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Next for Tampa? Big projects, big problems awaiting solutions

Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Source: Tampa Bay Times
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AirSpew: Teams build prototypes, compete for cash

Cheryl RogersTuesday, August 15, 2017

Thirty teams are vying for a $10,000 grand prize in the latest OpenWERX competition in Tampa called AirSpew.

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Think Anew, Superior Precast, announce new jobs in Tampa Bay Area

Cheryl RogersTuesday, August 15, 2017

A Mississippi tech company, Think Anew, opens its first Florida office in Tampa and is hiring 20 staffers for various jobs. Plus a new Florida Department of Transportation supplier, Superior Precast, locates in Dade City, creating 100 jobs. It is seeking to fill 27 by September.

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Tech Bytes: TechHire Boot Camp and more tech-related tidbits in Hillsborough County

Cheryl RogersTuesday, August 15, 2017

USF instructor Clinton Daniel and his first Boot Camp graduates are the focus of an upcoming TechHire meeting August 30.

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Related Group secures $52M loan for new luxury apartments in Westshore, Tampa

Mike SalineroThursday, August 10, 2017
Town Westshore is a four-story, luxury mid-rise apartment development with 396 units on just over 8 acres. 
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Vision Zero: How to make local streets safer for everyone? Join the conversation August 22

Jessi SmithWednesday, August 9, 2017
What's your best idea for making Hillsborough County streets safer for everyone? Take part in the local MPO's Vision Zero movement for safe streets.
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Best way to get to Clearwater Beach? Ferry alleviates traffic, parking woes

Tiffany RazzanoTuesday, August 8, 2017
Clearwater Ferry to expand services to Dunedin this fall as ridership between downtown and Clearwater Beach continues to grow.
Feature Story Doris Ross Reddick Elementary

Getting ready for kindergarten: Community effort emerges in Wimauma

Cheryl RogersTuesday, August 8, 2017
If children enter kindergarten way behind their peers, will they ever catch up to grade level? Pre-kindergarten classes return to Wimauma in effort to help kids succeed.
Feature Story Doris Ross Reddick Elementary

Preparándose para el Jardín de Infantes: un esfuerzo comunitario de Wimauma

Kendra LanglieTuesday, August 8, 2017
Si los niños entran al jardín de infantes de manera diferente a sus compañeros, ¿alguna vez alcanzarán el nivel de grado? Las clases de pre-kindergarten regresan a Wimauma en un esfuerzo para ayudar a los niños a tener éxito.
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Can a city stay cool while growing up fast? St. Pete looks to future

Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Source: Tampa Bay Times
Innovation News SiteLite

Tampa tech company automates LED light sales proposals

Cheryl RogersTuesday, August 8, 2017

LED lighting can dramatically cut light bills, but convincing people to invest in it can sometimes be tough. Now a South Tampa company, SiteLite, is automating the LED sales proposal process.

 

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For Good: Fast Pitch seeks entries from Tampa Bay Area nonprofits

Cheryl RogersMonday, August 7, 2017
Tampa gets first Fast Pitch event for nonprofits with an accelerator program through the Seattle-based Social Venture Partners.
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How to end homelessness? Tampa Bay area nonprofits bring fresh, new approaches

Amy HammondTuesday, August 1, 2017
From developing urban rest stops and locations for people to fill water bottles to expanding mental health programming, local charities are focused on solutions to end homelessness.
Feature Story John Kuhn, an Associate Professor for the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

USF patents: Local scientists pursue innovations to make our lives better

Cheryl RogersTuesday, August 1, 2017
How does research being done at USF in Tampa matter to you and your family? See the progress professors and students are making in converting waste to energy, and to prevent and treat strokes, Alzheimer’s disease, paralysis and more.

Digital marketplace can cut surgical supply expenses

Cheryl RogersTuesday, August 1, 2017

A Largo company has opened a digital marketplace for the surgical supplies resale industry, helping hospitals and surgical centers sell single-use supplies that might otherwise go to waste.

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Meet employers face-to-face at Tampa Bay Area job fairs

Cheryl RogersTuesday, August 1, 2017

Jobseekers in the Tampa Bay area can meet face-to-face with employers at local career fairs.

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FDOT paves way for protected cycle track on Jackson Street in downtown Tampa

Jessi SmithFriday, July 28, 2017
Florida's first "urban shared-use path'' separating bicyclists from motorized vehicles will go east-west on Jackson Street through downtown Tampa by 2018.
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