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Feature Story Hillsborough County Medical Association virtual Town Hall on COVID-19 held July 21.

Latest medical advice on COVID-19 surge in FloridaUSF, Tampa Bay Area doctors convene

Dr. Bruce ShephardFriday, July 24, 2020
With coronavirus surging in Florida, the Hillsborough County Medical Association held its second Town Hall in two months to address the local response to the virus. This virtual meeting featured Dr. Doug Holt, the county’s Medical Director; Dr. Charles Lockwood, head of USF Health; and two infectious disease specialists from USF in Tampa.
Development News An artist's rendering of the interior of RITHM Uptown Tampa.

Construction begins on RITHM in Uptown Tampa

Joshua McMorrow-HernandezTuesday, July 21, 2020
Construction begins on RITHM Uptown inside the old University Mall in North Tampa. RITHM is an acronym for Research, Innovation, Technology, Habitat, and Medicine, planned purposes of the 100-acre property. Read more.
Feature Story Capt. Wendy Clark and her crew on the Vanguard.

New luxury yacht charter company boasts all female crewThe Vanguard docks at Harbour Island

Allison KoehlerTuesday, July 21, 2020
A Tampa entrepreneur launches a new charter yacht business on Harbour Island in downtown Tampa despite the pandemic. So far, so good.
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St. Pete Police explore alternatives to dispatching officers

Julie GaristoTuesday, July 21, 2020
St. Petersburg’s Community Assistance Liaison (CAL) program launches on Oct. 1. 83 Degrees Media shares more about how they plan to recruit non-police professionals to assist with non-violent calls for help.
Feature Story Emily Carter

Feeling lonely? USFSP volunteer program pairs students with seniors to help each other

Janan TalaferTuesday, July 21, 2020
Local college students and seniors isolated by the pandemic are helping each other, thanks to a USF St. Petersburg program called St. Pete Friends that encourages letter writing and telephone calls to lift each other's spirits.
Feature Story Hillsborough River cleanup.

Downtown resident leads ongoing effort to clean up Hillsborough River

Kimberly DeFalcoTuesday, July 21, 2020
Volunteers regularly show up to clean garbage from the Hillsborough River along the Tampa Riverwalk, thanks to the persistence of downtown resident Scott Harris who saw a problem and came up with a solution.
Innovation News USF Associate Professor of Sociology Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, Ph.D.

Call for proposals: USF funds anti-Black racism research initiative

Kendra LanglieTuesday, July 21, 2020
USF pledges $500,000 to kick-off initiative focused on better understanding systemic racism and solutions in local, national, and international communities.
For Good Miguel Luciano, Pimp My Piragua, 2009.

USF Contemporary Art Museum lands $25K NEA grantConstant Storm: Art from Puerto Rico and the Diaspora

Caitlin AlbrittonTuesday, July 14, 2020
Newly obtained NEA grant funding will support an upcoming exhibition at USF CAM that will feature both individual and collaborative responses to the Category 5 Hurricane Maria by artists from Puerto Rico and the diaspora.
For Good A child's submission to the Mask-R-Aid fundraiser.

Calling all mask-makers, artists, and costumers!

Kendra LanglieTuesday, July 14, 2020
A newly announced Mask-R-Aid exhibit and auction are designed to raise funds for the St. Pete Arts Alliance. Read more about how you can participate.
Development News Naked Farmer offers fresh Florida cuisine from a converted shipping container at Sparkman Wharf.

Naked Farmer brings farm-to-table cuisine to Sparkman Wharf in Tampa

Paul CatalaTuesday, July 14, 2020
The Naked Farmer opens in Sparkman Wharf in downtown Tampa with menus full of meals made from scratch with a mission to eventually become 100 percent local, according to the Owner and Founder Jordan Johnson.
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Know our history: Follow along on the African American Heritage Trail in St. Pete

Amber SigmanTuesday, July 14, 2020
Before COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter took over the news cycle, students from Youth Farm at Enoch Davis Center took a ride on the African American Heritage Trail Trolley Tour through historical spots marking St. Pete’s tumultuous past. Ride along through images provided by Photographer Amber Sigman.
Feature Story Pharmacist Alex Herwig, President of Small Business Pharmacies Aligned for Reform, says small pharmacies are at risk.

Opinion: Your local pharmacy is at risk of going away

Alex HerwigTuesday, July 14, 2020
Pharmacist Alex Herwig writes: "Patients have a right to pharmacy access and to choose their pharmacy. Pharmacies have a right to be fully reimbursed for medications dispensed and medication counseling provided. It’s that simple, but it requires patients to be there for their pharmacies the way pharmacies are there for them.''
Feature Story COVID-19 graphic: message from healthcare workers to public

Florida's COVID-19 surge: How one Tampa hospital is addressing it

Dr. Bruce ShephardTuesday, July 14, 2020
In the past two weeks, COVID-19 case numbers in Florida have climbed from about 4,000 per day in mid-June to more than 10,000 per day over the weekend. In the meantime, Florida now has the second-highest hospitalization rate of all 50 states. Learn how St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa is responding.
Innovation News JPMorgan Chase presents a check to Embarc Collective and Tampa Bay Wave to support women-led startups in Tampa Bay.

Tampa Bay Wave, Embarc Collective launch initiative to support women-led startups

Allison KoehlerTuesday, July 14, 2020
The TechWomen Rising Accelerator aims to empower Tampa Bay Area women-led startups by showing them how to access investment and peer support.
Development News The new St. Pete Pier.

New St. Pete Pier opens with fanfare, safety first

Joshua McMorrow-HernandezTuesday, July 7, 2020
Floridians and visitors are expected to flock to the new St. Pete Pier this month as it opens by reservation only in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Buzz Local students and Uptown Tampa residents team up to paint a Hope sculpture in Harvest Hope Park.

HOPE springs eternal in University Area neighborhood

Leslie FarrellTuesday, July 7, 2020
Source: University Area CDC on YouTube
Artist Junior Polo, Prodigy Cultural Arts® students, and University Area residents helped paint letters spelling HOPE for a sculpture located in Harvest Hope Park in Uptown Tampa. See the time-lapse video.
Feature Story USF Student Body VP Gustavo Spangher and President Claire Mitchell.

Consolidation unifies USF experience across Tampa, St. Pete, Sarasota-Manatee campuses

Jessi SmithTuesday, July 7, 2020
Consolidation of USF's three campuses in Tampa, St. Pete, and Sarasota-Manatee means change and challenge will go hand-in-hand as faculty, students, and administrators adjust to the unified system.
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Book excerpt: Bicycle Man by Alan SnelLife of Journeys

Alan SnelTuesday, July 7, 2020
Former Tampa Bay Area resident Alan Snel, a longtime bicycle enthusiast who continues to advocate for safer streets from his home in Las Vegas, spent time during the COVID-19 quarantine writing a book about his journey on two wheels in Florida and across the nation. Read an excerpt from Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys.
Innovation News Mike Delucia, Kyle Matthews, and Stan Liberatore of Disrupt the Bay.

Disrupt the Bay targets pediatric cancers, childhood diseases

Diane EgnerTuesday, July 7, 2020
Innovations in healthcare delivery and research plus the acceleration of medical products to market prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic provide the timely context for the 2020 Disrupt the Bay virtual conference live streaming from Tampa in August. 
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Tampa Theatre hosts virtual beer fest in August

Thursday, July 2, 2020
Source: Tampa Theatre
Tampa Theatre's annual beer fest goes virtual with a tasting package and tickets to watch shows online.
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