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Mixed-Use Development Heats Up In Miami

Miami residents and developers alike are discovering the advantage of mixed-use development.

October 10, 2006 - The Miami Herald

Green Roof Test To Tackle Runoff In Florida

A planned public library in Sarasota County, Florida, has a garden-topped future ahead of it, as county officials plan to use the library's green roof as a test-run to determine if green roofs are a solution to Florida's stormwater runoff problems.

October 9, 2006 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Higher Density For The Dead

Pressed for land, cemeteries in Orlando, Florida, and elsewhere are being more efficient with space.

October 2, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

Lennar Defies Housing Market Trends

Across the country home sales are slowing and prices are dropping. The trend is causing most production home builders scale back their development plans. However, Lennar views the slowdown differently.

October 1, 2006 - The Miami Herald

Florida Residents Sue To Prevent Eminent Domain

A day after Riviera Beach contracted with a developer for hotels, condos, marinas, shops and a new harbor, and 4 months after Gov. Bush signed a law outlawing government seizure of land for private development, 4 property owners filed a suit.

September 27, 2006 - Suen-Sentinel.com

Downsizing Affordable Housing

With small lots and small houses, one Florida home builder is taking an unconventional approach to developing affordable housing.

September 19, 2006 - Bradenton Herald

Unincorporated Become Incorporated In Florida

Broward County, Florida, will take a large step Friday towards completing its plan to incorporate the county's 60 unincorporated areas by 2010. Only 14,000 people will still live in unincorporated areas, down from over 150,000 10 years ago.

September 13, 2006 - The Miami Herald

Court Pours Cold Water On Deltona's Hot Annexation Plans

Recent ruling by a Florida court says that the annexed property is not contiguous to the city, thus halting the proposed development plan.

September 7, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

A Road Too Wide

As a neighborhood road in Jacksonville is widened from four to six lanes to attract business, many residents are expressing distaste. Michael Lewyn outlines the argument against road widening.

September 7, 2006 - The Florida Times-Union

Can A Regional Transportation Authority Solve Tampa's Road Woes?

The proposal to create an eight-county transportation authority has drawn applause, skepticism, and fear.

September 1, 2006 - HeraldToday.com

Miami Beach Struggles With The Cost Of Parking

To compensate for the rising cost of providing parking structures, the city is proposing to hike its impact fee to $35,000 per space.

August 28, 2006 - The Miami Herald

Will Florida's Growth Management Controls Encourage Sprawl?

Home builders in Florida say that the state's plan to make developers pay for new infrastructure will promote development on cheap land away from cities.

August 28, 2006 - Tallahassee Democrat

The Politics Of Planning In Florida's Citrus Groves

Local residents of rural Palm Beach County learned how growth management laws and grass-roots opposition to a 10,000 unit major development can be trumped by lobbyists in the state capital.

August 18, 2006 - Sun-Sentinel

New Urbanism Takes Hold In West Florida

Cities and counties in and around the Tampa Bay area are incorporating elements of New Urbanism into their planning and land use codes.

August 14, 2006 - The St. Petersburg Times

Inclusionary Housing Doesn't Work

An economist with the National Association of Home Builders argues that government mandated inclusionary housing has good goals but negative consequences.

August 8, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

Commuter Rail Coming To Orlando

Decades in the planning, a $491 million deal between Florida and CSX Transportation will bring relief to commuters in Central Florida, with service scheduled to begin in 2009.

August 4, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

Central Florida Going From Suburban To Urban

High land prices in the Orlando area have helped encourage higher density development. Urban planners applaud the new trend, but some residents worry about the change in the region's character.

August 1, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

Times Square-Like Development Questioned In Miami

Miami's City Commission will vote today on Citisquare, a large retail development proposed for a site next to Miami's new performing arts center. Critics deem the project's Times Square like billboards to be inappropriate for the context.

July 29, 2006 - The Miami Herald

Corruption Plagues Miami-Dade's Housing Agency

The Miami Herald chronicles how the nation's most ambitious public housing effort in decades has become plagued by corruption and greed.

July 25, 2006 - The Miami Herald

Protecting Wildlife, One Yard At A Time

Some homeowners are using their backyards as habitat for wildlife, providing food, water, shelter and a place to rear offspring for a variety of creatures.

July 24, 2006 - The St. Petersburg Times

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