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Janine Quarles-Adkins

Janine Quarles-Adkins is a creative entrepreneur and mediamaker from Boston, MA now residing in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa. She is a founding member of the lifestyle brand and creative assistance hub, The Nuance Company. Her experience and background expands across several areas including education, community, organizing and youth development, journalism, and mass media art. She enjoys international travel, however, you can also catch her on a road trip with friends and with camera in hand. Lately she’s enjoyed creatively assisting entrepreneurs and artists as a videographer, photographer, and marketing consultant. She is also currently working on a number of passion projects. When not trying to save the world, she enjoys being a full-time Barista.

Janine Quarles-Adkins's Latest Articles

East Tampa CRA Vice Chair Dominique Cobb is planning more Coffee + Conversation gatherings at Cafe Quiquiriqui within Hotel Haya in Ybor City.

Coffee + Conversation helps East Tampa residents make key connections

By Janine Quarles-Adkins

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Community Development

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April 5, 2022

East Tampa CRA Vice Chair Dominique Cobb launches Coffee + Conversation at Cafe Quiquiriqui in Ybor City to create a collaborative talking space for residents and government officials to learn from and communicate better with each other.

Growing everything from herbs to aloe, 813 Hood Garden wants everyone to know how it easy it is to grow at home.

East Tampa resident makes her way north to find space for community garden

By Janine Quarles-Adkins

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General

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January 11, 2022

The Founder of 813 Hood Garden in Tampa is looking for space to create a community garden in East Tampa to serve residents of the largely low-income neighborhood.

The tour stops at an area called The Scrub during the late 1860-1880s. The scrub-palmetto landscape, later known as Central Park Village, housed the families of African-American domestic workers, factory workers, skilled laborers, and their families.

Photo story: Central Avenue walking tour

By Janine Quarles-Adkins

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Architecture

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November 9, 2021

The Tampa Bay History Center offers guided walking tours of some of Tampa’s most historic sites and neighborhoods. Follow along on a recent tour of Central Avenue.