The sixth annual Synapse Summit headlines Tampa Bay Innovation Week on February 14th with a Valentine's Day theme.

The City of Tampa's first public art sound installation, "Ybor Speaks," tells the story of the city's historic neighborhood and the people who lived and worked there from the 1890s through the 1980s.

The City of Tampa is collaborating with Bloomberg Associates and the National Association of City Transportation Officials to launch innovative "quick build" mobility projects that improve safety and accessibility for cyclists and pedestrians quickly and on a limited budget. 

Tampa Bay's February arts scene includes painter Stephanie Ong's exhibit  "Scaffolding" in Tampa, "The Stories They Tell: Indigenous Art and the Photography of Edward S. Curtis" at The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art, an exhibit of the work of contemporary Black artists at the St. Petersburg Warehouse Arts District and much more.  

Danny Gallagher, the recycling coordinator for Hillsborough County, was inspired to protect the environment in the fourth grade. Today, at 27, he oversees a program recycling 10 million tons a month. 

The 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Gasparilla Pirate Festival invades Tampa this Saturday with pro wrestling legend "Nature Boy" Ric Flair as grand marshal of the Parade of Pirates.

Tampa's newly launched Green Team program and Pinellas County's Adopt-a-Drain initiative are two examples of local governments in Tampa Bay turning to the community for help with environmental stewardship.

Tampa's Stageworks Theatre now owns its theater space thanks to a donation from Grand Central at Kennedy developer Mercury Advisors.