Innovations in healthcare delivery and research plus the acceleration of medical products to market prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic provide the timely context for the 2020 Disrupt the Bay virtual conference live streaming from Tampa in August.
Artist Junior Polo, Prodigy Cultural Arts® students, and University Area residents helped paint letters spelling HOPE for a sculpture located in Harvest Hope Park in Uptown Tampa. See the time-lapse video.
Ross Fabian, a long-time resident of the neighborhood served by the University Area CDC, shares his thoughts and vision for what more is needed to improve the local environment to promote healthy and productive lives for all.
A rising high school senior in Tampa wrote this essay "because of the pain and frustration I felt from watching the excruciating murder of George Floyd. My goal is to spread the message of patience and understanding that all people should have with blacks across America during these times. Empathy is the only way we can move forward.''
Maia Shockley is the Best in Show winner of the 25th Annual Rembrandt Youth Art Competition presented by Tampa Regional Artists, with her digital painting, “Dani Rose and Me.” Her win is extra special because she's only 11 and draws using only one thumb.
"I’d like to cross the threshold of my mother’s building and sit with her in her apartment, take her to lunch, or whisk her away for a weekend for a change of scenery to visit with my brother and sister-in-law in St. Augustine,'' former teacher Jennifer Keeler writes in describing her anticipation of a post-COVID-19 return to normalcy.
Remember all those things we never have time to do? This Tampa businesswoman and grandmother recommends we turn the coronavirus-induced new normal into time to slow down, catch up, renew, and dance like nobody's watching (because no one is).
HCC Rising: Together We Lift Our Community fund-raising campaign attracted more than $9 million in pledges and support.
Play it Forward assists with fees, uniforms, and other expenses so that costs are not an obstacle for any child or teen to participate in youth soccer.
When a young friend asked: How do you make a living doing what you love without any money? Marine Corps veteran Beau Blouin offered his own story as a path forward.
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