Perhaps best known for hosting Super Bowls and Gasparilla parades, housing MacDill Air Force Base and being home to professional sports teams and high profile athletes – the crown jewel of the Tampa Bay region is oh-so-much more. Tampa is on the verge of achieving many long-planned ambitions. Downtown redevelopment, the expansion of the city’s port and airport, a planned Interstate 4 Green Tech corridor and a substantial increase in research activities at the University of South Florida fuel its progress.
The United Way Suncoast, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and the Florida Children’s Council are focusing on solutions for the slide in reading comprehension and test scores that many children are experiencing during the pandemic.
2021 promises the start of a new year and a new chance to gain perspective, insights, and knowledge while practicing empathy, understanding, and generosity. It promises to encourage innovation, nurture creativity, develop solutions, and at least begin to fix what is broken.
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.
“Public transit needs to be a key factor for any region looking to reduce poverty and close the income gap,” says USF Muma College Professor Shivendu Shivendu. "... public transit is one of the key investments governments need to make.”
Florida COVID-19 Hub visitors can access dashboards that track infections statewide daily by ZIP code across a color-coded map of Florida. There's also visual data specific to Florida nursing homes and pediatrics, and a Tampa Bay Area dashboard that curates data localized to the region where USF's three campuses reside.
Dr. S. "Aaron'' Laden, a retired pathologist in the Tampa Bay Area, looks for humor in the everyday vicissitudes of life.
HART, Hillsborough County's public transit authority, continues to expand services for people with special needs using smaller, more fuel-efficient vans on certain routes.
Among the first projects being tackled by the new TGH-USF Health Office of Clinical Research? Phase 3 clinical trial testing of the Novavax NVX-CoV2373 vaccine for COVID-19.
The annual Gasparilla Festival of the Arts is adapting to the threat of COVID-19 while issuing a call to artists for 2021. Creative Pinellas is also introducing new grants for artists going into the new year. Learn more.
A new study published in the National Sleep Foundation journal, Sleep Health, indicates that sleeping an additional 29 minutes per night could be a key factor in improving mindfulness.
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