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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.

Not Your Average Speakers: What's Next For Downtown Tampa

By Diane Egner Tuesday, August 27, 2013
New restaurants, apartments and business relocations are attracting new investments in downtown Tampa that contribute  to what's becoming an increasingly vibrant urban scene. And more developments are in the works. Join "Not Your Average Speakers'' for a community conversation about what's new and what's next. 

Creative Placemaking Changes Narrative About Cities

By 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.

Moving To Downtown Tampa: The Martin Raises Bar For New Places To Live

By Alexis Quinn Chamberlain Tuesday, March 05, 2013
The Martin at Meridian is the latest apartment complex to emerge in the growing Channel District of downtown Tampa. Developer Ken Stoltenberg envisions creating additional amenities of an urban lifestyle, including vibrant retail, parks and schools.

Moving To Downtown Tampa: The Dog Scene

By Juliette Cassistre Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Other than walk your pooch around the block in downtown Tampa, what's a dog lover to do to keep a four-legged friend happy and healthy while enjoying each other's company? Lots! We've compiled a list to get you started.

Encore Tampa: Green Initiatives Shape Urban Design

By Alexis Quinn Chamberlain Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Encore Tampa is designed as a sustainable community, with green initiatives built into everything from the provision of water and sewer to energy efficient construction to easy access to retail and recreation.

Video: P3s Will Shape What's Next For Tampa

By Frank Rodriguez Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Creating innovative public private partnerships is key for moving Tampa forward in coming months and years, agree community, academic and private sector leaders invited to participate in 83 Degrees Media's "Not Your Average Speakers'' forum designed to foster community conversation and solutions. Watch and listen.

Urban Pioneers Work To Jumpstart Tampa Heights Neighborhood, Florida

By Janan Talafer Tuesday, January 08, 2013
New signs of a renaissance are underway in Tampa Heights. The potential of this community still on the "edge'' may finally be recognized. Historic Victorian and Craftsman-style homes are getting a little TLC and being renovated. Entrepreneurs are opening small businesses. Developers are stepping forward with new projects. And long-time residents are welcoming the change.

Encore Project: Rebuilding A Tampa Neighborhood

By Alexis Quinn Chamberlain Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Encore Tampa, a mixed-use community emerging on vacant land once occupied by public housing, is poised to be the catalyst necessary to transform a largely blighted neighborhood connecting downtown Tampa, Tampa Heights and Ybor City.

Designing For Disaster: The AbleNook Story, Tampa

By Christina Barron Tuesday, October 23, 2012
University of South Florida alumni and architect Sean Verdecia is almost done with his first masterpiece. After years of planning and prototypes, his "multiuse portable dwelling,'' AbleNook, is planned for mass production in 2013. The journey from idea to reality has transformed the project from a local university assignment to a highly anticipated, fully functioning living module in the global marketplace.

InVision Tampa: Reshaping Your City For The Future

By Alexis Quinn Chamberlain Tuesday, September 25, 2012
InVision Tampa is researching and inviting suggestions on how to improve the city's urban core and surrounding neighborhoods, ultimately incorporating that feedback into a master plan that will shape Tampa's future for the next 25 years.

Moving To Tampa Bay: Trend Toward Urban Living

By Alexis Quinn Chamberlain Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Young professionals moving to Downtown Tampa and Downtown St. Petersburg are attracted by cool yet affordable urban living spaces like Metro 510 and The Portland Apartments.

Art Transforms Lives At Safe Harbor, Clearwater

By Janan Talafer Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A mural project at Pinellas Safe Harbor provides a therapeutic platform for homeless people to work their way back into productive lives. The Clearwater-based center also offers social services for adults 18 and up.

Layla's House Reflects Transformational Change In Sulphur Springs, Tampa

By Alexis Quinn Chamberlain Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Layla's House in Sulphur Springs north of downtown Tampa symbolizes the power of collaboration when residents, community leaders and nonprofit organizations work together to make transformational change and create a promising future.

What's Working In Cities: Baldwin Park, Orlando

By Jan Hollingsworth Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Orlando's Baldwin Park neighborhood, carved from the carcass of an abandoned naval training station, serves as a model for  cities looking to combine tradition and innovation in the design of new urban communities.
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