Chris Curry has been a writer for the 83 Degrees Media team since 2017. Chris also served as the development editor for a time before assuming the role of managing editor in May 2022.
Chris lives in Clearwater. His professional career includes more than 15 years as a newspaper reporter, primarily in Ocala and Gainesville, before moving back home to the Tampa Bay Area. He enjoys the local music scene, the warm winters and Tampa Bay's abundance of outdoor festivals and events. When he's not working or spending time with family, he can frequently be found hoofing the trails at one of Pinellas County's nature parks.
A one-year study commissioned by the Tampa Downtown Partnership took a deep dive into parking problems and found the city has a parking management problem, not a parking inventory problem.
Miami-based company Pipeline Workspaces sees downtown Tampa's ongoing development boom and opens a co-working space in Park Tower, overseeing the Hillsborough River.
“Bending Arc” will be a flowing, net sculpture on the approach to the St. Petersburg Pier inspired by memories of the former pier, where Janet Echelman played as a child, and the beach.
The two-story, open-air facility includes five rehabilitation pools, including an 11-foot-deep sea turtle dive pool that will help Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials determine if injured and ill turtles are well enough to return to the wild.
Brightline, the private company looking to expand its express passenger rail system that now links Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, picks up a major partner and investor in British billionaire Richard Branson and his company Virgin Group.
2019 will be a big year for downtown Tampa's booming Channel District as several new projects, including a full-service grocery store, open for business or near completion. Read up on the latest.