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  Sinkholes and Stacks; Neighbors claim Florida's Phosphate Mines are a Hazard
Florida's phosphate belt is concentrated in four fast-growing rural counties east of Tampa, and the sheer magnitude of the operations is staggering.
Gary Lyman, professor of medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of South Florida and author of several studies, fears there may be long-term health threats from ground water and air polluted by waste-water ponds and gypsum stacks and from high levels of radon gas in homes built on reclaimed land.
Near Progress Village south of Tampa, a new gypsum stack is rising a few hundred yards from a grade school.
www.flouridealert.com /pollution/index.php/pollution/content/view/full/1367   (1503 words)

  
  State: Florida oil drilling debate turns testy
It didn't matter a whisker that Castille said neither she nor Florida Gov. Jeb Bush opposed the bill being examined at the hearing, which would allow states, not the federal government, to decide whether to allow oil or gas exploration within 125 miles of their coasts.
Florida, the only Gulf Coast state that sees offshore drilling as an economic liability to be fought, not a way to exploit an asset.
Time and again, she said Florida wants to be part of the nation's comprehensive energy policy, and she reminded the committee that the state Legislature had allocated $100-million toward boosting the use of alternative fuels.
www.sptimes.com /2006/06/15/State/Florida_oil_drilling_.shtml   (665 words)

  
 Englewood Florida Real Estate - Venice Florida Real Estate - Port Charlotte Real Estate, homes, Realtors - Sell Me ...
The Florida Gulf Coast from Sarasota down to Punta Gorda is one of the best areas in FL to live.
Florida property values are much more reasonable on the West coast of Fla than on the Atlantic side.
North Port Florida is located to the north of Port Charlotte and East of Englewood.
www.sellmeflorida.com   (1645 words)

  
 Dentist The Villages Florida, Florida Dentist, Village Dental
The nature of Village Dental is to explore with you the treatment options that will satisfy your desires and to proceed in a manner that brings you comfort and confidence.
Village Dental uses state-of-the-art technology to provide all their patients with personalized, comfortable and comprehensive dental care.
Farrell of Village Dental was one of the first dentist in Florida to perform this new technique.
www.villagedental.com /dentist_the_villages_florida_procedures.php4   (1731 words)

  
 South Florida Railroad
Henck of Longwood, Florida stood up and announced that if he and his fledging South Florida Railroad was given their State Charter along with its generous land grants he would push the railroad through from Sanford to Orlando in time to save the project.
The South Florida RR was incorporated on October 16, 1878 by Henck, E.F. Crafts, H. Mercer, and Dr. C.C. Haskell, all of Orange County, Florida.
At this time the South Florida RR was the southern most railroad in the United States and did not interchange with any railroad, its only connection was with the steamboats plying the St. Johns River at its northern terminus in Sanford.
www.taplines.net /southflorida/southflorida   (2188 words)

  
 About Florida's Children First
Florida is last among all 50 states in high school graduation rates.
According to the Florida Department of Children and Families, in 2003, there were 32.3 victims of maltreatment per 1,000 children in Florida.
Andrea is best known in Florida for her advocacy to ensure that children in the child welfare system receive an education and related services.
www.floridaschildrenfirst.org /fcf_01_about.htm   (1618 words)

  
 Progress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Progress bar, component in a graphical user interface used to convey the progress of a task
Evolutionary progress, the idea that there is a largest-scale trend in evolution of organisms and that the trend is good
Progress D-27, propfan engine that the U.S.S.R company developed in the 1980's for commercial and military transport aircraft
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Progress   (245 words)

  
 Florida Apartments
Whether you're a sun worshipper or just want to get a share of the booming economic growth, Florida is a state on the rise that has a lot to appeal to newcomers looking for apartments for rent.
In winter, southern Florida is one of the warmest places on the U.S. mainland, with average January temperatures ranging from 64 to 70 degrees.
While Jacksonville, on the northern Atlantic shore, is the state's largest city in population, the state's largest metropolitan area centers on Miami, which is near the southern tip of the state.
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In this 2710(d)(7) suit, respondents, Florida and its Governor, moved to dismiss petitioner Seminole Tribe's complaint on the ground that the suit violated Florida's sovereign immunity from suit in federal court.
We hold that Ex parte Young is inapplicable to petitioner's suit against the Governor of Florida, and therefore that suit is barred by the Eleventh Amendment and must be dismissed for a lack of jurisdiction.
In holding the State of Florida immune to suit under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the Court today holds for the first time since the founding of the Republic that Congress has no authority to subject a State to the jurisdiction of a federal court at the behest of an individual asserting a federal right.
www.us-history.org /case_law/chap_12/seminole_florida.txt   (17804 words)

  
 The Phosphate Fertilizer Industry: An Environmental Overview
In Polk County, Florida, the creation of multiple phosphate plants in the 1940s caused damage to nearly 25,000 acres of citrus groves and "mass fluoride poisoning" of cattle.
Today, the same gypsum stack which caused this particular spill, is considered by Florida's Department of Environmental Protection to be "the most serious pollution threat in the state." That's because tropical rains over the past couple of years have brought the wastewater to the edge of the stack's walls.
To prevent such a spill, which was all but inevitable, the EPA recently agreed to let Florida pursue "Option Z": To load 500-600 million gallons of the wastewater onto barges and dump it directly into the Gulf of Mexico.
www.fluoridealert.org /phosphate/overview.htm   (5196 words)

  
 Murdock Village Initiative FAQs
Once the final uses and development totals for the Murdock Village Community Redevelopment Area are established through the selection of a redevelopment partner in the request for proposals process, appropriate changes to the vested rights can be approved through the submission of application for modification of the Binding Letter of Vested Rights.
Whether the County releases all of the tax increment revenues back to the Murdock Village Community Redevelopment Area, or some lesser portion, is expected to be a function of the purchase price offered by the successful proposer in the County's request for proposal process.
Educational facilities benefit districts are created pursuant to Chapter 1013, Florida Statutes, specifically Sections 1013.355 and 1013.356, with the stated purpose of authorizing public cooperation amongst district school boards, affected local general purpose governments, and benefited private development interests in order to implement financing for timely construction and maintenance of school facilities.
www.charlottecountyfl.com /MurdockVillage/MVinitiativeFAQs/06.htm   (1897 words)

  
 Progress Village Real Estate | Progress Village FL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
According to census data in the year 2000 there were 880 housing unites in Progress Village.
Progress Village's vacancy rate, including seasonal lodging, is about 4%.
The majority of houses, apartments or condos in Progress Village were built after 1965.
www.idcide.com /realestate/fl/progress-village.htm   (103 words)

  
 Progress Village, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Progress Village is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.
About 15.1% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.9% of those under age 18 and 14.8% of those age 65 or over.
Along with Palm River, Progress Village is often cited as a possible future annexation area for the growing city of Tampa in an effort to extend basic city utilities and services south of the Tampa Bypass Canal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Progress_Village,_Florida   (427 words)

  
 Hillsborough County Florida Real Estate Info - Preconstruction Programs | New Homes
Florida - Hillsborough County FL Florida Real Estate Info - Hillsborough County, FL Hillsborough County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida.
Circuit and County Court for the 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida
PreconstructionPrograms.com offers new homes for sale, provides construction loans and is a leading online provider of home for sale in Florida, as well as preconstruction real estate including investment homes, investment property, new homes and investment real estate in central Florida, Tampa, St. Pete.
www.preconstructionprograms.com /real_estate/florida/florida_hillsborough.php   (262 words)

  
 Village of Gulfstream Park
The Village at Gulfstream Park is a planned project that will offer more than 1000 condominium units and almost as much retail space as a mall.
The South Florida Regional Planning Council has approved plans for the Village at Gulfstream Park, but the project still has two hurdles to overcome.
The Village of Gulfstream Park is such a large project that has a big impact on the immediate area, and must be carefully planned out.
www.hansenhomesaventura.com /thevillageatgulfstreampark.html   (135 words)

  
 Florida Foresight - Press Room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Florida Foresight, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in October 2002, is small in size but big in aspirations and accomplishments.
In just one year, Florida Foresight has undertaken several projects with positive impact well beyond its base of operations in largely rural and forested Wakulla County just south of Florida's capital city of Tallahassee.
Selected by Florida Public Broadcasting, Inc. for transmission via satellite to all state and national PBS stations, the video, which is accompanied by a 90-page viewer's guide entitled "Signs of Success: A Leadership Guide for Coastal Communities," was shown on many Florida PBS stations in connection with Earth Day 2003.
www.floridaforesight.org /Press/Pr_10-03.htm   (451 words)

  
 Cabeza de Vaca's Journey - Florida Trails   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
He found Florida several days later, but with 300 men, a critical food shortage and sick horses, Narvaez was forced to disembark his army between breaker islands.
Then their trail went over Florida's Rock Phosphate Ridge and "as it had maize in abundance, they gave it the name Villafarta, meaning "fertile place" in Spanish (at todays Dunnellon), then on to the Suwannee River at today's Janney.
Vaca's reported distance traveled through Florida to the bay, 280 leagues, would indicate its estimate along the trails and various diversions, not along paced and charted lines as was DeSoto's habit.
www.floridahistory.com /vaca-1a.html   (2048 words)

  
 Warren Village - Success Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Her next step has been to graduate from Warren Village; she has moved to a nice town home and obtained a job at Denver Health.
Keisha is proud of the progress she has made, but still has some challenges.
Transportation is one of those challenges as she rides up to eight busses a day getting the kids to school and herself to work.
www.warrenvillage.org /ss_keisha.html   (341 words)

  
 BlogWood: Norwood's Fair and Balanced Nattering: September 2004 Archives
Florida's constitution has been amended only 16 times in the state's history through citizen-petitioned ballot initiatives while in that same time the state legislature has amended the constitution 70 times and passed over 10,000 laws.
Then, once it became apparent that a spill was imminent, or even in progress, Cargill ignored local lines of communication which may have allowed for quick containment help and called the industry friendly state DEP instead.
No need to worry about the health of Progress Village: most of its citizens are poor and fl, so we can safely ignore the looming 25 story pile of (figuratively) glowing rocks that is the dominant feature of the landscape.
www.blogwood.com /archives/2004_09.html   (16952 words)

  
 School Information
Progress Village Elementary School opened in 1960 and is named after the community in which it is located.
The school colors were red and white, and the mascot was a lion, but were later changed to red and fl, with a bobcat mascot.
Additional wings were added in the early 1960s and in 1969, and by 1996 a new gymnasium, track and field area, classrooms, labs and administrative offices were added.
www.sdhc.k12.fl.us /schools/school_info.asp?site=3561   (216 words)

  
 Progress Village, Florida (FL) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news
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 Pensacola
British development of Florida was hurt by the outbreak of the American Revolution.
Pensacola’s progress was interrupted by the outbreak of the Civil War.
Ever since Florida voted to secede in 1861, Confederate forces from Alabama and Florida had been gathering in Pensacola.
fcit.coedu.usf.edu /florida/lessons/pensacola/pensacola.htm   (739 words)

  
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The World Golf Village in St. Johns County has pumped $3.25 billion into the Northeast Florida economy, according to a University of Florida study released Tuesday.
The study, commissioned by World Golf Village for about $30,000, scrutinized the economic impact the development (which includes the World Golf Hall of Fame, the Renaissance Resort, a convention center and an IMAX movie theater, among other things) had on St. Johns, Clay, Duval, Flagler and Putnam counties from 1995 to 2005.
Jack Peter, senior vice president and chief operating officer of the World Golf Hall of Fame, said the study was meant to benchmark the progress of the development, which is nearing its 10-year anniversary.
www.jacksonville.com /tu-online/stories/101806/bus_5664593.shtml   (540 words)

  
 Henry George Interrogated by Senate Committee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
George testified as part of the investigation conducted in 1883 by the Senate Committee Upon the Relations Between Labor and Capital.
For this portion of the testimony, George is questioned by Senator Willkinson Call of Florida (1834-1910).
The two most striking examples of that are the railroad and the telegraph.
www.progress.org /archive/hginter1.htm   (800 words)

  
 Trail of the Lost Tribes
Their ceremonial mounds, village middens, hunting camps, and other archaeological remains are fragile messengers from this profoundly different time.
The Florida Museum of Natural History, (352) 846-2000, is located on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville.
Known as one of the premier collections of Florida aboriginal artifacts, the collection includes pottery, shell tools, lithics, beads, gold, silver and other metals dating from the Paleo-Indian period to the arrival of the Spanish explorers.
www.visitflorida.com /cms/index.php/id=2031   (1261 words)

  
 Hillsborough County Real Estate - Hillsborough Homes For Sale Florida - Hillsborough County Realtor
Hillsborough County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida.
Hillsborough County charges a discretionary sales tax of 1% on top of Florida's 6%.
Located midway along the west coast of Florida, Hillsborough County has 1,048 square miles of land and 24 square miles of inland water area for a total of 1,072 square miles.
www.myfloridahomestore.com /hillsborough-county-real-estate.htm   (905 words)

  
 Progress Village Homes - Condos - Progress Village Real Estate - Listings - Florida - MLS
The MLS is the most accurate source of Progress Village houses for sale, updated constantly as new Progress Village homes come on the market.
The Progress Village MLS is the same listings tool real estate agents and REALTORS® use to list and search for Progress Village homes.
Progress Village Real Estate Listings are provided by a licensed real estate agent or broker.
www.mlslistingsgateway.com /real-estate/listings/mls/homes-for-sale/us/florida/progress-village/progress-village-homes.html   (522 words)

  
 Florida Web Page
Petersburg, Hialeah or any of the other communities in Florida.
The weather for Tallahassee, Florida is reported by a local weather station using a combination of TAF and METAR reports from airports and weather stations in the area (ICAO).
The time displayed on the weather output is the last reported update for that location.
floridawebpage.com   (125 words)

  
 The Village of Imagine — Orlando Condo Hotel Real Estate
The Village of Imagine — Orlando Condo Hotel Real Estate
Imagine an ownership opportunity in the heart of Orlando's entertainment offerings in a village that's worlds apart from any other.
Imagine the convenience of being directly across the second largest convention center in the U.S. Such a place has broken ground.
www.villageofimagine.com   (98 words)

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