TAMPA - Mayor Pam Iorio met with Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday to seek his support for state and federal funding to jump-start a stalled affordable-housing project.
Iorio and other local officials are seeking $34 million in state and federal stimulus money for the Encore project, a public-private venture to redevelop the former Central Park Village public housing complex off Nebraska Avenue, between downtown and Ybor City.
While no commitments were made at the meeting, Iorio said...