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Florida Blue will invest $1.7 million to address poverty in Uptown
Florida Blue announced Friday that it will invest $1.7 million to address the poverty in two of Tampa Bay’s poorest zip codes. “We thought we could make a difference here,” said Florida Blue’s CEO of two of the region’s poorest ZIP codes. The investment, made in...
State of Uptown Highlights Rithm At Uptown’s Innovation Partners Latest Breakthroughs
TAMPA - The transformation of the 100-acre, University Mall site into Rithm At Uptown shifted into high gear during the past year with the opening of the USF Institute of Applied Engineering and Diamond View Studio’s Vū extended reality production facility. Both will...
Uptown Real Estate Update
The Tampa Innovation Partnership hosts two Uptown real estate breakfasts every year for professionals in the real estate, development, and construction industries as well as property owners in the area. The events provide a networking opportunity and an update on the...
Real Estate Professionals Breakfast set for March 18th
We are planning a Real Estate Professionals Breakfast event for March 18th at 8:00 a.m. This will be a hibrid event with in-person and on-line options. The in-person option will take place in the Underground auditorium near the...
Fowler Avenue Corridor Survey
The Fowler Avenue corridor from I-275 to 3oth Street North (Bruce B. Downs) is the gateway to the Tampa Innovation District, where researchers, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs are pushing the envelope every day to advance civilization. As the Tampa Innovation...
Fowler Avenue: Gateway to Innovation Discussion
As a follow-up to the August 27th Real Estate 2.0 Event, we hosted an on-line conversation about the Fowler Avenue Innovation Gateway on September 16th. Approximately 25 people participated and the framework of the conversation was based on the responses to a survey...
Real Estate 2.0: Fowler Avenue & Opportunity Zones
On August 27th the Tampa Innovation Partnership hosted a meeting to highlight real estate development in the Uptown area, the Fowler Avenue gateway corridor, and Opportunity Zones. Here are some highlights and links to learn more: Video recording of the event...
The Mary Jackson Plan
“There is a goldmine in our backyard." This was the opening statement from a presentation by the Tampa Organization of Black Affairs to the Tampa Innovation Partnership Advisory Board on August 20, 2020. Not long ago, America’s most popular astrophysicist, Neil...
DRAFT – Uptown Strategic Action Plan
Below is the current draft of the Uptown Strategic Action Plan as of August 10, 2020. Recommendations mentioned in the plan are in the consideration stage and not final. The planning committee is refining this draft regularly with the goal of presenting the final plan...
Sharpe Bytes: Crossing the Chasm – This is Uptown
The COVID Crisis, poorly considered lockdowns and now righteous anger over the killing of George Floyd have laid bare the underbelly of America. No, I am not in any way justifying the violent elements of otherwise understandable anger, but I am making the case that...