The St. Petersburg Times

Howard Troxler, columnist for the St. Petersburg Times, offers commentary on a series of visioning exercises in the Tampa Bay area.

Efforts to create a 100-mile network of greenways and trails through the city are slowly growing and gaining support.

A county and city differ over annexation and services issues.

Officials in St. Petersburg have looking at combining two older neighborhoods, one wealthly and the other depressed, to help create a better bond and hopefully increase investment in the depressed neighborhood.

Florida Governor Jeb Bush wants to sign a bill this week that would pay for a billion-dollar public works project in the Everglades -- but also restricts the right of citizens to challenge developments on environmental grounds.

One of the biggest condominium projects in the history of St. Petersburg -- $97 million and 200 units in tall twin towers -- could begin construction as early as August.

Citrus County School Board members this week are hastily trying to wade through the complexities of Florida's Development of Regional Impact rules to understand what can be done with a $1.2 million plot they've purchased.

Angry Hernando County residents told County Commissioners to rethink their priorities about sprawling growth, and want development rules to be tightened.

A St. Petersburg community is loosely modeled after Disney's Celebration, and find success in New Urbanism.

This editorial opposes HB261 and asks Florida's Governor Jeb Bush to veto the bill.

State auditors report claims that of the 67,000 acres of brownfields in Florida, only 15 acres have been cleaned up.

A case study of the challenges faced by Tampa, Florida's Northdale Community Association in enforcing deed restrictions.

The Connerton New Town Development project will create a new town on ranchland in Tampa, Florida. The project may include a wildlife preserve and would have a "small-town" feel.

A Florida landowner offers hundreds of acres of land for a wildlife preserve in exchange for approval to double the number of homes on his ranch.

Governor Jeb Bush is pushing a growth plan that considers availability of classrooms before approving development.

In New Tampa, impact fees have covered only 17% of the costs of new development. The next option is to raise taxes.

The Hernando County Commission is considering a new ordinance that would regulate retail stores in excess of 25,000 square feet.

An adult website being run out of a home in Tarpon Springs, Florida is fined $500 per day for no adult use permit.

The state's much-talked about growth management bill, which imposed new development standards in order to control growth, died during the legislative session's last hours despite heavy lobbying from the Governor's office.