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Greening Poses New Threat To Florida Citrus

The Tampa Tribune Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Greening, the latest threat to Florida's citrus industry, is spreading faster than agriculture can recoup from diseases and bad weather during past seasons.

Grove owners fear this latest outbreak may mean unreparable harm to orange and grapefruit trees, forever changing Florida's landscape.

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Bicycle Trail To Link Florida's East, West Coasts

The Tampa Tribune Tuesday, April 30, 2013

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Investors Buy Tampa Bay Homes To Use As Rentals

Tampa Bay Times Tuesday, March 26, 2013

The mobility of Florida's workforce attracts all kinds of investors and the latest trend shows big-name investors from out of state spending billions of dollars on thousands of homes to turn them into rental properties.

The Tampa Bay Times takes a look at the extraordinary number of sales and what it means for access to housing in the Tampa Bay region.

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Planning For Improved Highway Safety, Tampa Bay

The Tampa Tribune Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The Metropolitan Planning Organization examines the most crash-prone intersections and worst traffic congestion in the Tampa Bay region to plot strategy on making roads and highways safer.

A study makes recommendations like adding turn lanes and intentionally slowing traffic.

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Home Sales, Prices Up In Hillsborough County, Tampa

Tampa Bay Times Tuesday, March 12, 2013

The market value of homes and property in Hillsborough County has increased about 3 percent so far in 2013, an upward trend that begins to reverse declines over the past five years.

Some neighborhoods are seeing double-digit increases while others remain flat.

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Hillsborough Joins Tampa In Push For Recycling

Tampa Bay Times Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The unincorporated parts of Hillsborough County -- everywhere except Tampa, Temple Terrace and Plant City -- are about to become part of a new effort to encourage recycling among residents who now through everything in the garbage.

The county will soon distribute two cans, one for waste / one for recycling, to each household, making it easier to sort and pickup waste. The long-term goal is for the investment to pay off in sales of recyclable material as well as reductions in garbage disposal.

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Gates Grant Results In Hillsborough Get Mixed Reviews

Tampa Bay Times Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Mid-way through implementing changes made possible by a $100 million Gates Initiative, the reviews are mixed for its effectiveness in improving education in the Hillsborough County school district.

Teachers, students and parents weigh in on Empowering Effective Teachers and what it means for kids.

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I-4/Expressway Connector Progresses Slowly, Tampa

The Tampa Tribune Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Commuters along the Crosstown Expressway east of Tampa watch the mishmash of connecting lanes and bridges change slowly, much like the unfolding of the road engineering feat completed south of Tampa International Airport.

The multitier connector linking Interstate 4 to downtown and the Tampa Port is scheduled for completion by the end of 2013, nearly six months behind the original schedule.

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Editorial: Time For Transit Merger, Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Times Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Hillsborough and Pinellas taxpayers and transit users stand to gain by combining public transportation systems in both west central Florida counties.

The Tampa Times editorializes for a merger.

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Plant City Bed And Breakfast Thrives On Guests

Tampa Bay Times Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Like bed and breakfast owners elsewhere, Brenda and Guy Ford are finding the lineup of guests visiting their abode make the work of having them worthwhile.

The Fords opened the Strawberry House three years ago in the historic district of Plant City and now host guests from all over the globe.

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Tampa Home Sales Up, Prices Up Too

Tampa Bay Times Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Home sales are up in Tampa and Hillsborough County as demand increases and supplies decrease.

Prices for homes are also on the rebound along with the local economy.

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Florida High Tech Corridor: Hotbed For Technology

Mashable Business Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Mashable Business places the Florida High Tech Corridor firmly on the map for producing high-tech jobs and startups with bright futures.

The Corridor links the research and innovation being done at the University of South Florida in Tampa with the University of Central Florida in Orlando with lots of spin-off companies emerging in between.

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Green Can Project: Recycling For Charities, Tampa

The Tampa Tribune Tuesday, September 25, 2012

When can one man's pursuit of an idea really make a difference?

Meet Dennis Gallagher. The Tampa painter noticed that most apartment buildings aren't serviced by city recycling programs. Yet apartment dwellers use lots of recyclables. What to do with the empty aluminum cans? Gallagher to the rescue. He sets up collection barrells, sells the donated cans and gives the money back to charities. All in a day's work.

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Tampa-St. Pete Grows Talent, Attracts Smart People

New Geography Tuesday, August 21, 2012

If it's true that smart people flock to places that attract other smart people, the Tampa Bay region may be the next hot place for the college-educated to call home.

In Tampa-St. Petersburg, the share of the population that's college-educated grew from 21.7 percent to 26.2 percent, a gain of 21 percent. This is roughly twice the increase in the Washington, San Francisco and Seattle metropolitan areas.

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Domestic Partnershp Registry Opens June 25, Tampa

Tampa Bay Times Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Domestic partners will be able to access healthcare, funeral, education and other family information under the city of Tampa's new domestic partnership registry.

The registry is designed to give unmarried couples -- gay and straight -- access to information similar to that already enjoyed by married couples.

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