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Today’s hodgepodge of articles reflect the news on a sleepy, rainy, Saturday morning. There’s jobs, development, jobs, driving, jobs, and crime. Yes, that’s a lot of jobs, and the I4 region could use those. The first article discusses Tampa’s hope to attract employers to the I4 corridor. The next jobs article discusses those who’ve [...]

The St. Pete Times is already looking in to how to blow up Tropicana Field. Now is a good time to take a look at where the building has been.
Florida Suncoast Dome
St. Pete began construction on the giant round tent in 1986 in the *hopes that a Major League Baseball team would [...]

The Tampa Tribune reports that the developers of Trump Tower Tampa are close to giving up the ghost. One single financing option remains, and if that fails, they are ready to walk away and sell.
You might remember when Donald Trump welcomed everyone to get in on the ground floor of the “tallest building on [...]

Here you go, TJ:
Last week we discussed Tampa Bay’s top ten problems, according to Wayne Garcia:
1. Suburban sprawl
2. Urban density (lacking)
3. Transportation
4. Environment (weak protections)
5. Living green
6. Diversity (racial, ethnic, class)
7. Professional sports (over-subsidized [...]

What makes a park a park?
As you know, Mayor Pam Iorio wants the area currently known as Curtis Hixon Park to be Tampa’s signature park. Iorio remains insistent in putting $15 Million into redesigning the already functioning green space.
And what do we get for $15 MILLION?
The city hired New York landscape architect Thomas [...]