Residents can do their part to help build the Veterans Monument and Park by buying bricks that are being used in the redesign for Courier Field. ...more

November 4, 2009

Planning and zoning commissioners Monday approved three separate special exception use permits for three different churches. ...more

August 10, 2009

Work on the new Giddens Park gazebo, off 12th Street in Southeast Seminole Heights, is scheduled to be completed this week. To celebrate, an ice cream social will take place this summer. Construction was paid with city money, contributions collected by Southeast Seminole Heights Civic Association, $25,000 from property taxes collected within the East Tampa redevelopment area and $16,000 from Leadership Tampa Alumni, Class of 2003. ...more

March 4, 2009

At long last a promised gazebo is on its way to Giddens Park. Installation is expected to take about two weeks, city parks and recreation officials said. "Awesome," said Sherry Genovar-Simons, president of the Southeast Seminole Heights Civic Association. ...more

February 18, 2009

A proposed development for land slated to be annexed could one day double the population of Avon Park, but some Lake Byrd residents have concerns that lake access would be opened up to thousands of residents. ...more

January 28, 2009

(AP) -- When they light the town Christmas tree in Armonk on Sunday, there will be a Jewish menorah right alongside, as usual. There will also be something new this year - an Islamic crescent and star. ...more

December 13, 2008

The centerpiece of a project dreamed up eight years ago opens to the public today. Town 'N Country Commons, an $11 million complex, includes a sprawling library, a senior center and a Head Start center. It's a big change from the old site, which housed Head Start in portables and the old West Gate Regional Library. The West Gate library, at 14,000 square feet, was torn down in May 2007 and temporarily moved to an office park on West Waters Avenue. The library closed in October to prepare for its permanent move. ...more

December 3, 2008

City signs from 2004 tout coming improvements to Giddens Park. Completion was expected in March 2005. ...more

September 10, 2008

Bollards or a chain-link fence? The city needs an answer from residents before finishing the excavation and landscaping of an L-shaped drainage area at 52nd Street and 32nd Avenue. ...more

June 7, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Exclamations of "Wow!" resounded from the walls as a group of local residents toured the Town 'N Country Commons construction site. ...more

May 21, 2008