Every six months, the Tampa Bay Partnership compares the Tampa Bay area to five other southern metros – Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Jacksonville and Raleigh-Durham - for a Regional Economic Scorecard. For fall 2009, we finished third in the measurement once again. Here’s the breakdown: For income & productivity, Tampa Bay ranks 2nd – up from 4th [...]
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Now that the cooler weather is here, let's explore the Tampa Bay area. Where are your favorite spots, and which new places will you visit?
Note: As always, some of these links will magically make noises come out of your speakers – prepare accordingly. If there is no link for an artist, it only means we couldn’t find it. Music Tampa Bay is constantly adding new music by Tampa Bay area talent all the time, with four fresh entries this week. First [...]
It ain't exactly as thrilling as a roller coaster ride, but there are lots of people doing great things to help lead us to a more sustainable (and profitable) existence. In our bay area schools, no less.
Which is the most popular city among college students entering the working world? It ain’t anywhere in Tampa Bay. According to a new study by CareerCast.com and Going Global, a majority of college students are looking toward the biggest cities: Despite being the largest and most-expensive urban center in the U.S., New York reigns supreme among [...]
Final TBARTA Telephone Town Hall Meeting on May 13 to Feature Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio and FDOT District 7 Secretary Don Skelton WHY: TBARTA has actively sought public comment on its proposed Regional Transportation Master Plan in various ways including conducting nine telephone town hall meetings since April 27, calling more than 300,000 residents throughout the [...]
The very job of Visit Florida is to encourage visitors to head to the Sunshine State and get them to spend money to help the state’s economy. So it’s pretty disturbing to hear that they are sending money out of the state. You see, Visit Florida hired a telemarketing firm from Kansas City, Missouri to get [...]
On Saturday, the Tampa Tribune outlined 19 unsolved homicides in the Tampa Bay area.* I immediately wondered how that compared to other cities’ efforts. What I found is that it seems many news outlets across the land do an “unsolved homicides from last year” story in late December or early January. Ottawa police are hoping the [...]
