Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
The Wesley Chapel Theater Group's 2nd Annual One-Act Festival brings seven original 10-minute plays by Florida playwrights to the Starkey Ranch Theatre Library Cultural Center in Odessa on Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19, at 2 p.m.
Local Government
About a dozen volunteers pulled invasive plants and installed native vegetation in a stormwater pond at the Land O' Lakes Recreation Complex on July 12 as part of a UF/IFAS Extension and Pasco County project funded by a Tampa Bay Estuary Program grant, with officials hoping the effort becomes a model for the county's roughly 6,000 water bodies.
Local Government
Moffitt Cancer Center will treat its first proton therapy patient at the Speros campus in Land O' Lakes on Monday, July 27, using one of roughly 40 Proteus ONE machines in the world, marking the latest milestone for the billion-dollar innovation campus off Ridge Road.
Local Government
The Pasco County Commission adopted Ordinance 26-27 on July 14, rezoning 1,219 acres on the west side of U.S. 41 to Planned Development, allowing up to 2,100 homes, 880,000 square feet of light industrial space, and 99,000 square feet of office with conservation and transit requirements.
Local Government
Hillsborough County's Canvassing Board certified ballot scanners on Thursday, July 16, and vote-by-mail ballots are heading to voters in both Hillsborough and Pasco counties ahead of the August 18 Primary Election.
Local Government
Pasco County's Jobs and Economic Opportunities Committee met Wednesday, July 15, at the Land O' Lakes public library and reviewed data showing 62% of commercial landscaping grants went to West Market districts, while the broader $141 million trust fund has spent about half its projected revenue through 2030.
Local Government
Pasco County has proposed a Land Development Code amendment that would ban wooden bridges on county roads and require developers to submit construction haul route plans, changes aimed at protecting HOAs from costly bridge maintenance and shielding local roads from construction truck damage.
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