Ybor City’s historic Sanchez y Haya building is on schedule to be renovated and reopened by Thanksgiving 2026 (Courtesy J.C. Newman) Ybor City’s J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is known as a maker and purveyor ...

For decades, Fair Oaks Park has been a cornerstone of the East Tampa community. Children played, neighbors gathered, and generations built memories. But time took its toll on the aging community ...

The first thing you notice inside Sara Román’s workspace is not what is there, but how it got there. Stacks of paper. Binders. Paper clips. Pens. A single chair tucked neatly into the corner.

Phase II of Ybor City 7th Avenue rebricking is complete (City of Tampa) At a glance, it looks like a simple swap: asphalt out, brick in.But the latest phase of re-bricking Seventh Avenue in Ybor City ...

Growing up on St. Petersburg’s southside, Pat Mack went fishing with his grandfather at the St. Pete Pier and taught himself computer programming out of Byte magazine. He developed a connection with ...

For the first time in 17 years, 83 Degrees has a new Publisher. Founder Diane Egner has stepped back from the role to spend more time with family and pursue other opportunities, while continuing to ...

Today, Community Foundation Tampa Bay celebrates 35 years of philanthropy and $1 billion in donor commitments. It all started with two determined founders and a $100 contribution. This year, Community ...

Midtown East, the crown jewel office tower in the mixed-use Midtown Tampa development in the Westshore District, is slated to open in April. Like the smaller Midtown West office building that opened ...

The last decade has seen redevelopment take root in Tampa's Uptown District, with more transformation in store to revitalize the Fowler Avenue corridor. There was a time when the Fowler Avenue ...

On a recent Friday morning, a westbound TECO Line Streetcar rolled through Ybor City, passing the occasional wandering rooster. At the front, Connie Cosme, who’s worked with the streetcar system since ...

In the wake all of the chaos happening around the world on a daily basis, it’s imperative for our collective mental health to focus on the good and the good people leading ordinary yet extraordinary ...

Steel beams brace the walls of the Scozzari Brothers Building (Courtesy Chip Weiner) Along Seventh Avenue in Ybor City, the outside of the Scozzari Brothers Building remains the same while everything ...