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USF College of Public Health associate professor Benjamin Jacob has developed a smartphone app that quickly locates and identifies mosquito breeding habitats so they can be targeted, treated, and destroyed.

USF prof’s app targets mosquito habitat, fights tropical diseases

USF College of Public Health associate professor Benjamin Jacob has developed a potential game-changer in the fight against tropical diseases - a smartphone app that quickly locates and identifies mosquito breeding habitats so they can be targeted, treated, and destroyed.

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Tudor Cay Condominiums in Town N' Country is the latest addition to the Tampa Bay Water Wise conservation and rebate program.
Tampa Bay Water program conserves water, saves money

Tudor Cay Condominiums in Town N’ Country expects to cut its monthly water usage by 273,000 gallons thanks to high-efficiency, low-flow toilets and a smart irrigation system installed through the Tampa Bay Water Wise rebate program.

Tampa MOSI's iconic blue dome will house a state-of-the-art digital theater and the country's second-largest digital dome planetarium.
Tampa’s MOSI transforming former IMAX theater into country’s second largest digital dome planetarium

In 2025, Tampa's MOSI will open an immersive, cutting-edge theater and the country's second-largest digital dome planetarium in the space formerly occupied by its long-closed IMAX theater.

Tampa's new MacDill 48 Park features a trail system around a 10-acre, 25-million-gallon stormwater pond designed to ease flooding in South Tampa and improve water quality in Hillsborough Bay.
Tampa’s newest park doubles as flood protection

Tampa's new MacDill 48 Park features a trail system around a 10-acre, 25-million- gallon stormwater pond designed to ease flooding in South Tampa and improve water quality in Hillsborough Bay.

A photo of flooding in St. Pete Beach from Helene posted to the CRIS-HAZARD app.
New USF flooding app debuts for Helene, Milton

A new app USF developed with Georgia Tech uses crowdsourced photos and videos to provide near real-time data on neighborhood-level flooding. It debuted for Helene and Milton.

Tampa Bay Sun player and Bradenton native Erika Tymrak is returning to the Bay Area to continue her professional soccer career.
Tampa Bay Sun FC prepares for historic season as Bay Area’s first professional women’s sports team

The Tampa Bay Sun FC kicks off a historic season as the Bay Area's first professional women's sports team on August 18th.

AMPLIFY Clearwater, the chamber of commerce and business advocacy group for the Clearwater area, is offering 50 complimentary event registrations for its August 8th “Politics in Pinellas” candidate forum.
AMPLIFY Clearwater offers 50 complimentary registrations for Politics in Pinellas candidate forum

AMPLIFY Clearwater, the chamber of commerce and business advocacy group for the Clearwater area, is offering 50 complimentary event registrations for its August 8th “Politics in Pinellas” candidate forum.

Tampa resident and entrepreneur Paola Bedin turned a lifelong love of cycling into an online apparel business, MYN Sport.
Tampa entrepreneur turns love of cycling into apparel business

Tampa resident Paola Bedin fell in love with cycling as a seven-year-old in Italy. After a few years racing competitively, she's launched MYN Sport, an online cycling apparel company.

AMPLIFY Clearwater's annual State of the Community event offered insights into a tourism industry that is generating record-high tax revenues.
Visit St. Pete-Clearwater looks to build on record tourism momentum

Pinellas County brought in record tourism tax hauls for a year in 2023 and a month in March 2024. Visit St. Pete-Clearwater officials look to build on that momentum but say the county's main economic engine may suffer without a long-term solution for beach renourishment.

The annual Synapse Summit is expected to draw thousands to Tampa's Amalie Arena on February 28th.
Synapse Summit returns to Tampa February 28th

Florida's innovators, investors and entrepreneurs gather in Tampa on February 28th for the annual Synapse Summit.

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