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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.

Bradenton Blues Festival Plays To Your Heartstrings

By Jessi Smith Tuesday, December 03, 2013
Before acclaimed Blues Vocalist Shemekia Copeland and Rising Star Blues Guitarist Albert Castiglia rock your world on Saturday, a live auction will feature a little number by Sarasota-based Artist Mary GrandPre who enchanted an entire generation of readers with her iconic artwork bringing to life the wizarding world of Harry Potter.

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.

"Not Your Average Speakers'': Tampa Bay Employers, Military Veterans Connect Over Jobs

By Diane Egner Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Business leaders, military personnel and members of the larger community make connections, get advice and share their workforce transition stories as part the latest 83 Degrees Media "Not Your Average Speakers'' series in Tampa.

Tampa Bay Museums Explore New Collaborations

By Kendra Langlie Tuesday, November 12, 2013
New collaborations among traditional entities aren't always easy nor are they readily embraced by traditionalists more comfortable with the status quo. But the Tampa Bay region's newly thriving arts communities are beginning to recognize the "c'' word as the smartest and quickest path to a prosperous future for individual institutions as well as for the local economy.

Public Art Transforms The Urban Canvas

By Elaine Labalme Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Once the province of sculptors, public art has evolved into an essential element of urban placemaking and social engagement. From murals on vacant buildings to art in laundromats to edible art installations that are as mouthwatering as they are aesthetically pleasing, we take a look at how public art is transforming our cities.

Dade City Incubator Offers Startups A SMARTstart

By Justine Benstead Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Launching a business anywhere brings challenges but perhaps nowhere more so than in some of the more suburban or rural communities outside the reach of connections and collaborations cities can offer. That's why Dade City, a small town in Pasco County north of Tampa, created a new business incubator program called SMARTstart.

Sustainable Buzz Surrounds Tampa Bay's Locavore Movement

By Jessi Smith Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Celebrating the Tampa Bay region's locavore movement, the Sustany Foundation teams up with local farms and restaurants, food trucks, breweries, wineries and spirits companies to present a tastebud-tantalizing Sustainable Buzz Fest on November 7 at the Straz Center.

St. Pete Entrepreneurs Launch Micro-Juicery

By Janan Talafer Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Kelly Lessem's small home-based business grows into a full-time operation with the opening of Squeeze Juice Works, a trendy new St. Pete juice bar that she operates with co-owner Amy Losoya, former manager of the popular downtown Tampa Fly Bar and Restaurant.

Encore! Tampa Takes Big Strides Toward Sustainability

By Marcia Biggs Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Encore! Tampa, a growing planned community just north of downtown designed to attract young professionals as well as families and the elderly, is a role model for sustainability and green living.

Trip To Brazil Fosters Relationships For Tampa Bay

By Alfred Goldberg Tuesday, October 29, 2013
A Sister City relationship with Porto Alegre begins with a Tampa group's visit to Brazil. Key to its success will be what follows over time in terms of business and community connections.

EXMO App Helps Events Become More Social, Interactive

By Justine Benstead Tuesday, October 22, 2013
A Tampa startup entered the national spotlight in October with the public launch of EXMO, which aims to help events become more social.
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