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Tampa’s economic development chief is leaving her government job
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoTampa’s top official overseeing economic development, Nicole Travis, is leaving city government...
Tampa’s Fred McGriff officially joins baseball Hall of Fame
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoCOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — All you had to see was the reaction from the Hall of Famers on the stage when Fred McGriff was introduced at Sunday’s induction ceremony to know how well, and warmly, he ...
Tampa City Council member criticized for racial comment
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAmid a discussion about options for new street signs in downtown Tampa, first-term City Council...
Tampa razed this Black community. Soon, its remnants will be landmarks.
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTAMPA — Almost daily, City Council member Gwen Henderson drives through the neighborhood once called...
Tampa’s Fred McGriff parlayed simple math into a plaque in Cooperstown
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo Sports· 11 months agoCOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Somewhere along the winding path from the Forest Heights Little League near...
Tampa’s new Black City Council member bucked political tradition and won
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor the ceremony in which she was sworn in as a new Tampa City Council member, educator and political newcomer Gwen Henderson asked her younger sister to hold the Bible. Favorite relatives often ...
Welcome to… Tampa: Taylor Swift Named Honorary Mayor, Gets Key to City in Honor of ‘Eras’ Dates
Billboard via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSome people roll out the red carpet when Taylor Swift comes to town, while others give the singer...
As Florida targets Black history, this Tampa bookstore celebrates it
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTAMPA — The store on the corner was an hour from its grand opening and inside stood its owner,...
Tampa’s next big splash: history-rich Gas Worx, connecting Ybor City and more
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTAMPA — It’s not every day a routine meeting of elected officials getting a look at a developer’s plans turns into a lovefest. But for a project called Gas Worx, it did. In August, the master ...
Tampa’s mayor promised 10,000 affordable homes. She isn’t close.
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTAMPA — Again and again, Mayor Jane Castor returned to a familiar promise as Tampa residents felt...