In the classic Bill Murray military comedy "Stripes," Murray's character, John Winger, gets dumped by his girlfriend, who said she needs someone who will grow with her. "Talk about massive potential for growth!!" Winger, a committed and newly jobless slacker, shouts as the girlfriend walks out of his life for good. We flashed back to that scene when we read the comments John Hagen offered after being named the president of the Pasco Economic Development Council. ...more

November 25, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco Economic Development Council has chosen John Hagen, a development director for a community near Phoenix, as its president and chief executive. ...more

November 21, 2009

Peter Buczynsky kicked off Micron Pharma Works four years ago with two dozen employees and big plans. ...more

November 21, 2009

Could Pasco County's public fleet have electric vehicles in its future? ...more

November 11, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Mary Jane Stanley, ex-president of the Pasco Economic Development Council, said this week she is ready to move on with her life after losing her job because of comments she made to a Tampa business magazine. ...more

July 3, 2009

Friday's economic summit didn't produce the earthshaking ideas some had hoped for, but that didn't mean it was a total loss, organizer Greg Armstrong said. ...more

March 14, 2009

County commissioners Tuesday allotted $50,000 for studies aimed at helping revitalize two communities in far northeastern Pasco County. ...more

February 11, 2009

Pasco County Commissioner Ted Schrader will ask his fellow commissioners next week to spend more than $2 million on a plan for redeveloping Lacoochee, a troubled community in far northeastern Pasco County. ...more

February 7, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Investment firm T. Rowe Price has won another round of state incentives, further sweetening the pot county officials hope will lure the company to State Road 54. ...more

February 4, 2009

The good news, economist Mark Vitner told Pasco County business leaders Friday, is the recession should bottom out at the end of this year. ...more

January 31, 2009