The anticipated January 2011 opening of the new Dali Museum adds to the growing collection of museums in St. Petersburg, Tampa and Sarasota as the Tampa Bay region boosts its reputation as a top destination for arts enthusiasts from all over the world. Among the newest?  The Tampa Museum of Art, the Chihuly Collection and the Glazer Children's Museum, all helping spur the region's economy by creating jobs and an environment that appeals to business and industry executives looking to relocate.read on…

Finding your peeps is never easy in a big place, especially when you're fresh out of college, working in your first or second job and spending much of your day just getting to where you're going on time. With that in mind, 83 Degrees is launching a new series of stories designed to document a day in the life of successful young professionals in the Tampa Bay region. This first 24Hours piece was produced in conjunction with Next American City,  a national magazine created for and by a new generation of urban thinkers and leaders.read on…

USF graduate students captured two international design awards for proposals to reclaim and revitalize neighborhoods bordering downtown Tampa that have long thirsted for the creativity, new energy and strategic investments that will be required to make such dynamic dreams become reality.  read on…

The Heights project is transforming a 48-acre industrial site on the southern most tip of Tampa Heights into a pedestrian-friendly downtown neighborhood with some 2,000 mixed-income residential lofts and condos, and several hundred thousand square feet of shops, restaurants, hotels and offices along the Hillsborough River. Plans also call for a marina with 100 boat slips.  read on…