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Chris Vasilakis of Guided Virtual Tours

Tampa entrepreneur projects growth in guided virtual tours of property

The Founder of Tampa-based Guided Virtual Tours expects to attract 10,000 more online property buyers in the next 18 months because of advances in technology and safety concerns around COVID-19.

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A Feature Florida Partnership crew shooting on the beach at Ft. DeSoto in Pinellas County.
Feature Florida Partnerships strategizes how to keep, attract filmmakers here

Feature Florida Partnerships announces finalists for its Create It Here! program along with the next round of open calls for emerging screenplays in April. The overall goal is to keep local filmmakers busy working in Florida.

Andy Klumb talks about his personal journey at a fundraiser for GLSEN Tampa Bay.
Help for local LGBTQ+ youth suffering during isolation of pandemic

Tampa Bay Area educators and advocacy groups are finding innovative ways to enhance support for LGBTQ+ teens, a particularly vulnerable population during the isolation created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lucia Garsys, ULI Tampa Bay chairperson
ULI Challenge calls out racial inequities in real estate

ULI's 21-day Equitable Development Challenge is designed to bring awareness to racial inequities in real estate, development, and planning in order to identify actions the industry can take to address those inequities.

Video stories: The Art of Women Tampa Bay — Art Chat

Painter and Animator Kayla Moon is the latest featured female artist on “The Art of Women Tampa Bay -- Art Chat’’ with filmmaker Renee Warmack.

CEO Lakshmi Shenoy, Embarc Collective
Redefining our environment: Space is not place

In a Commentary for 83 Degrees, Embarc Collective CEO Lakshmi Shenoy writes about the challenges and opportunities created in the Tampa Bay Area for the growing tech ecosystem post-pandemic.

Community Foundation of Tampa Bay: Connecting donors to causes

The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay connects donors, nonprofits, community and business leaders, professional advisors, volunteers, and residents to make the maximum positive impact in the Tampa Bay region.

Paresh Patel, CEO of HCI Group.
Why Tampa? Tech leader shares the reasons

"We are within 1 or 2 unicorns to having our own unique Tampa Tech scene,'' says Paresh Patel, CEO of HCI Group in Tampa.  "One way or the other, I think, in this coming decade, there will be some big valuation companies born and bred in Tampa. That is the best way of spreading the joys of Tampa and tech jobs and other startups throughout the area.''

Latino Scholar Evelyn Cueves Campos and Sponsor Richard Gonzmart of the Columbia Restaurant Group.
USF Latino Scholarship Program: Creating generational change for good

The USF Latino Scholarship Program is designed to make the University of South Florida a more diverse institution and to better connect Latinx students with the academic environment while giving them the tools they will need to succeed after graduation.

Remember when it was safe to answer the phone?

Dr. S. "Aaron'' Laden, a retired pathologist in the Tampa Bay Area, looks for humor in the everyday vicissitudes of life. This time he comments on an abundance of solicitations and political calls.

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