Massive development off I-75 in Pasco gets approval and incentives
DADE CITY — A nearly 296-acre office and industrial park that developers say would create 3,275 jobs when built out in 2018 won preliminary approval Thursday from the county’s top planners. The site, on the east side of U.S. 301, is owned by the Jordan family, one of the area’s pioneer families, who have held […]
All Children’s hospital will be centerpiece of new Pasco development
Not simply because readers in surveys decry the media’s tendency to minimize good news, but also because this latest bright sliver – for all its brain-numbing insider terminology – suggests encouraging developments ahead, This Space pauses today to recognize the meeting of reasonable minds on the future of new subdivisions in northeast Pasco County. How […]
Pasco approves first portion of massive 4G Ranch housing development
It is interesting, if not downright comical, how top members of the preservationist movement in remote, rural northeast Pasco responded to countermeasures undertaken by so-called defenders of private property rights. As Northeast Pasco Concerned Citizens leader Sharon Hanna-West told the Tribune’s Julia Ferrante, “There is no reason to resort to scare tactics.” At issue is […]
Massive West Pasco development project gets nod from planning commission
East Pasco’s agricultural interests shouldn’t look to the public trough for their next cash crop. Up to 20 northeast Pasco residents are, however. An attorney representing them is seeking remuneration if changes are made to the county’s comprehensive land use plan. Specifically, some northeast Pasco landowners are worried about losing the development potential of their […]
Pasco commission approves Connerton downtown rezoning
DADE CITY — Pasco County commissioners rarely fail to rubber-stamp recommendations by their Local Planning Agency. That isn’t exactly surprising: Commissioners, plus a school district representative, are the members of the planning agency, the state-mandated body that gives a preliminary yea or nay to the county’s biggest development proposals and changes to the Pasco land-use plan. Wearing […]
