{"id":21229,"date":"2026-07-23T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=21229"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:43:00","slug":"what-local-candidates-say-about-growth-in-tallahassee","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/what-local-candidates-say-about-growth-in-tallahassee\/","title":{"rendered":"What local candidates say about growth in Tallahassee"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21229-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/07\/260723-ep96-growth-candidates-so-seg-a-no-tag-mp3.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/07\/260723-ep96-growth-candidates-so-seg-a-no-tag-mp3.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/07\/260723-ep96-growth-candidates-so-seg-a-no-tag-mp3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Tallahassee has many construction projects underway as the city is experiencing growth in housing, businesses, and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>As the primary elections are approaching, we asked local candidates for office how they feel about development and growing the area&#8217;s population. In particular, what would they do to keep young people here? That&#8217;s the topic of today&#8217;s <em>Speaking Of<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Reporter Tristan Wood produced WFSU&#8217;s Candidate Convos, a series of one-on-one digital interviews with local candidates which can be found on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WFSUPublicMedia\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He presented each candidate with a batch of questions. The queries included growth, development, and how to convince students to stay in town after they finish their studies. On today&#8217;s show, we hear analysis along with those extended answers from the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Click LISTEN above to hear the full segment. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2026 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What local candidates say about growth in Tallahassee - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/what-local-candidates-say-about-growth-in-tallahassee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What local candidates say about growth in Tallahassee - 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