Builders Chosen To Vie For Central Park Vision

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Builders Chosen To Vie For Central Park Vision

By SEAN LENGELL [email protected]

Published: May 25, 2005

TAMPA - Longtime Central Park Village resident Elizabeth Lee has seen plenty of plans to redevelop the aging public housing complex fizzle.

Organizers of Tampa's bid to land the 2012 Summer Olympic Games eyed the development's 28 acres north of downtown along Nebraska Avenue. So, too, did the Civitas development group.

When neither came to fruition, the Tampa Housing Authority came up with its own $56 million plan to redevelop the complex. Those plans were scrapped late last year when Mayor Pam Iorio asked that the city and county become involved.

So residents naturally have become skeptical when housing officials speak of grand plans surrounding the 484- unit complex.

``It's just words - residents aren't waiting'' for something to happen, Lee said.

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[asonj23]

I know this is off topic, but Tampa is bidding on the Olympics! WOW!!! Tampa is really pushing for the big leagues.

::Holds glass in the air::

"Here's to Tampa's new mark on the world, the Olympics!" ::Cheers:: B)

[mcruder]

I know this is off topic, but Tampa is bidding on the Olympics!  WOW!!!  Tampa is really pushing for the big leagues. 

::Holds glass in the air::

"Here's to Tampa's new mark on the world, the Olympics!"  ::Cheers::  B)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

They were bidding on it. It was called Florida 2012. It would have been more of a central florida olympics, then a Tampa Olympics. Although Tampa was where most of the events were going to be including the olympic village. Tampa and a few other cities were the first ones to get droped by the US Olympic commitee. Once we get some mass trans. and rail links throughout Cen. FL, then I see it becoming possible.

[I-275westcoastflorida]

Yea i heard of this a few weeks back we didnt get it it went to another city for the 2012 games.