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Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Taco Bus owner Rene Valenzuela celebrate the new downtown Tampa location.
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Entrepreneurship

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Long seen as a perfect place to pioneer ideas and make investments, the Tampa Bay region has a well-earned reputation for growing the smallest seeds of entrepreneurial spirit into grandiose plans to solve the world's problems. Take air conditioning, for example. Few places contain a richer history that promises more for the future.

Entrepreneurship Features

Hot Fashions: Penelope T Meets Tampa Bay's Desire

Hip, trendy fashion items regularly seen in megacities like New York, L.A. and Chicago hang out at penelope t's in South Tampa, where two FSU grads have carved out their own style of design and clothing that is now in hot demand.

Bill Strickland: Anti-Poverty Warrior Sets His Sights On Tampa Bay

Bill Strickland, founder of the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh, sees the Tampa Bay region as a future site for a replication project providing an urban environment designed to ensure a bright future for the region's most needy children. He challenges members of the Florida Philanthropic Network to step up to help him make a difference in Florida.

Reuben & Hunter: Creative Duo Exude Energy, Ideas

Building community is at the center of most everything Reuben Pressman and Hunter Payne tackle in St. Petersburg and the rest of the Tampa Bay region. From Swings to the new "I'm Staying!'' campaign, the young professionals who have been buddies since high school aim high even as more traditional thinkers don't get everything they do.

A Taste Of Central Avenue, St. Petersburg

Looking for the hippest, hottest foodie scene in Tampa Bay? Take a walk along Central Avenue anywhere from downtown St. Petersburg to I-275 and you'll soon find enough tantalizing tastes to scandalize the senses.

Photo Slideshow: Duncan McClellan, St. Petersburg

Duncan McClellan shares his glass studio in St. Petersburg with members of the public and a variety of charitable causes.
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