American Rescue Plan funding coming to the Tampa Bay Area is helping cleanup landfills, fix fire stations and buy new equipment for police, build workforce housing and put in sidewalks, expand hospital capacity, and much more.
With climate change and sea level rise likely to shape the future of Florida, a USF Center of Excellence in Environmental and Oceanographic Sciences and a Flood Hub coalesce at USFSP's College of Marine Science.
“The big push is to figure out where we can collaborate and convene on issues to move the needle through collective action,” says Cara Serra, comprehensive resiliency planner for the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council.
Tampa-based nature photographer Carlton Ward, Jr., who has been photographing natural beauty and wildlife in his native Florida for decades, came up with the idea for the Florida Wildlife Corridor Coalition.
Minimise, an Energy Conservation Management and Services Company based in Tampa, lands a global funding agreement that will enable expansion and job creation in the next year.
The University Area Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit whose mission is the redevelopment and sustainability of the at-risk areas surrounding the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida, is often lifted up as a model for making progress. 83 Degrees asked its Founder, former Florida State Sen. Victor Crist, to describe how the UACDC in North Tampa was created and what makes it a success and duplicable for other neighborhoods. Read his assessment.
With Florida's real estate market driving a huge portion of the local economy, 83 Degrees asked Tampa Digs agent Susan Nelson-Crowley to reflect on how the industry is adapting during the COVID-19 pandemic to meet the needs of local buyers and sellers. Here is her report.
Small businesses, the backbone of the American economy, tap their entrepreneurial roots to pivot in the face of coronavirus. Here are a few examples from Working Women of Tampa Bay.
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay creates a Nonprofit Needs List to help mitigate the effects of COVID-19.
Vox reports on prospects for a worst-case scenario involving a major hurricane taking aim at the Tampa Bay Area, the City of Tampa, and Pinellas County.
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