Ybor meters coming out: To encourage more visitors and business in Ybor City, Tampa has started to pull out parking meters on the streets of the historic district.New redevelopment manager: Robert McDonaugh, who has worked in real estate development for the port of TampaClearwater streetscape: With work on the Cleveland Street streetscape complete, Clearwater officials' next step in reigniting the city's downtown will be an $11 million boat slips project.Scaled back trend grows: Sarasota developer Billy Springer is contemplating another do-over of his latest housing proposal, following a growing trend in the county: The scaled-back project.Buyers for Murdock Village: An 870-acre undeveloped swath of land in Port Charlotte owned by Charlotte County has drawn interest from several Gulf Coast developersMetro Parkway widened: State and local transportation officials announced a portion of Metro Parkway in Fort Myers will be widened to six lanes from its current two lanes.Lee school tax stalls: An effort to lower taxes on new construction that benefit schools will have to wait until the state legislative session is over, Lee County commissioners have decided.
