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Alex English

Alex English

Alex English is a marketing consultant and Tampa native who has lived in Milan, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. He's passionate about urbanism, sustainability, and publishes econami, a substack about wealth and wellness.
 

Alex English's Latest Articles

Mise en Place settles into Ybor City home

The Tampa fine dining institution reopened in its new Ybor location in late 2025.

Tampa City Council’s Naya Young looking long term for city, District 5

Tampa's newest City Council member talks priorities for city, District 5

HART's busy Route 1 is fare-free for a year thanks to a pilot program the Tampa City Council is funding.
Fresh tactics on transit in Tampa Bay

Tampa City Council's pragmatic approach for improving service and growing ridership on HART Route 1 is producing results.

Preserving Ybor City’s past, building for its future

The gut-and-rebuild renovation of Ybor City's Scozzari Brothers Building includes meticulous preservation of the historic building's façade.

The TECO line streetcar operates free of charge for passengers from Ybor City Historic District to the Channel District in Tampa.
The allure of Ybor City

Ybor's character and urban lifestyle are attracting wave of new residents.

Creativity, entrepreneurship thrive at Ybor City’s western outpost

A risk-taking, creative spirit permeates the businesses at Ybor's gritty western edge.

Ocean Ink Raw Bar joins Ybor food scene

Barterhouse owner Ken Emery adds a second restaurant concept in Ybor City, the recently-opened Ocean Ink Raw Bar.

Tampa’s iconic Alessi Bakery is moving, expanding

Tampa's historic Alessi Bakery is expanding to a larger location on Cypress Street.

Ybor City's Kress Contemporary is Tampa's version of an artitst colony, with third-floor studios and second-floor gallery space
The new pulse of Ybor: Creativity at Kress Contemporary

Ybor City's Kress Contemporary is Tampa's answer to an artist colony, where photo exhibits capture Florida's hidden swamplands in the ground-floor gallery, while sculptors weave watercolor paper into baskets in third-floor studios.

Launched in 2023, Tampa Pickleball Crew is a hive of activiity. Who knew that whacking plastic balls back and forth across a net, under 40-foot ceilings with exposed, oxidized beams, would feel so cool and urban and of-the-moment? 
Tampa Pickleball Crew takes the court for Ybor revival

Breathing new life into a former industrial building on Adamo Drive, Tampa Pickleball Crew is part of a re-energized Ybor City's revitalization.

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