The “On The Ground” program helps to tell the story of the people, projects and innovations that are creating “what’s next” for communities. The program helps increase the communications capacity of the organizations and nonprofits working in the area. The intended impact is for additional “solutions-oriented” media coverage, engagement and ultimately understanding of the community, resulting in awareness and investments that can contribute to the vitality and prosperity of the district.
The 2019 Community Health Assessment assessment and plan -- completed before the arrival of COVID-19 -- found health inequities for poor people and people of color that "are systemic, avoidable, and unjust.''
Enterprising Latinas and United Way Suncoast team up to expand workforce training opportunities for women living in the rural community of Wimauma southeast of Tampa.
The Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA is teaming up with the Hillsborough Education Foundation to provide much-needed school supplies to 150,000+ students from lower-income households this school year.
COVID-19 got you down? Need food? Access to medicine? Coronavirus testing? A business loan? In an effort to use our solutions journalism media platform to help communicate and inform, 83 Degrees has compiled the following information based on expert advice, news releases, and social media.
When Logan Marx finished his tour of duty overseas as a Peace Corps Volunteer, he could have picked anywhere in the world to live. So why is he at USF? And what is he doing in the Tampa Bay region? Learn more.
What do you need to know to be counted in Census 2020? Why should you be counted? How can you help ensure a complete count in the Tampa Bay Area? Why does it matter? Read part 1 in a series.
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.
Ag researchers are studying pests, funguses, climate change, and other challenges that farmers face on a daily basis. All of these threaten the economic balance of the farm industry, the financial situation for individual farmers, and the food we all put on our tables every day.
Florida has about 47,000 commercial farms occupying over 9.45 million acres. Among the state's biggest crops? Cucumbers, grapefruit, oranges, squash, sugarcane, and fresh market snap beans and tomatoes.
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