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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. 

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’s Westshore district

A photo gallery from Tampa's Westshore district.

Retired General Frank McKenzie, the former head of Central Command and current executive director of USF's Global and National Security Institute, talks life, leadership and his new memoir
Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie talks life, leadership and his new book

Tampa resident and retired General Frank McKenzie, the former head of Central Command, talks life, leadership and his recently published memoir.

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.

The Tampa City Council may fund a pilot program offering a year of free-fare service on HART's Route 1, which connects downtown to the USF area and is one of the bus system's busiest routes.
Tampa may fund fare-free year on busy HART route connecting downtown, USF

The Tampa City Council may fund a pilot program offering a year of fare-free service on the HART bus system's busy Route 1.

Nonprofit Wheels of Success celebrates 20 years of helping people down the road to success by providing the vehicles that get them to work.
Wheels of Success: Making a difference, one car at a time

Nonprofit Wheels of Success celebrates 20 years of helping people down the road to success by providing the vehicles that get them to work.

Revisit "Tony Pizzo's Tampa" with an upcoming event in Ybor City  and a digitized collection of the late Tampa historian's television show available online.
Step back in time with “Tony Pizzo’s Tampa”

Tony Pizzo was a Tampa history buff who became Tampa's history teacher. Thirty years after his death, USF has digitized his old TV show, "Tony Pizzo's Tampa" and celebrates his legacy with an upcoming event in Ybor

Ashley Smith and the Random Occurrence perform during a past Streetcar Live concert series, which features monthly live performances by some of the area's best musicians on a TECO Line Streetcar traveling between Ybor City and downtown Tampa
Streetcar Live concert series returns to Tampa

The popular Streetcar Live concert series, a rolling performance by some of the area's best musicians, returns to Tampa after a summer break.

As Plan Hillsborough works on Live Grow Thrive 2045, the update to Tampa's Comprehensive Plan, sea level rise, climate change and resiliency are among the policy priorities.
Live Grow Thrive 2045: Tampa Comp Plan update focuses on resiliency, climate change

As local planning agency Plan Hillsborough works on Live Grow Thrive 2045, the update to Tampa's Comprehensive Plan, sea level rise, climate change and resiliency are among the policy priorities.

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