Pinellas considers special taxing districts for poor neighborhoods Encouraged by nascent plans for a special taxing district south of downtown St. Petersburg, the Pinellas County Commission is considering using the same method of stoking development in four other low-income areas of the county. East Tarpon Springs, North Greenwood, Highpoint, parts of Lealman, and neighborhoods south…
Downtown site brings strong response for Boynton Beach farmers market settling in at new site BOYNTON BEACH —With the summer approaching, the managers of a fledgling farmers market have high hopes — especially now that they’ve moved from a vacant lot along busy Federal Highway to an intimate city park. “They love the location. It’s…
Outlet center buildings rise on old Palm Beach Mall property Walls are going up on the Palm Beach Outlets, the project replacing the 45-year-old Palm Beach Mall, even as the old mall is still being demolished. After about a million square feet of mall was pulled down, construction crews started on foundations and poured cement…
