Justine Benstead is a writer and social media manager who lives in the sunny Hyde Park neighborhood of Tampa. She grew up in New Jersey and then Florida, graduating from the University of South Florida with a BA in English. She aspires to become a Jeopardy! champion and enjoys reading, kickboxing, taking her dog on long walks, and photography. Follow her on Twitter at @JustineinTampa. Justine enjoys telling stories and writing profiles about Tampa Bay's emerging technology and innovation news scene and entrepreneurs.
Seek your inner Don Draper at two advertising agencies; fulfill your creative side at the Tampa Museum of Art; serve hops aboard the local Brew Bus. Here's who's currently hiring in Tampa Bay.
Enjoy a bite of all-natural, vegetarian-friendly local restaurant Tampa Pizza Company in the former Pizza Fusion location at 777 N Ashley Dr in downtown Tampa, Fl.
Create, collaborate and, of course, drink coffee at cool Tampa Bay coworking spaces. Shared workspaces continue to grow in 2015, attracting members to the dedicated desks and community tables cropping up throughout the Tampa, St. Petersburg, Lakeland, Sarasota region. Here’s the 83 Degrees 2015 Guide to Coworking in Tampa Bay.
SPCA Tampa Bay will open a full-service vet hospital and spay/neuter clinic in St. Pete by mid-2016 to help alleviate the amount of animals who end up in shelters because of a lack of access to care.
Find clues, solve puzzles and do it all in under 60 minutes! Escape from a locked room in the spirit of Sherlock Holmes at a new downtown Tampa entertainment attraction, The Great Escape Room.
During the Spartan Pitch Competition, student-entrepreneurs will have 90 seconds to pitch their startup business idea to a panel of judges for a chance to win part of $4,000 in prize money.
A local Tampa mother has launched online fashion retailer Hannah's Shoebox to provide preteen girls with stylish, age-appropriate shoes in women's sizes 5-13.
A new 'quiet zone' will prevent trains from sounding horns in downtown Tampa as a result of the Florida Department of Transportation awarding the City of Tampa a $1.35 millon grant to create the 'quiet zone' along CSX railroad tracks throughout downtown Tampa.
The City of Tampa’s Housing and Development Division awardes Hillsborough Community College $100,000 to create Tampa jobs for low-income residents in the "Green Tech" corridor that is near the University of South Florida.
The 2015 Architectural Photography Contest will take place in Tampa Bay, sponsored by the American Institute of Architects Tampa Bay and the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts.