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FDOT community meetings on I-275 projects, Tampa Heights mobility study

The Florida Department of Transportation is holding community conversation meetings on June 20th and 21st to provide updates and get feedback on the planned Interstate 275 capacity improvements, the I-275/Interstate 4 downtown interchange project and the Tampa Heights mobility study. 

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Buzz: Florida Humanities Center for the Book picks Florida's books for National Book Festival

The Florida Humanities Center for the Book has selected “Dreams in the New Century: Instant Cities, Shattered Hopes, and Florida’s Turning Point” by Gary R. Mormino and “The Bluest Sky” by Christina Diaz Gonzalez to represent the state at the Library of Congress’ “Great Reads from Great Places” program during the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Feature Story Larry Cooper and Children's Home Network team members at the April Tampa Bay Lightning game when Cooper was honored as a ampa Bay Lightning Community Hero.

Long-time community leaders in child welfare honored for public service

Katherine Essrig, a family court judge in Hillsborough County, and Larry Cooper, the chief of prevention and intervention service at the nonprofit Children’s Home Network, were recently honored for their decades of service and leadership on child welfare issues.

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Masthead gallery: Share the Shore

A photo gallery from bird nesting season on Pinellas County beaches.

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AIA Tampa Bay breathes new life into historic, old West Tampa warehouse

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Tampa Bay has a new home after renovating and restoring a 1904 warehouse building in the West Tampa Historic District.

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Clearwater adds real estate savvy to its economic development team

Clearwater has added in-house real estate experience and expertise to its economic development team to work on redevelopment efforts and business recruitment.

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Tampa Bay History Center's "Travails and Triumphs" journeys into Black history of Tampa Bay

The Tampa Bay History Center unveils "Travails and Triumphs," a permanent exhibit that journeys through more than five centuries of Black history in Tampa Bay.

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Masthead gallery: Dance Now

Photos from Tampa City Ballet's first annual Dance Now festival, held June 3rd, 2023 in Tampa's Water Works Park.

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June arts roundup: Pride events, Juneteenth celebration and more

A busy June on the Tampa Bay arts scene includes Pride Month events, a three-day Juneteenth celebration and celebrated artist Rico Gatson at the USF Contemporary Art Museum.

For Good The Mobi-Mat at Upham Beach Park in St. Pete Beach.

Rolling out the mat to make Pinellas beaches accessible

Local nonprofit organization the Forward Foundation is working with disabilities advocates and Pinellas County government to put mobility mats on area beaches and make the sun and sand accessible to all 

Development News The TECO Line Streetcar was identified as one of downtown's greatest assets in the Tampa Downtown Partnership's latest survey of downtown workers and residents.

Survey says more downtown Tampa residents work hybrid, want electric vehicles

The Tampa Downtown Partnership's biennial survey of downtown workers and residents reveals a growing interest in hybrid work and electric vehicles and continued love for the Tampa Riverwalk.

Development News Women's professional soccer is coming to Tampa in August 2024.

Women's professional soccer coming to Tampa

The Tampa-based United Soccer League has named Tampa one of the inaugural clubs in the USL Super  League, a new women's professional soccer league launching in August 2024.

Buzz Children do activities in a ReDefiners World Languages program. In June, ReDefiners is holding a summer Spanish Language Immersion and Technology Program camp.

Buzz: ReDefiners camp immerses children in Latin American culture

ReDefiners World Languages' upcoming summer camp immerses children in Latin American culture while working to prevent the summer slide in student learning.

Feature Story The 42-story ONE Tampa luxury condominium tower is slated to start construction toward the end of 2023.

Luxury condos downtown, office space in Westshore continue Tampa's development boom

Back-to-back development forums put on by the Westshore Alliance and the Tampa Downtown Partnership show Tampa's high-end residential and commercial building boom shows no signs of slowing.

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Masthead gallery: Gulfport

A photo gallery from a day in quirky Gulfport.

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Photo story: 17th annual Pride & Passion at Tampa Museum of Art

Pride & Passion: Sabor, held May 13th at the Tampa Museum of Art, celebrated LGBTQ+ and Latin American culture.

Buzz University of South Florida associate Professor Joseph Dituri, aka Dr. Deep Sea, has broken the world record for living underwater on his way to completing a 100-day mission.

Buzz: USF professor breaks world record for living underwater

University of South Florida associate Professor Joseph Dituri, aka Dr. Deep Sea, breaks the world record for living underwater on his way to completing a 100-day mission.

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TampaWell: mobile app feeds community's appetite for health and wellness

Tampa General Hospital adds a new health and wellness mobile app to the TampaWell community health initiative TGH launched last year in partnership with the City of Tampa and other community partners. 

Partner Content The Chinsegut Hill Historic Site in Hernando County

Chinsegut Hill: An extraordinary view of history

The Chinsegut Hill Historic Site in Hernando County has witnessed Florida and national history from prehistoric people through the Civil War and Emancipation to the women's suffrage movement and the Great Depression.