USF's new medical school is at the heart of Downtown Tampa's ongoing transformation that promises new jobs, additional investments, and opportunities for design, architecture, arts and culture, and creating a sense of place.
What's happening now in The Heights is transformative for the city of Tampa. It also is a change catalyst for Tampa Heights where community activists strove for years to revitalize a neighborhood worn down by urban decay, drugs, and crime.
Creatives, makers, and doers work together to transform an abandoned church into a community gathering and learning space for neighborhood children in Tampa Heights. Learn more about how they did it.
In a labor of love that has taken more than a decade, artist Dominique Martinez transforms a former fire station into a thriving creative event space in Tampa Heights.
A group of parents advocates on behalf of more and better sidewalks to increase safety for pedestrians, especially schoolchildren, in Tampa and Hillsborough County. Learn more.
A massive parade of new residents, businesses, and jobs is moving to Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida's most talked about re-invented, revitalized cities. The challenge for the state’s utilities, including Tampa Electric Co. and Duke Energy, is finding the right mix of safe, reliable and affordable energy sources to support projected growth.
Three black elected officials in Tampa and Hillsborough County recently lamented the lack of attention given to their special place in history as role models for the next generation of a diverse local population. Here is their story.
Feeding Tampa Bay plans new innovative methods and locations to distribute better and fresher food, establish new collaborative efforts, and job training designed to create generational change.
In an open mic forum at Hidden Springs Ale Works, Tampa Heights residents and business owners share the challenges of nurturing the hip and eclectic energy that has brought North Franklin Street back to life.
The call for a new Urban League stems from concerns that some people and neighborhoods are being left behind in the midst of a booming local economy.
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