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.
Rising housing costs are creating opportunities for building smaller homes and apartments to meet demand created by young professionals, creatives and empty nesters who want to live in or near Tampa Bay Area downtowns.
University of Tampa creative writing Instructor Donald Morrill won the 2017 Lee Smith Novel prize for BEAUT, his story of Jill Lundgrove, the unforgettable protagonist of Beaut. Read an excerpt.
Music festivals, art exhibits, theater, cultural fairs, visiting local artists are among things to do in Tampa and Hillsborough County in May. Learn more.
TiECON brings the endeavors of Tampa Bay businesses to the forefront. Plus more tech news in the Tampa Bay region.
Learn what you can do at the new Center for Architecture and Design in the historic Sans Souci building on 7th Avenue in Ybor City in Tampa.
A ridesharing app called Whipster is making it easier for people to go carless in the Tampa Bay Area.
A grassroots movement in Plant City is working to connect high school students and other jobseekers with employers. Plus more job news in Tampa Bay Area.
Some 30 riders of the Florida StartupBus will have the opportunity to collaborate and create their own businesses on a 72-hour journey to New Orleans.
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