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Florida Citrus: Taming Wild Stock And Breeding A Legacy

By Jan Hollingsworth Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Central Florida Is Ground Zero in the war against citrus greening, where the battle extends from historic groves to university laboratories, hi-tech strategies and the newest innovatons in crop research.

Florida Citrus: Scientists Confront Unprecedented Challenge In Greening

By Jan Hollingsworth Tuesday, June 11, 2013
The clock is ticking as an insidious microbe lays waste to Florida's citrus groves, making the entire peninsula an experimental field trial for strategies that researchers hope will fend off the extinction of a crop that contributes billions of dollars and more than 75,000 jobs to the state's economy.

Entrepreneurs Riding The Road To Success Thanks To Growing Bike-Based Economy

By Lee Chilcote Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Tampa and St. Petersburg are part of a growing national trend of cool cities embracing a bicycling culture that provides alternative transportation while encouraging robust exercise and healthy living.

Graduate Tampa Bay: Single Mom Conquers Fear, Disability To Return To School

By Megan Hendricks Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Jodi Bell not only fulfills her dreams, but learns valuable life skills while pursuing a college degree.

Center For Building Hope: A Place Designed For Healing

By Jessi Smith Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The designers of the Center For Building Hope at Lakewood Ranch in Sarasota created a place where cancer patients and their families find peace and sustenance in surroundings influenced by nature.

Are We Cool Or What? Sharing The Love While Wishing For More In Tampa Bay

By Diane Egner Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The need for good, safe transportation options as well as a desire for better communications about Tampa Bay events, history and diversity top the wish lists of 83 Degrees Media readers. See specific suggestions for elevating our CQ (coolness quotient).

Graduate Tampa Bay: Older Learner Says 'Don't Be Afraid Of Failure'

By Megan Hendricks Tuesday, February 26, 2013
New College student Jodi Johnson overcame a lot of self doubts (I'm too old, I can't do math, I can't afford tuition, etc.) to return to college as an experienced learner. She's now thriving in Sarasota and sharing Tampa Bay's cultural assets in the process.

Readers Share 83 Degrees Media Stories, Tampa Bay

By 83 Degrees Media Team Monday, December 31, 2012
What do USF research, Tampa Bay's Twitterati, Invision Tampa, Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, the Bradenton Riverwalk, Graduate Tampa Bay and community building have in common? They are among the top read features produced by 83 Degrees Media in 2012.

Tampa Bay And Colombia: Growing Trade Partners In The Global Economy

By Alfred Goldberg Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Why should Tampa Bay make connections and build relationships with Colombia? Alfred Goldberg of Absolute Mobile Solutions in Tampa explains the economic significance of why Colombia matters to Florida and local businesses.

Photo Slideshow: Buy Local Gifts, Tampa Bay

By Julie Busch Branaman Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Looking to do your part to help boost the local economy? Spend some money shopping this season in local shops that carry products designed, created, manufactured and/or sold by Tampa Bay residents.

Palmetto Art Center Creates Sense Of Community, Manatee

By Sandra Caswell Hice Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Gretchen LeClezio's passion for art, education, family and community provide the inspiration necessary to run the Palmetto Art Center near Bradenton. Kids there call her "the clay lady'' in respect for the pottery classes offered.

Not Your Average Speakers: It's All About Success, Tampa Bay

By Diane Egner Tuesday, November 20, 2012
What does it take to create the primordial ooze necessary for startups, innovators and entrepreneurs to thrive in Tampa Bay? Better telling success stories. Shifting mindsets. Creating a community "can-do'' attitude. Setting new priorities. Engaging leadership, both corporate and community. Convincing the big guys to help the little guys. And so much more!

Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Birthday! 83 Degrees

By Diane Egner Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Wow! Three years and counting. 83 Degrees Media, launched in November 2009, continues to be thankful for your encouragement, support and sharing of our stories.

Kathleen Flinn: Sharpen Your Knife, Cook Fearless

By Matt Spencer Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Anna Maria Island snowbird Kathleen Flinn pursued her dream of earning a degree from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. After wrestling with her purpose post-graduation, she's found her niche -- imparting the skills she's acquired to hesitant and fearful home cooks in her latest book "The Kitchen Counter Cooking School."

New Bradenton Riverwalk Revives City's Sense Of Place

By Sandra Caswell Hice Tuesday, October 16, 2012
About 50 miles south of The Tampa Riverwalk, a new mile-and-a-half ribbon of fun, frivolity and fancy gives residents and visitors alike good reason to carve out a day (or two) to experience the emerging scene in downtown Bradenton and along the mouth of the Manatee River. The Bradenton Riverwalk defines what "placemaking'' is all about.
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