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The developer behind the Gas Worx project, which aims to link Ybor City with downtown Tampa’s Channelside district, is a step closer to breaking ground on another waterfront development.
The Tampa City Council on Thursday signed off on a rezoning request and development agreement for Ybor Harbor, a proposed 33-acre redevelopment of an industrial area located south of the Selmon Expressway near Ybor City.
The House on Tuesday adopted a resolution condemning as antisemitic the phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” a Palestinian rallying cry.....Read More
A newly formed progressive hybrid Political Action Committee (PAC) is looking to support Muslim candidates and naturalized citizens who want to run for federal office.
The group, dubbed “Cavalry PAC,” was filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) last Monday.
At the western gateway of the Ybor City Historic District, the rooftop terrace of Casa Gomez has a view of Ybor City’s cultural heritage and its future.
To the east, the fifth-floor future rooftop bar overlooks Jose Marti Park, the gated courtyard park paying tribute to Ybor’s Cuban heritage and the legendary revolutionary that has been the property of the Cuban government since 1956. Looking southwest, there’s the ambitious mixed-use redevelopment Gas Worx and, past that, downtown Tampa.
An Air Pollution Precaution was issued Monday in Hillsborough County due to elevated Ozone levels, according to the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County.
The precaution is in effect immediately and will remain in effect until Wednesday, according to the notice.
The air quality could create problems for children, elderly people, and anyone with lung diseases or asthma, according to the release. Those in sensitive groups are asked to consider limiting activities outdoors.
Coral reefs around the globe experienced a mass bleaching event in the past year as the ocean continues to heat, according to new research.
The impacted reefs include those in Florida, the Caribbean, parts of the Eastern Tropical Pacific like Costa Rica and Panama, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, parts of the South Pacific, the Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Aden, researchers said.
On Monday April 15, 2024, Tanja and Anni of WMNF's Sustainable Living were joined by Dayna Lazarus. Dayna Lazarus is AICP certified in urban planning and co-founder of Transit Now Tampa Bay. Dayna has a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning and graduate certificates in Sustainable Transportation and Community Development. She has dedicated her life and career to improving outcomes in housing affordability, transportation sustainability and climate resilience.
Jury selection begins Monday in the first criminal trial in history involving a U.S. president.
Former President Donald Trump faces 34 charges of falsifying business records around purported efforts to cover up his alleged infidelity with an adult film actress during his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump has pleaded not guilty and denied having the affair.
A pro-Palestine rally wove its way through downtown Tampa on Monday morning. Demonstrators were answering a call from the National Strike for Gaza to protest U.S. involvement in the war.....Read More
A Florida appeals court has effectively opened a loophole in the state’s long-standing law against recording telephone conversations without the permission of both sides of the call, ruling that law enforcement officers performing their official duties can be secretly recorded because they have no expectation of privacy.....Read More
A report from Florida TaxWatch raised concerns about the real cost of the project to the city and the county, which is estimated to be a total of $2.4 billion, not $600 million, when accounting for parking garages, infrastructure support and lost revenues.....Read More