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Tag: St. Petersburg Times

The New Boom

Posted on January 7, 2014 By Brody No Comments on The New Boom

This article appeared in The St. Petersburg Times in August 1997:

Joey Holloway remembers quieter days.

Born and raised in Land O’Lakes, Holloway, 36, recalls days when traffic whispered through town.

Now it roars.

“Everything’s moving north up here,” said Holloway, owner of Holloway’s Farm Supply on U.S. 41. “Tampa’s filling up. People are coming here to get away from the violent areas.”

Growth, like death and taxes, is a fact of life here.

Where cattle and citrus trees once dominated, dirt-hauling trucks and minivans roam.

“I don’t mind the growth really,” Holloway said, “as long as county commissioners control it and make sure we have sufficient water and sewage and roads to keep up with the growth.”

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