There are two meetings in August on the request from the Hyde Park Spanishtown Creek Civic Association for Tampa to expand the Hyde Park Local Historic District to include the area that was once the African-American community of Dobyville.

Water Street Tampa's Sparkman Wharf emerges on the national scene as a tech hub and the success is feeding itself.

Industry veteran Greg Holland has been appointed president and CEO of the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa. He begins on October 1 and succeeds Judy Lisi, who is stepping down after nearly 30 years.

The Tampa Bay arts scene in August has the Tampa Fringe and Countdown Improv festivals in Ybor City, a Rodin exhibit at the Polk Museum of Art, a look ahead at the Carrollwood Cultural Center's upcoming season and more.

In Clearwater, the City Council is close to finalizing an agreement with Gotham Property Acquisitions and The DeNunzio Group on the long-sought redevelopment of the downtown bluff.

The Hillsborough County Medical Association brings together experts from USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County and USF and Tampa General Hospital's Global Emerging Diseases Institute to discuss COVID trends in Hillsborough County.

Creative Pinellas continues to offer opportunities for development and exposure to homegrown artists through a mural project at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport and the emerging artist grant program.

The once-sleepy art scene in Tampa has flourished with the emergence of the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, the Tampa Museum of Art and a host of theater companies.