Frank Garcia is Tampa! Paleontologist Frank Garcia wrote a song for his beloved hometown of Tampa, called “Corazon de Tampa.” Frank recently performed it live as part of Hispanic Heritage Day. Friend Fred Jacobsen grabbed a bunch of Garcia’s family photos, and with the song, he put together this great video. Take a look and a [...]
Last time the Super Bowl was in town, we had difficulties making calls on cell phones. The networks were overloaded. Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T are working to keep that from happening again, as they are adding a big bunch cellular antennas all over Tampa: All three major cellular carriers are rushing to put up more cellular antennas [...]
(crossposted at TampaGold) The City Council has approved required zoning changes in West Tampa, clearing the way for the renovation of the Ft. Homer Hesterly Armory as Heritage Square. For over a year, efforts to put all the pieces of the puzzle together to redevelop the property have been moving along. Government bureaucracy is notoriously slow, [...]
Hillsborough: W. Tampa nonprofit under investigation Federal authorities have launched an investigation into a West Tampa nonprofit group whose mission is to improve the neighborhoods social and economic conditions… In question are a $100,000 federal grant to improve storefronts and a $463,000 federal grant to build affordable houses, said Cyndy Miller, director of the city’s department of [...]
A press release from the Mayor’s office, but issued by Ken Rollins, Interim Director of the Tampa Museum of Art, indicated that the Museum Board of Directors would consider the Centro Espanol building on North Howard Avenue as a temporary location at their next board meeting on Nov. 2. Previous discussion centered on a [...]
At gunpoint, outside of my home, about two hours ago (it’s about midnight right now). Three guys, might have been teenage kids but were probably in their twenties. They pulled up on BMX style bikes and surrounded me after I got my mail. One pulled a gun and held it about a foot from my [...]
Did you see this thing? Morin Development | In Development > West End Tampa: The Morin Development Group is managing the efforts to bring to life this desirable location through the introduction of 1,000,000 square feet of residential and commercial space. Encompassing eight city blocks, West End Tampa will energize the city through the introduction [...]
Okay, so it won’t be THAT bad, will it? The Florida Department of Transportation announced that the first phase of widening I-275 through West Tampa officially started yesterday: TAMPA — A project to reconstruct two miles of northbound I-275 from Himes Avenue to the Hillsborough River is now underway (as of Monday, August 13). The $106 million [...]
You may have read that the agreement to take the Ft. Homer Hesterly Arm ory and renovate it into a significant retail/activity center was finally signed. The process has been going on for a long time and is now poised to begin some actual work. Construction should be underway before the next Super [...]
