Town Joins Forces to End Mitigation Fee: The Town Will Join Doral and Palmetto Bay in Supporting State Legislation to Eliminate the Mitigation Fee They Each Pay to the County Under Their Agreement
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By Laura Figueroa, The Miami Herald  Feb. 18--Members of the Miami Lakes Town Council were back to a familiar discussion point at Tuesday night's council meeting: the fight to eliminate the county mitigation fee.
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By Alyson Crean, Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon  Jun. 23--The Monroe County Commission Wednesday tabled a proposal that would extend the timeframe on an existing moratorium that affects working waterfront properties.
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By Greg Martin, The Sun, Port Charlotte, Fla.  Sep. 7--Just weeks after Charlotte County agreed to allow a multicounty  regional water supplier to tap into Punta Gorda's water supply, Charlotte  County is now finding out it won't have the same privilege.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--HICKORY -- City Council members may have come up with a compromise to protect homes from business encroachment without stifling development.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 14--Developers might get a free pass from affordable-housing rules in the pricey new neighborhoods spreading across Palm Beach County's Agricultural Reserve.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 11--GAUTIER -- City personnel are seeking grant money to fund an environmental court that would help enforce Gautier's laws on property care and cleanup.
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To help homeowners with high property taxes, Governor Deval Patrick is proposing to extend a disputed measure that temporarily allows municipalities to collect a greater share of taxes from business properties.
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The health of the St. Johns River became a priority last summer with the $742 million River Accord.  Jacksonville residents could finally envision a brighter future for the city's most valuable natural asset.
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By Andy Meinen, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Jun. 9--A nearly month-old statewide burn ban on yard debris was lifted Friday, but a Bay County ordinance still prohibits burning yard waste here.
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The future of the Urban Development Boundary is up for grabs in Miami-Dade County as farmers and environmentalists face off about new construction.
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By Jay Conley jay.conley@roanoke.com 981-3114  A development group's proposal to combine single-family homes and condominiums with commercial businesses and a health care center near Fincastle is facing opposition from Botetourt County residents and county officials.
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By Mary Perez, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Dec. 8--ST. MARTIN -- By sharing 22 county-owned acres behind the community center, the Army National Guard, a fire department and a utility district can each build facilities that will benefit the entire community.
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By Rowena Coetsee, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Dec. 12--EAST COUNTY -- Old age has cost two Delta communities their fireboat, but fire district officials say the replacement they have in mind will compensate for those losses.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  May 26--Combining Destin and Okaloosa Island beach restoration into a single project would save money for both the city and county, a county offi cial says.
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By Josh Hafenbrack, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 14--A day after hundreds of residents demanded local politicians get a grip on their spending to keep property taxes down, Palm Beach County commissioners moved forward with a potentially costly new public art program.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 23--A new marketplace planned to spring from agricultural land west of Boynton Beach got a go-ahead Thursday from the Palm Beach County Commission.
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By Margo Harakas, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 3--South Floridians are in a green state -- of mind.