-range vision for downtown and its surrounding neighborhoods. Buckhorn described the plan as “a blueprint for this…
Jacksonville’s Hemming Plaza Imagine a park in a city’s downtown that covers one square block. It’s so well regarded that it’s known as the “city’s living room.” There are more than 300 programmed events in the park every year. For some events, as many as 25,000 people come to the park. There are water fountains…
Tarpon Springs to refurbish its historic Sponge Docks Ed Hoffman Jr. climbed into a bucket truck and prepared to be raised 40 feet over the Anclote River. “I’m going up to see what I can see,” he said. Once he got up there, he liked the view: “After my heart calmed down, it was a…
