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.
Mobile two-week boot camps in Tampa Bay offer manufacturing job skills training and promise participants an OSHA-10 Certificate upon graduation as well as a portfolio of newly learned manufacturing competencies. The camps also offer immediate job interviews upon graduation and are free to attend.
FlowerFive entrepreneur takes networking concept to the next level by creating Shopping and Sharing to support Tampa small businesses.
COVID-19 cases continue to surge across the nation and in Florida. The state is recording 10,000 new cases a day. The numbers are up in schools. No end is in sight. Get the latest news and information.
Pacira Biosciences’ new Tampa training center is designed to train doctors, other clinicians in non-opioid patient recovery techniques as alternatives to opioids.
Midtown Tampa will include a first of its kind “healthy” office space designed with lessons learned during the COVID-19 experience; The Hall at Midtown, an upscale food hall featuring local standout chefs; and Aloft and Element hotels. It will also be home to South State Bank and contain 390 residential units developed by Crescent Communities.
If you haven't visited downtown Tampa since the pandemic broke out, prepare to be impressed by all the construction taking place, mostly at Water Street Tampa. Buildings taking shape will offer new apartments, offices, shops, university classrooms, hotels, and more.
Need a new playground in your neighborhood? How about a little free library? Or a youth garden? Or something else to make it extra special? Hillsborough County is offering mini-grants of up to $5,000 for creative new projects designed to make it easier for you to love where you live.
Urban farmers Joe Dalessio, Kristin Beauvois, and Travis Malloy combined their talents and resources to create Meacham Urban Farm, which is built on property owned by the Hillsborough County School District and in conjunction with the Tampa Housing Authority.
Dr. S. "Aaron'' Laden, a retired pathologist in the Tampa Bay Area, looks for humor in the everyday vicissitudes of life. This time he comments on an abundance of solicitations and political calls.
COVID's disproportionate economic hardship on lower-income Americans is well documented as the pandemic rages on across the nation. In Tampa, community organizations and neighbors are stepping up to help residents of ENCORE!, a newly constructed affordable housing, retail, and green space on the north edge of downtown.
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