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Feature Story Metropolitan Ministries partners with Monin Inc. to launch Kitchens on a Mission, an innovative new initiative in Metropolitan Ministries' culinary adult education program.

Metropolitan Ministries, Monin establish innovative culinary training partnership

Metropolitan Ministries partners with Monin Inc. to launch Kitchens on a Mission, an innovative new initiative in Metropolitan Ministries' culinary adult education program.

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Masthead gallery: USF Bull Bash plant market

A photo gallery from the USF Bull Bash plant market at the USF Botanical Gardens in Tampa.

Feature Story Ester Venouziou started LocalShops1 to support the success and uniqueness of St. Pete's local businesses. Fifteen years later, she looks back on her own success story.

LocalShops1's Ester Venouziou: St. Pete entrepreneur on a mission to support local businesses

Ester Venouziou started LocalShops1 to support the success and uniqueness of St. Pete's local businesses. Fifteen years later, she looks back on her own success story.

For Good English-born artist Harriet Monzon-Aguirre captures the beauty of her adopted hometown of Safety Harbor with "MIRROR," a new exhibit of oil paintings and surface pattern designs funded in part by a Gobioff Foundation microgrant.

"MIRROR" exhibit reflects the natural beauty of Safety Harbor

English-born artist Harriet Monzon-Aguirre captures the beauty of her adopted hometown of Safety Harbor with "MIRROR," a new exhibit of oil paintings and surface pattern designs funded in part by a Gobioff Foundation microgrant.

For Good Tampa Bay Bucs wide receiver Kade Warner ran drills and greeted Special Olympics Florida athletes during the team’s annual training camp Community Impact Day.

Photo story: Tampa Bay Bucs welcome Special Olympics athletes to training camp

During the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' annual Community Impact Day, the team invited 75 Special Olympics Florida athletes to training camp for post-practice drills and a chance to get autographs and photos with the players. 

Development News The recommended changes to Tampa's comprehensive plan seek to promote affordable and attainable housing by allowing accessory dwelling units like this cottage in Tampa's Seminole Heights neighborhood in more areas of the city.

Recommended changes to Tampa comp plan promote affordable housing

The recommended changes to Tampa's comprehensive plan include policy moves to promote affordable and attainable housing through accessory dwelling units, duplexes, triplexes, townhomes and development incentives.

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Launched in Pinellas, early literacy program becomes model for Florida school districts

The Pinellas Education Foundation and Pinellas County Schools collaborated to launch the Pinellas Early Literacy Initiative in the 2021-2022 school year. The program is now a model for several other Florida school districts.

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Masthead gallery: St Pete's Saturday Morning Market

A photo journey through the Saturday Morning Market in downtown St. Petersburg.

For Good St. Petersburg-based immigration attorney Adriana Dinis is part of a community effort to separate fact from fiction on Florida's new immigration law.

Across Tampa Bay, a community effort to provide the facts on Florida's new immigration law

St. Petersburg-based immigration attorney Adriana Dinis is appearing before community groups and nonprofit organizations on both sides of Tampa Bay as part of a community effort to separate fact from fiction on Florida's new immigration law.

Innovation News Maison Glo CEO Amy Lai's innovative subscription-based business model quickly attracted loyal customers and brand advocates in the skincare treatment industry.

Entrepreneur Amy Lai brings the "Glo" to St. Petersburg, Tampa

Maison Glo CEO Amy Lai has used an innovative subscription-based business model to build the skincare treatment spa into an entrepreneurial success story with locations in St. Petersburg and Tampa.

Feature Story At the sixth annual Bullard Family Foundation Back to School Bash, Amberlee Kampourakis won a dance-off and Tampa Bay Buccaneers tickets for her family.

Masthead gallery: 6th annual Bullard Family Foundation Back to School Bash at Raymond James Stadium

A photo gallery of scenes from WWE Superstar Thaddeus Bullard's sixth annual Bullard Family Foundation Back to School Bash at Raymond James Stadium.

Feature Story "Bay with Snapshots" is part of an exhibit of the work of USF Professor Emeritus Bruce Marsh that runs from August 21st to September 7th at the Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery.

Tampa Bay August arts roundup: comic book art, comedy improv, a cupcake contest and much more

The Tampa Bay arts scene in August has comic book art at the UT Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, a new exhibition featuring Indigenous artists at USF CAM, the return of the Countdown Improv Festival and the Morean Arts Center's annual cupcake contest fundraiser.

For Good Retiree Bob Luce is on a one-man mission to remove trash and litter from the Hillsborough River to protect the wildlife and natural beauty he loves to photograph.

Retiree Bob Luce is on a one-man mission to remove trash from the Hillsborough River

For years, retiree Bob Luce has removed trash from the Hillsborough River while capturing photographs of the wildlife and natural beauty he's working to protect. 

Feature Story Tampa artist Michelle Sawyer's mural on East Seventh Avenue commemorates Ybor City's 1937 antifascist  women's march.

Tampa native Sarah McNamara explores Ybor City, family history in her new book

Tampa native and historian Sarah McNamara, whose family came to Ybor City from Cuba at the turn of the 20th century, tells the story of Ybor's antifascist Latina political and labor leaders in her book "Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South."

Feature Story In "Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South," Tampa native and historian Sarah McNamara explores how Cuban immigrant and U.S.-born Latina women were influential political and labor leaders in Ybor City.

Book excerpt: "Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South" by Sarah McNamara

In "Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South," Tampa native and historian Sarah McNamara explores how Cuban immigrant and U.S.-born Latina women were influential political and labor leaders in Ybor City.

Feature Story Camila Castaneda and Sage Hall, both of Orlando, browse clothes at the Ybor City Saturday Market.

The Ybor City Saturday Market: a Tampa institution for nearly 25 years

Since opening in 2000, the Ybor City Saturday Market has shifted its focus and overcome growing pains to become a local institution, a launching pad for small businesses and the longest-running market of its kind in the Tampa Bay area.

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Masthead gallery: PAVA's 34th annual Cool Art Show

A photo gallery from the Professional Association of Visual Artists' 34th annual Cool Art Show at The Coliseum in St. Petersburg.

Development News The Tampa Convention Center completed an extensive renovation and expansion in 2023.

Thriving Tampa Convention Center finishes major expansion

With business booming, the Tampa Convention Center adds waterfront meeting rooms as part of the largest expansion in its history.

Buzz Tampa Bay Sun General Manager Christina Unkel and head coach Denise Schilte-Brown.

Buzz: Tampa Bay's pro women's soccer team hires USF's Schilte-Brown as first coach

Tampa Bay's team in the new USL Super League has hired veteran USF women's soccer coach Denise Schilte-Brown as its first coach and Sarasota attorney Christina Unkel, a former FIFA referee and a tv studio analyst, as the first club president.

Innovation News Florida Institute of Oceanography Director Monty Graham gives University of South Florida President Rhea Law a tour of the Western Flyer.

Making waves: Western Flyer adds to world-class marine science hub at USF St Petersburg campus

The research vessel Western Flyer, which will deploy a remotely-operated vehicle capable of exploring the ocean depths, is the latest arrival to the world-class marine science hub at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus.