Hillsborough Community College has been selected as a partner of nonprofit Veterans Florida to provide a free entrepreneurship and business training program to veterans or active duty military who live in Florida or plan to move to the state to open a business.

“The world is facing increasing challenges from issues such as climate change, ocean acidification, nitrogen and phosphorous overload, changing land use patterns, threats to our water supply, chemical pollution, and more,” says David Randle of USF's Patel College. “These changes, while not always on the radar of the average Tampa resident, are changes that will impact us all.” 

The Sulphur Springs neighborhood of Tampa is experiencing revitalization as the city invests millions in new housing, police patrols and streetlighting. A new restaurant goes in among fast-food joints in Sulphur Springs to introduce healthier options at a reasonable cost. 

Cigar City Brewing founder Joey Redner is among the speakers at the second edition of the Tampa Bay area quarterly meetup F*** Up Nights, where business owners share failure stories with startup founders in Tampa Bay.