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Gasparilla Music Festival Makes Environmental Sustainability A Priority

By Alex Tiegen Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The two-day Gasparilla Music Festival in Tampa is seeking to lessen its impacts on the environment through carbon and waste reduction, including a free bicycle valet service and waste recycling and reuse.

Tampa Team Competes For $10M Global XPRIZE

By Alexis Quinn Chamberlain Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The Intention Technology team from Tampa Bay is competing with other innovative international teams to design a portable wireless device that can transform the delivery of healthcare and win a $10 million prize.

Look, Kids! It's an Art Mobile!

By Kendra Langlie Tuesday, February 04, 2014
In an age of budget cutting where Common Core standards seem to leave scraps for creativity, Pinellas County holds steadfast in its commitment to the arts. Thanks to a unique collaboration, the county's public school system has an exceptional way of immersing elementary students in art through its Art Mobile program.

Ringling Playspace Invites Children, Families To Step Outdoors

By Kendra Langlie Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Children flock to a new outdoor playspace under the Banyan Trees at the stately Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota. The space is possible following a private donation aimed at creating a place where kids (and their parents) can take a break to re-energize while touring exhibits.

Tampa-based Software Startup Expands Into St. Pete

By Justine Benstead Tuesday, January 21, 2014
VIPSoftware, a Tampa Bay startup, evolves to find its niche in Florida's growing property and casualty insurance industry. Founder James Makris moved to Florida from Canada.

Tampa Hackerspace Fosters Creation, Innovation & Collaboration

By Alexis Chamberlain Tuesday, January 21, 2014
So you have a great idea but don't know how to make it or take it to market? Tampa Hackerspace encourages maker activities designed to nurture innovations and creations through collaborations and communications that might not otherwise take place.

Innovative Sarasota Preschool Aims To Prepare Kids For Life

By Jessi Smith Tuesday, January 14, 2014
The Learning Cottage uses Fusion Early Learning principles to create a preschool environment of fun that nurtures creative learning about basic life skills, the arts, traditional academics and respecting other people.

CoderDojo: Teaching Next Gen Techies To Write Code

By Justine Benstead Tuesday, January 07, 2014
CoderDojo, a free programming class for children ages 5-17, is described on its website as an "open-source, volunteer-led movement.'' The group was founded in Dublin, Ireland, in early 2011 and spread to Tampa in May 2013, settling into two Hillsborough County locations with two more in the works.

Happy Holidays From The 83 Degrees Media Team

By Diane Egner Tuesday, December 17, 2013
As we bid adieu to 2013 and get ready to welcome 2014, 83 Degrees Media wishes you and yours a peaceful respite around a bountiful table. Looking forward to next year and beyond. Happy Holidays!

Art Of Cleanliness Makes An Awesome Impression

By Kendra Langlie Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Many may argue there is an art to cleanliness, but few probably think of the "art'' part in the same light as does Carrie Matteoli, a recent winner of an Awesome Tampa Bay grant awarded to support her artistic cleaning.

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.

Innovative Urban Food Park Would Span Food Experience

By Kathy Steele Tuesday, December 03, 2013
Emmanuel Roux, a former restaurateur 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.

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.
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