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- Julie Branaman

Rhino On Air Bellows About St. Pete's Arts Community

Janan Talafer Tuesday, July 30, 2013
St. Petersburg entrepreneur and arts champion Anne Marie Cash streams Rhino On Air from the city's historic Kress Building. Through the innovative online radio station, Cash shares information about the city's arts initiatives to a global audience.
Cave Canem Poets 2013 Residency at City of Asylum - A series of community-based artist residencies i

Creative Placemaking Changes Narrative About Cities

Sheena Lyonnais Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Creative placemaking is shaping the future for cities across the nation as innovators and investors help jumpstart once-neglected neighborhoods. Denver, Toronto, Detroit, Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Minneapolis-St. Paul are among cities seeing positive results.
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Community Stepping Stones Engages Art, Neighbors In Transitional Change

Quincy Walters Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Along the meandering Hillsborough River near the Bird Street exit off of Interstate 275 thrives an oasis of education, creativity and progress in the middle of a Tampa neighborhood that most often gets attention only when things go wrong.
A dead orange grove along SR 39. - Julie Branaman

Florida Citrus: Taming Wild Stock And Breeding A Legacy

Jan Hollingsworth Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Central Florida Is Ground Zero in the war against citrus greening, where the battle extends from historic groves to university laboratories, hi-tech strategies and the newest innovatons in crop research.
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YPs Leading Charge To Fast Forward Tampa

Erin Chantry Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Jobs, transit and pedestrian friendly streets are top of mind as four young professionals open a dialogue with traditional business leaders about changing the narrative and shaping the future for Tampa.
(L-R) Alex Glover, Monique Harris, Bria McGrady at an ANYTOWN meeting. - Julie Branaman

ANYTOWN Gives Tampa Bay Youth Tools To Dismantle Discrimination

Meaghan Habuda Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Community Tampa Bay's ANYTOWN experience engages another round of high school delegates and volunteers this summer, igniting the spirits of new social justice allies, while managing to entice the old.
Kunal Jain leads a discussion during Health Camp Tampa 2013.

TiE Tampa Bay Grows Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Kaye Brown Tuesday, May 21, 2013
TiE Tampa Bay's community activities are designed to ensure success for startups by fostering a collaborative network of entrepreneurs, effective investments and the sharing of knowledge.
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Center For Building Hope: A Place Designed For Healing

Jessi Smith Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The designers of the Center For Building Hope at Lakewood Ranch in Sarasota created a place where cancer patients and their families find peace and sustenance in surroundings influenced by nature.
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Equity Crowdfunding: Tampa Attorneys See Opportunities, Risks In Raising Capital

Richard B. Hadlow and Paul S. Lawler Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Equity crowdfunding is increasingly popular in funding new startups and philanthropic efforts, but there are also risks. In this opinion piece, local attorneys Richard B. Hadlow and Peter S. Lawler weigh in on the concept.
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MediFuture 2023 Aims to Disrupt Healthcare Delivery

Jan Hollingsworth Tuesday, May 07, 2013
MediFuture 2023 in Tampa will focus on rethinking how traditional healthcare is delivered to create new models for patient care.
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M2Gen At Center Of Growing Research Corridor In North Tampa

Jan Hollingsworth Tuesday, May 07, 2013
M2Gen, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, USF Health, Shriner's Hospital, the James A. Haley VA Hospital and Florida Hospital are key collaborators in North Tampa's growing research corridor.
- Photo by Julie Branaman

Playing Unplugged: Kids, Parents Take A Break From Computers, TV

Missy Kavanaugh Tuesday, April 23, 2013
See Sophia run. See Liam jump. See Emma race Aiden. Unplug children for a day from computers, TV, cell phones and electronic games and see how they play, exercise and learn in the park. "Playing Unplugged'' in Pinellas County is just one antidote to the nation's obesity crisis.
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83 Degrees, IGNITE Tampa Bay Ticket Giveaway

83 Degrees Media Team Tuesday, April 23, 2013
IGNITE Tampa Bay aims to stoke the fires of passion that consume the hearts and minds of thought leaders in Tampa Bay. Only 20 get to take the stage at Tampa Theatre, but hundreds will be in the audience. Will you be among them?
- Julie Branaman

Rise of the Rest: It's Not Just Silicon Valley Anymore

Eric Peterson Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Has Silicon Valley jumped the shark? Ask many keen observers of technology communities from coast to coast, and they'll tell you that 2013 is prime time for startups to bloom in unexpected cities. Take Tampa, for example.
Friends (L-R) Tyler Visuvasam, Alejandro Acosta and Ian Pointer take apart a printer for fun. - Juli

Tampa Mini Maker Faire: Nirvana 4 Geeks & Nerds

Mitchell Brown Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Are we having fun yet? That's a question no one has to ask at the Tampa Mini Maker Faire as kids and bigger people work together to tear apart and rebuild complex things or make something out of nothing. This playground for innovators and creatives blends math and science, robotics and gear ratios, mechanics and engineering into fun, fun fun.
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