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Feature Story Leo Rodgers and former Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor.

Vision Zero: Bicycling with paralympic cyclist hopeful Leo Rodgers

Tokyo 2020? "I want the jersey, I want the medals, and I want to do this for my city. I want to put the whole Tampa Bay Area on my back and represent us, so I've been pushing hard,'' says Leo Rodgers.

Feature Story Heavy rains flood Tampa Bay Area streets.

Florida communities prepare for sea level rise, potential costs to economy

Planner Brady Smith cites the City of Tampa vulnerability analysis as an “example of regional leadership” that other communities may want to follow going forward. The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council also held a series of “Peril of Flood” workshops over the last year, as another.

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Looking for work? Florida, Tampa Bay Area good place to be

The numbers are out and Florida’s job market is bright. Take a look at some of the companies who are hiring in the Tampa Bay Area.


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Tampa Bay startup: Washlava debuts app-enabled laundry in Tampa

A Carrollwood laundromat has gone digital, and is leading the way toward more automation in the coin-dominated industry.


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Wimauma church gets major loan, donations to buy domed sanctuary

A Wimauma church credits "a $1 million dollar miracle'' for enabling it to continue its ministry from its domed sanctuary on U.S. Highway 301 in South Hillsborough.


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Where to get fastest internet speed? Try Connected City in Pasco County

The Connected City, between Wesley Chapel and San Antonio in Pasco County, is designed to include 37,000 homes and 12 million square feet of commercial space, along with a wellness district and an education center in partnership with Saint Leo University.

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Commentary: Local business community can fill void as public school funds dwindle

Elaine Liftin, President and Executive Director of the Florida Council for Educational Change, calls on private business leaders to partner with public schools to ensure quality in the face of budget cuts.

How can Florida agriculture survive?


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New app, Script, enhances communications between educators, parents

The Tampa-based education firm Script is making teachers’ job easier by using technology to ease their administrative burden.


Feature Story True Stories at Spitfire Theater.

Moving to Tampa Bay: How to plug into the local storytelling scene

The storytelling scene is flourishing in the Tampa Bay area, building organic connections through vulnerable truth-telling. It’s a unique medium, a fantastic hybrid of creative nonfiction and oral memoir.

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City of Tampa digitizes old photo collections, now available to public

Some 80,000 newly available historic Tampa photographs represent quintuple the number of images in the existing archive of 15,000 Burgert Brothers images presently available to the public

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British group taps Tampa man for playable city program

Tampa entrepreneur Ryan Swanson is representing the United States in an international program to make cities fun, interactive places.

 

 


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New James Museum transforms 100 block of Central Ave., Downtown St. Pete

The new James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art will bring another world-class art museum to downtown St. Petersburg when it opens this fall.

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Venture House moves forward on affordable housing

The goal of Venture House is not only to create quality housing but also to revitalize struggling communities plagued by poverty.

Feature Story Wimauma Cares training session is offered by Enterprising Latinas in Wimauma. (2016)

How to create jobs and help neighborhoods prosper? Support local entrepreneurs

Investing in local entrepreneurs and nonprofits that support them can lift low-income neighborhoods out of poverty and help shape a city's future. Nonprofits fueled by innovation and grit in Tampa, Detroit and Memphis are proof positive that it works.