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Partner Content A home built out of 2 shipping containers under construction in West Tampa is an example of "Missing Middle'' housing.

Video story: Solving the Missing Middle housing crisis

Closing the "Missing Middle'' gap in housing to restore neighborhoods for moderate and middle-income families is top of mind for local planners. 

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Working Women of Tampa Bay celebrate 12 years of networking

After a 'lucky dozen' years, an entrepreneurial mindset continues to connect women and women-owned businesses for networking and financial support.

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Book excerpt: Florida Scrub-Jay by Mark Jerome Walters

A new book by a journalist, veterinarian, and professor in the Department of Journalism and Digital Communications at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg explores the plight of the vanishing Florida Scrub-Jay.

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4 foodie faves add to outdoor dining experience at Tampa’s Sparkman Wharf

The popularity of outdoor dining along downtown Tampa's waterfront expands with the addition of 4 new foodie faves in Sparkman Wharf.

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St. Pete museums team up for Reverberations: Black Artists on Racism & ResilienceWoodson Museum + James Museum

Starting June 19th, you can check out the new exhibit on diversity and support local black entrepreneurs at the Juneteenth Business Expo.

Development News Rendering retail market, street edge Osceola Avenue (City Hall site).

Imagine Clearwater moves closer to downtown waterfront redo

Clearwater’s long standing desire to redevelop three city-owned downtown properties on the bluff overlooking Coachman Park and Clearwater Harbor is a step closer to reality.

Feature Story Tampa millennial Amr Khader: I don’t even think they’ve scratched the surface of what’s going to happen in Tampa.”

Millennials want to know: What does it really cost to live in Tampa?

What does it really cost to live in Tampa? We sent a millennial out to look from her youthful perspective. Here's what she found.

Feature Story Diverse programming at The Straz is attracting black and brown people who might not otherwise attend.

One year later: Local businesses, nonprofits sharpen focus on equity, diversity, inclusion

The local march toward equality measures incremental success as difficult conversations and self-examinations take place around Tampa Bay. 

Development News DOLCE offers a gluten free section and plant-based ice-cream.

Meet DOLCE Café + Marketplace: A new small business in downtown Tampa

DOLCE Café + Marketplace brings an affordable, healthy, customer-friendly local marketplace right to the heart of downtown Tampa.

Feature Story Seeds are offered to the community to help people grow their own food, at this St. Pete Youth Farms seed library.

Cultivating solutions to food insecurity in Tampa Bay

Collaborative community efforts -- connecting nonprofits, government, and the private sector -- are key to addressing local food insecurity challenges.

Feature Story Carlee Wendell is deputy chief of staff of communications for CrossBorder Solutions.

Who's hiring: Tech jobs abound in hot Tampa Bay Area market

It’s a good time to be job hunting in the Tampa Bay Area. As businesses return to more normal practices after COVID-19; job postings and wages are up.

For Good The Postcards for Democracy exhibit arose out of concern for the future of the U.S. Postal Service.

Destination: Postcards for Democracy, Rauschenberg Gallery, Fort Myers

Got a cool postcard stashed away? You can send it in to be considered for this exhibition.

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Feeling anxious about getting back to a traditional workplace?Read what a USF expert advises

Russell Clayton, an expert in the USF Muma College of Business School of Marketing and Innovation, talks solutions for going back to a traditional workplace after months of working remotely and from home.

Feature Story Cyber Florida Staff Director Ron Sanders

Cybersecurity experts pursue multi-pronged solutions

Officials with Cyber Florida and local experts in Tampa Bay’s growing cybersecurity sector see solutions for cyber attacks in better frontline defenses, increased government support for utilities, and a focus on education and training.

Feature Story Creating the app to enable an augmented viewing of art in downtown Clearwater involved a months-long process.

Downtown Clearwater comes to life with new mixed-reality app

The city of Clearwater has joined forces with the USF’s Access 3D Lab to bring a new dimension to art spaces using advanced 3D digital technologies to bring murals to life using virtual and augmented reality.

Innovation News Cardiologist Dr. Hiram Bezerra talks his team through the new procedure at Tampa General.

TGH, USF Health treat 1st patient with new intravascular technology

A new cardiac procedure that debuted at Tampa General allows physicians to tailor a stent to a patient’s individual anatomy.

Feature Story The story's author, Lauren Wong, and her friend, Haley, enjoy a day of horseback riding in the Gulf.

15 ways to cool off, escape the summer heat in Tampa

From bioluminescent tours to parasailing to fishing to dining out, if you're looking for cool places to escape the summer heat in Florida, check out this list of things to do.

Feature Story Pinellas, Pasco, and Manatee lead the Tampa Bay region in opioid problems.

Tampa Bay’s opioid crisis grows during the pandemicRegional effort launches to stem addictions, deaths

A newly formed coalition of public and private organizations aims to stem the latest wave of opioid addictions and deaths sweeping Florida in the midst of the pandemic.

Development News Diamond View Founder and CEO Tim Moore speaks during the Tampa !p 2021 State of Uptown event, which took place in his innovative film studio.

Tampa !p 2021 State of Uptown: Continued transformation of North Tampa

Tampa !p 2021 State of Uptown boasts over $1B in investments in the area surrounding the former University Mall.

Feature Story Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church in Port Tampa.

Photo essay: Frederick Douglass Memorial Community Park, Port Tampa

Plans are underway for a new neighborhood playground and community center next to the historic Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church in Port Tampa.