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Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez

Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez

Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez is a freelance writer who was born and raised in Tampa. He earned his BA in English from the University of South Florida and authored several local history books, including Images of America: Tampa's CarrollwoodImages of Modern America: Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, and Images of America: Tampa's Westshore. He has many hobbies and especially loves spending time in his garden. You can catch up on all his latest gardening and landscaping tips on his blog, Hortiwriter.com.

Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez's Latest Articles

Rendering of a hypothetical redevelopment scenario adjacent to BayCare Ballpark, home of Philadelphia Phillies spring training and the Clearwater Threshers. The hypothetical project transforms the site with a mix of office, retail and residential.
City of Clearwater launches Property Redevelopment Assistance Program

The Clearwater Economic Development Division's new Property Redevelopment Assistance Program is designed to connect with the owners of properties throughout the city that are prime for redevelopment.

Areas that could see increased development density under bonuses provided by the Public Amenities Incentive Pool include the Downtown Clearwater Core, Downtown Gateway, Old Bay, Prospect Lake and South Gateway.
City of Clearwater unveils new tool to spur redevelopment

Clearwater's Public Amenities Incentive Pool offers developers density bonuses for projects that include Class A office space, public parking, residential rental units and other uses that benefit the larger community. 

Clearwater-based Creative Growth Services: an entrepreneurial success story

Maria Ivana Ramirez, CEO of Clearwater's Creative Growth Services, has used her multicultural background and extensive digital marketing experience as the foundation for entrepreneurial success.

Uptown Sky is a mixed-income community opening in June at 12th  Street and Fletcher Avenue in North Tampa's Uptown District.
Collaboration brings affordable housing to North Tampa’s rapidly redeveloping Uptown District

Blue Sky Communities and the University Area Community Development Corporation are collaborating on Uptown Sky, an apartment complex that will deliver needed affordable housing to the rapidly redeveloping Uptown District.

Blue Sky Communities is developing The Adderley to help meet the need for affordable housing in north Tampa and bring redevelompent with a community benefit it to the Nebraska Avenue corridor.
Blue Sky Communities brings affordable housing, hope for new vision to North Tampa

Blue Sky Communities is bringing needed affordable housing to North Tampa and redevelopment with a community benefit to the Nebraska Avenue corridor with The Adderley, the nonprofit housing developer's first project in the city limits.

North Tampa's vibrant Uptown District is represented in this vivid mural at Crossover Church, 1235 E. Fowler Ave. in the district.
Innovation Gathering: A showcase of talent and tech in North Tampa’s Uptown District

The 8th Annual Innovation Gathering: The Metaverse & You will showcase the companies, development and influencers in North Tampa's Uptown District near the University of South Florida.

This artist's rendering with the Uptown name depicts the development replacing the University Mall.
Hotels, offices, grocery store set to replace University Mall stores in North Tampa

Soaring City Innovation Partnership hosts “Growing Resilient Communities,” including a March 31 Uptown community round table discussion and an April 1 “Building the Metaverse City” breakfast discussion.

Thousands of aerial photographs by Selbypic, like this one taken of downtown Tampa in 1982, were donated to the Tampa Bay History Center.
Flying high above Tampa: Family donates aerial news photographer’s work to Tampa Bay History Center

A treasure trove of images taken by legendary Tampa aerial photographer Bill Morris from the mid-1960s through the mid-1990s is now part of the Tampa Bay History Center's collection.

Margaret O’Mara, author of “The Code’’ and “Cities of Knowledge,’’ says places like the Uptown District have potential to become America’s next Silicon Valley.
Uptown District in Tampa continues to grow, evolve

Investors in the Uptown District surrounding the University of South Florida gather to celebrate ongoing hospital expansions, new Yuengling entertainment complex, and continued redevelopment of RITHM.  

Tampa Fire Station 13, located near Busch Gardens, is the busiest fire station in Tampa
New Census 2020 data shows diversity of fast-growing North Tampa

As one of the fastest-growing and increasingly diverse sections of the Tampa Bay region, North Tampa faces a multitude of challenges and opportunities. 

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