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Tampa Hackerspace: A place for makers to grow, develop new careers

What’s new at Tampa Hackerspace? Winners of a 2017 Cube Quest Challenge are waiting for their mini-satellite to blast into deep space aboard the rocket Artemis. The sculptor who created the popular T-Rex skull, Mabel, is planning more critters. And girls are being taught to code.

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Entrance to pirates exhibit at Tampa Bay History Center.
Brush up on the history of Gasparilla in Tampa Bay

Learn more and watch videos about the history of Gasparilla, Tampa's biggest annual celebration with multiple parades, festivals, and other activities stretching from late January through March.  

Stan Liberatore, founder of Disrupt the Bay, which promotes health tech innovation and raises funds for pediatric cancer research, food insecurity and other causes.
Disrupt the Bay raises money for pediatric cancer research

Disrupt the Bay raises funds for accelerating pediatric research into childhood cancers ATRT and neuroblastoma.

The Tampa Riverwalk has been nominated as one of the best riverwalks in the country in the USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice Awards.
Kick off the weekend with arts and culture crawl, Fourth Friday Tampa

Sponsored by TECO Energy, Fourth Friday Tampa is free to all! Just grab a lanyard map from the information hub at Curtis Hixon Park and get down with some fun.

Find the latest coronavirus news, info in Florida

Whether you live in Florida or are considering a visit, here are links to a few of the best resources for news and information about COVID-19 and vaccines.

Fairgrounds St. Pete opens choose-your-own art and tech adventure

Art meets tech to create lots of fun at Fairgrounds St. Pete, the Tampa Bay Area's newest unique space for experiencing our eclectic and lovable Florida. 

As kids are heading back to school in Hillsborough County and Florida, the need for mental health assistance is on the rise.
New mental health mobile unit aims to help schoolchildren suffering during pandemic

Gracepoint, a Tampa provider of mental health services, is launching a mobile unit to serve schoolchildren suffering from the trauma surrounding COVID-19.

Dr. Jeffrey Krischer of USF leads several diabetes studies.
NIH awards $70M grant to USF diabetes research

The NIH grant will support research tracking the health of individuals from infancy to their teens, with the aim of identifying environmental triggers of the disease.

The Community Foundation Tampa Bay has taken over administration of Digital Inclusion St. Pete, which is now also known as the Digital Inclusion Project, with plans to expand the program's work to bridge the digital divide.
Commentary: Bridging the urban digital divide

Many Floridians were able to quickly adjust to working from home, shopping online, and attending school remotely during the pandemic. But for others, Internet access and connectivity remain unattainable.

MOW4Kids volunteers boxing meals.
Meals on Wheels for Kids of Tampa Bay embarks on nationwide mission

Thanks to the efforts of MOW4Kids volunteers and their intrepid boss, Caitlyn Peacock, the program that began here in Tampa Bay opens in Atlanta this week and is going nationwide.

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