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parks
Park preservation bill approved by Florida State Senate’s environmental committee
Today Florida lawmakers unanimously advanced a bill to prevent golf courses, pickleball courts, hotels and other developments that do not promote conservation from being built in state parks. The bill is a response to last...
Urbanist Gil Penalosa advises communities on how to create vibrant cities and healthy communities for everyone. His focus is on the design and use of parks and streets as great public places, as well as...
Bill in Florida legislature would stop smoking and vaping at state parks
A Democrat filed a proposal (HB 495) that would prohibit smoking or vaping within Florida state parks.
Here’s what Dunedin’s newest park – Gladys E Douglas Preserve – looks like
Photos and video of rosemary bald and reindeer moss from the new Gladys E. Douglas Preserve that opened last month in Dunedin, Florida.
Appeals court: St. Pete violated Florida’s Sunshine Law
The City of St. Petersburg violated Florida’s Sunshine Law providing for open government meetings. A state appeals court made that determination this month regarding a closed-door meeting in 2011 when Bill Foster was mayor. The...
Tampa’s Curtis Hixon park closing for repairs
Tampa’s popular downtown park, Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, will be closing for repairs for about two months. Thursday morning at a meeting of the City’s Community Redevelopment Agency, Tampa’s administrator of economic opportunity, Bob McDonough,...
St. Pete Indian Mounds to get a major technological facelift
St. Pete Indian Mounds to get a major technological facelift
Videos: 29 Occupy Tampa members arrested while camping in Riverfront Park
Tampa Police say overnight they arrested 29 members of Occupy Tampa in a riverside park west of downtown. Before the arrests about 40 people attempted to camp on a hill inside the park, but many...
A History of Waterfront Parks in St. Petersburg
For 100 years, St. Petersburg has been known for its downtown public parks along the water’s edge. The Waterfront Centennial Committee is commemorating the occasion by honoring the civic leaders who made this possible. Last...
