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Updated May 10
TALLAHASSEE â When ZooTampa at Lowry Park had a $500,000 budget request denied by Gov. Ron DeSantis last year, executives were not surprised.
Just a few months into the coronavirus outbreak, Floridaâs financial picture looked grim. In the face of a devastating pandemic, investing six figures on the zooâs panther habitat was not at the top of DeSantisâ priority list. He vetoed the zooâs project â along with more than $1 billion in total budget vetoes.
Zephyrhills taking off on airport improvements Barbara Behrendt, Tampa Bay Times
ZEPHYRHILLS The sky is the limit as city officials move forward with long anticipated improvements at the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport.
Population estimates by the University of Florida in 2019 gave Zephyrhills, with 16,670 residents, the designation as the largest in Pasco County.
With new residential communities and commercial options popping up all over east Pasco, those numbers are expected to grow and become official when the 2020 Census numbers are released. Zephyrhills is moving forward with its airport redevelopment plans to be ready for the economic growth which city manager Billy Poe said he hopes will follow.