Alliance aims to undo ‘Suitcase City’

TAMPA — An A-list of movers and shakers from throughout the Tampa Bay area came together at the Museum of Science and Industry on Oct. 29 for what was billed as a not-so-average evening out. Some 400 leaders from both the public and private sector attended the...

My ‘fly on the wall’ moment talking innovation

Downtown Tampa, Westshore and University of South Florida are critical to developing an economy built on innovation. That was the takeaway from a tour organized by the Tampa Innovation Alliance, which aims to transform the area around USF into an innovation district...

Mark Sharpe: Blending work, social and creative lives

If you travel to the hubs of innovation across this nation and take a hard look at what makes some of the most productive centers of creativity and invention tick, you might notice they have a few things in common: a highly-educated workforce, global engagement and...

USF Medical School in Downtown Tampa?

The downtown Tampa powers are piling it on heavy to bring the USF Medical School to downtown Tampa.  Recently, Lightning owner and downtown impresario Jeff Vinik, who’s been buying up land around downtown, especially around the home of the Lightning, Amalie...