Downtown redevelopment is the big story in Temple Terrace, the city within the city of Tampa. City leaders closed on a monumental deal with Vlass Temple Terrace LLC in 2009 that sets the stage for a new Main Street and a mixture of office, retail, restaurant and residential uses in the city’s downtown.
Take a look at the winners of the 2020 Repurposed Doodad Competition of Hillsborough County students, grades K-12. The idea behind the annual contest is to get kids thinking about recycling and protecting the environment.
USF College of Public Health warns: Take stay-at-home orders seriously. Why? Some 1.5M people for just over 4,000 hospital beds in Tampa, Plant City, Temple Terrace, and Hillsborough County.
With the 2020 Census just around the corner, it's time for the annual Tampa-Hillsborough County Homeless Point-in-Time Count. Can you help?
The theme for the 2020 Doodad Repurposed Sculpture Competition is 'Shoes: Oh the Places You’ll Go' using Dr. Seuss’s book as inspiration and used plastics as material.
"The opioid epidemic is a complex problem and the solution has to be as comprehensive and complex as the problem is," says Dr. Khary Rigg, Assistant Professor in the USF Department of Mental Health and Law Policy. Read more about what he and others are doing to find solutions.
Nine months after Hillsborough County voters passed a half-penny sales tax for public schools, more than 100 projects are wrapping up just in time for school to start.
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Tampa's new Fab Lab is designed to provide something for everyone. Entrepreneurs can use 3D printers to create product prototypes and take advantage of business consulting services. Students can participate in robotics activities and competitions. Check out what else is offered.
Outgoing USF President Judy Genshaft gives $23 million to support the Honors College at her adopted university before passing the baton to Steven Corrall on July 1st.
A group of parents advocates on behalf of more and better sidewalks to increase safety for pedestrians, especially schoolchildren, in Tampa and Hillsborough County. Learn more.
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