Daily Archives: April 12, 2014

Editorial: Add registry to aid fight on blight (Hernando County)

Hernando County commissioners agreed last fall that the county needed to improve its neighborhoods by knocking down blighted structures. They just couldn’t agree on how to pay for it. Commissioners can avoid a repeat of that debate when they consider a proposed foreclosure registry ordinance later this month. Under the plan, a portion of the…

Editorial: Neighborhood in need of a turnaround (Tampa Bay)

Turning around the central Tampa neighborhood of Sulphur Springs will require smarter planning, years of work and tens of millions of dollars. The blight didn’t appear overnight, and it won’t disappear quickly. But the city of Tampa has made a good start in recent months, unveiling housing programs that Mayor Bob Buckhorn predicts will “set…