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Development News Clearwater's Mercado, a newly built community plaza and gathering place at Cleveland Street and Gulf-to-Bay, is the latest project in the city's effort to reinvigorate its Downtown Gateway area.

Clearwater's Mercado: A gathering place for Hispanic community, city

Clearwater's Mercado, a newly built community plaza and gathering place at Cleveland Street and Gulf-to-Bay, is the latest project in the city's effort to reinvigorate its Downtown Gateway area.

Development News Entrepreneurs David Bailey and Stephanie Harrison-Bailey tested out their micro-retail prototype with the Merry Little Market holiday season pop-up shop in Ybor City last year

Nimble Retail: Ybor company has big ideas for building small

Husband-and-wife entrepreneurs David Bailey and Stephanie Harrison-Bailey have big ideas for building small. Their venture into micro-retail with their company Nimble Retail is among the winners at the 42nd Hillsborough Planning & Design Awards.

Innovation News Tampa's new MacDill 48 Park features a trail system around a 10-acre, 25-million-gallon stormwater pond designed to ease flooding in South Tampa and improve water quality in Hillsborough Bay.

Tampa’s newest park doubles as flood protection

Tampa's new MacDill 48 Park features a trail system around a 10-acre, 25-million- gallon stormwater pond designed to ease flooding in South Tampa and improve water quality in Hillsborough Bay.

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Masthead gallery: Tampa Oratorio Singers perform Mozart's Great Mass in C minor

A photo gallery from the Tampa Oratorio Singers' free hurricane relief benefit performance of Mozart's Great Mass in C minor at Palma Ceia Presbyterian Church in Tampa.

For Good Painted by artist Tricia Sham, "Stay Watered" at Marcolina's Fine Arts Gallery is one of several pianos Tampa Tunes has placed around Ybor City.

Tampa Tunes' public pianos fill the streets with music

Nonprofit Tampa Tunes spreads the love of music and public art by placing artist-painted pianos around town.

Development News 45 Sports Bar & Lounge is a Puerto Rican-style restaurant, lounge, sports bar and Saturday night dance club all under one roof.

Puerto Rican-style restaurant is flagship business for AMPLIFY Clearwater Hispanic/Latino initiative

45 Sports Bar & Lounge, a new Puerto Rican restaurant and bar on Cleveland Street, is a flagship business in AMPLIFY Clearwater's new program for Hispanic/Latino small business owners.

Feature Story Helene's storm surge destoyed the waterfront deck, museum building, outdoor kitchen, cabin and seawall at Sacred Lands Preservation and Education in the Jungle Prada area of St. Pete

After the storms: Some Tampa Bay arts and cultural groups face long road to recovery

This is the second story looking at the devastating impact Helene and Milton had on Tampa Bay arts and cultural organizations, the challenges they face on the road to recovery and the community support helping them 

Feature Story Gasworx, the massive mixed-use district between Tampa's Channel District and Ybor City, hits a milestone with the completion of its first development, La Unión Residence and Social Hall, a 317-luxury apartment community

Tampa's Gasworx district hits milestone with La Unión

La Unión Residence and Social Hall, a 317-luxury apartment community opens its doors, the first completed development in the mammoth mixed-use Gasworx district between Tampa's Channel District and Ybor City.

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Masthead gallery: Florida Birding & Nature Festival

A photo gallery from the eighth annual Florida Birding & Nature Festival at the Suncoast Youth Conservation Center in Apollo Beach. 

Development News With a Florida Department of Transportation grant expiring, free rides on the TECO Line Streetcar may soon be coming to an end.

Fare-free rides may end for TECO Line Streetcar

With a Florida Department of Transportation grant expiring, free rides on the TECO Line Streetcar may soon be coming to an end.

Feature Story Photographer Jay Nolan gives an artist talk on the exhibit "Fandom: Celebrating Rock & Roll" at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts on December 19th.

November arts: SHINE Mural Festival, Ybor Arts Tour, Afrofuturism Festival

The November arts scene in Tampa Bay has the rescheduled St. Petersburg Shine Mural Festival and Ybor Arts Tour, plus the Tampa Bay Afrofuturism Festival and more.

For Good Nonprofit Reach St. Pete's Pop-Up Pantry, a donated and converted city bus, has been a part of hurricane supply distribution efforts.

Reach St. Pete: Community nonprofit sees both sides of storms' impacts

Community nonprofit Reach St. Pete has seen the impact of back-to-back storms from both sides, helping the community relief effort after Helene and having its storage unit flooded by Milton.

For Good After Milton's devastating and destructive flooding, the University Area Community Development Corporation has led the relief effort in the community it has served for more than 25 years.

University Area CDC steps up for its community after Milton's devastating flooding

After Milton's devastating and destructive flooding, the University Community Development Corporation has led the relief effort in the community it has served for more than 25 years.

For Good Over 25,000 people attended this year's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk at Raymond James Stadium on October 26th.

Photo story: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

A photo story of the 2024 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk

For Good The Tampa Oratorio Singers are making their November 10th performance of Mozart's Great Mass in C minor a free hurricane relief benefit with voluntary donations going to Feeding Tampa Bay.

Tampa Oratorio Singers to perform Mozart's Great Mass in C minor as free hurricane relief benefit

The Tampa Oratorio Singers are making their November 10th performance of Mozart's Great Mass in C minor a free hurricane relief benefit with voluntary donations going to Feeding Tampa Bay. 

Innovation News A photo of flooding in St. Pete Beach from Helene posted to the CRIS-HAZARD app.

New USF flooding app debuts for Helene, Milton

A new app USF developed with Georgia Tech uses crowdsourced photos and videos to provide near real-time data on neighborhood-level flooding. It debuted for Helene and Milton.

Feature Story During Hurricane Milton, a powerful gust of wind peeled back the roof of the St. Petersburg City Theatre like a can of sardines, drenching the stage, seats and auditorium.

Tampa Bay's resilient arts community presses on after one-two-three punch

Already reeling from Gov. DeSantis's funding veto, Tampa Bay's resilient arts community presses on after Helene and Milton.

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Masthead gallery: St. Petersburg's Halloween on Central

A photo gallery from St. Petersburg's always popular Halloween on Central

For Good Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce has held mini-ribbon cutting ceremonies as businesses reopen after the storms. On Friday, October 25th, a free concert at Horan Park in St. Pete Beach doubles as a fundraiser for displaced beach business workers.

Free fundraiser concert in St. Pete Beach, relief events in Clearwater, University Area

Community hurricane relief and recovery events continue this weekend around Tampa Bay. On Friday, October 25th, a free concert at Horan Park in St. Pete Beach doubles as a fundraiser for beach business workers displaced by the storms.

For Good Volunteers load boxers of food into a vehicle during Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay's hurricane relief distribution event at the Children's Board of Hillsborough County's Ybor City offices.

Children's Board of Hillsborough County, Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay team up on hurricane relief

As the community recovers in the aftermath of Helene and Milton, Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay and the Children's Board of Hillsborough County partner on a community relief event that distributes food, water and supplies for 500 families.