With a population now estimated at 80,000-plus, Largo grows ever larger, and city officials are determined to extend that growth trend.
Almost all municipalities are pro-growth in varying degrees. Largo’s most specific aim is to grow its downtown neighborhood with more apartments and retail, and a ginormous new City Hall.
Construction in all three of those areas is ongoing, with work on the City Hall complex and a new strip center directly across the street — a few lots down from the mayor’s chiropractic offices — nearing completion. All these concrete examples of the city’s growth ambitions share something not uncommon for downtown projects but eminently lamentable nonetheless: little to no street setback or greenspace provisions…