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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 Ybor City Arts Tour returns to venues like HCC's Gallery114 on Thursday, October 17th.

October arts roundup: Ybor Arts Tour, 10th anniversary SHINE Mural Festival

The October arts scene in Tampa Bay has the fall Ybor Arts Tour and the 10th anniversary of the SHINE Mural Festival

The day after Helene, Feeding Tampa Bay launched food distribution sites in hard-hit areas across Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay nonprofits, community groups mobilize for post-Helene relief and recovery effort

Across Tampa Bay, nonprofits and community groups mobilize for post-Helene relief and recovery efforts.

An update on Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene update
Riders in Tampa's World Car-Free Day roll across Ashley Drive en route to the Encore district downtown, one of the event’s three activity hubs along with Midtown Commons and HCC Ybor Plaza.
Photo story: Tampa’s World Car-Free Day

Photos from the second annual Tampa World Car-Free Day, a bike ride to a block party that promotes transportation options.

Competitors go head-to-head with their innovative creations at ROBOTICON, which returns to Rithm in North Tampa for a month-long event beginning October 5th.
Get ready for AMRoC Fab Lab ROBOTICON 2024

AmRoC Fab Lab's Roboticon 2024 youth robotics showcase returns to North Tampa from October 5th through November 3rd.

Masthead Gallery: Tampa Bay Fashion Week 2024 runway shows

A photo gallery from the Tampa Bay Fashion Week 2024 runway shows.

Nonprofit Kitchen Table Literary Arts celebrates a decade of promoting the prose and poetry of Black women and women of color and helping them blossom and flourish as writers.
Kitchen Table Literary Arts: Set up right for a decade

Nonprofit Kitchen Table Literary Arts celebrates a decade of promoting the prose and poetry of Black women and women of color and helping them blossom and flourish as writers.

La Segunda Central Bakery's Anthony Ali shapes dough into loaves at the 110-year-old bakery and Tampa institution.
Ybor’s La Segunda Central Bakery: 110 years of “pride, history, tradition, love”

Ybor City's La Segunda Central Bakery has been making Cuban bread the same way for 110 years. Now in its fourth generation of family ownership, the Tampa institution turns out 18,000 to 22,000 loaves a day.

Tampa's World Car-Free Day returns on Sunday, September 22nd.
Bike, walk, scoot or skate to Tampa’s World Car-Free Day

After a successful debut in 2023, Tampa's World Car-Free Day returns with a larger event and the same mission, promoting the benefits of transportation options.

Masthead gallery: Tampa’s Westshore district

A photo gallery from Tampa's Westshore district.

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