COVID19

Following CDC guildelines, Children's Board of Hillsborough County Family Resource Centers remained open during COVID to serve the community, including through educational programs such as Sighting Sight Words.

Children’s Board of Hillsborough County Family Resource Centers: educational support in community

When COVID hit, the Children's Board of Hillsborough County Family Resource Centers listened to the community and started tutoring programs at all seven locations to combat the pandemic slide in student learning and test scores.

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Eckerd College staff, students and faculty volunteer at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve during a day of service to launch the school's St. Pete Center for Civic Engagement and Social Impact.
Eckerd College connects campus to community in St. Pete

Eckerd College recently launched the St. Pete Center for Civic Engagement and Social Impact to connect with the community and work to solve real-life problems in the school's hometown.

A snapshot of COVID-19 activity in Hillsborough County as of July 21.
Experts from USF Health talk COVID trends in Hillsborough, across country

The Hillsborough County Medical Association brings together experts from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County and USF and Tampa General Hospital's Global Emerging Diseases Institute to discuss COVID trends in Hillsborough County.

USF Health and Tampa General Hospital's collaboration in response to COVID-19 includes the establishment of the Global Emerging Diseases Institute and participation in clinical trial research for the new Novavax vaccine.
Buzz: USF Health, Tampa General contribute to clinical trials research on new COVID vaccine Novavax

USF Health and Tampa General Hospital's collaboration on research and patient treatment in response to COVID-19 includes participating in clinical trial research for the new COVID vaccine Novavax.

Shaping the local theater scene: Matthew McGee at freeFall Theatre.

St. Petersburg's freeFall Theatre has collaborated with other theater companies on multiple productions to adapt to limited resources.

The Community Foundation Tampa Bay is working to help solve the region's mental health access issues through grant funding to organizations like Tampa Bay Thrives and a mental health first aid training program.
Community Foundation Tampa Bay collaborates on solutions for region’s mental health access barriers

The Community Foundation Tampa Bay is working to help solve the region's mental health access issues through grant funding to organizations like Tampa Bay Thrives and a mental health first aid training program.

American Stage's fresh, fun approach to theater included a "Pets in the Park" event in April.
Shaping the local theater scene: Avery Anderson at American Stage

American Stage's upcoming 2022-23 season includes several productions about life in contemporary American society. 

A view of a model showing what the Residences by Ritz Carlton should look like at completion some time in 2024. The road in front depicts Bayshore Boulevard looking south.
Bayshore luxury condos: Part of Tampa real estate boom

The red hot luxury condo market along Bayshore is part of the ongoing boom in Tampa's upscale real estate market. 

Tampa Repertory Theatre Producing Artistic Director Emilia Sargent.Emilia Sargent
Shaping the local theater scene: Emilia Sargent at Tampa Repertory Theatre

Emilia Sargent at the Tampa Repertory Theatre is focusing the company on community engagement and inclusive storytelling. 

Jobsite Theater hopes a return home to the Shimberg Playhouse and a new presentation of "The Resistible Rise of Artuto Ui" signal a return toward normalcy after two seasons disrupted by COVID.
Shaping the local theater scene: David Jenkins at Jobsite

The Jobsite Theater production of Bertolt Brecht's "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" runs through June 5 at the Shimberg Playhouse, Straz Center for the Performing Arts.

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