Tampa

Perhaps best known for hosting Super Bowls and Gasparilla parades, housing MacDill Air Force Base and being home to professional sports teams and high profile athletes – the crown jewel of the Tampa Bay region is oh-so-much more. Tampa is on the verge of achieving many long-planned ambitions. Downtown redevelopment, the expansion of the city's port and airport, a planned and a substantial increase in research activities at the University of South Florida fuel its progress.

Tampa Features

Ambrosia Global: Erect Food Towers, Feed The World

By Justine Benstead Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Ambrosia Global, a local startup with a worldly perspective on sustainable farming as the solution to the world food crisis, will soon expand its reach into local Tampa neighborhoods as well as to Haiti and beyond.

Graduate Tampa Bay: Parents-Led Initiative Helps Students Prepare For College

By Megan Hendricks Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Parents at Robinson High School in South Tampa create a College and Career Center to help students navigate the sometimes daunting college application process.

Innovative Urban Food Park Would Span Food Experience

By Kathy Steele Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Emmanuel Roux, a former restauranteur and farm kid from France now living in St. Petersburg, looks at the city's poorest neighborhoods and envisions an Urban Food Park that could grow healthy foods, teach preparation skills from farm to table and feed the hungry. His longtime dream is getting closer to reality.

Happy Anniversary! Thanks For Reading And Sharing 83 Degrees Media Stories

By Diane Egner Tuesday, November 19, 2013

83 Degrees invites readers to revisit and share favorite features published over the last four years as we celebrate our 4th anniversary and ask our readers to tell us what you would like to read about in future stories.

City Lovers Engage Tactical Urbanism To Change Neighborhoods

By Vinod Kadu Tuesday, November 12, 2013

A Tactical Urbanism Workshop in Tampa focuses on small actions that can lead to big changes in neighborhoods and communities. Parklets, Guerilla Gardening, Pavement-to-Plazas or street intersection repair are some examples of Tactical Urbanism being applied locally and in many cities.

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