Month: April 2020

On the Scene: Round the Bases

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Major League Baseball’s Matt Joyce, and the Empire League, hosted the second annual Round the Bases Charity Event at Park & Rec Tampa, benefiting the Children’s Dream Fund, Make-A-Wish Southern Florida and All Children’s Hospital.  [image_slider_no_space height=”300″ images=”7930,7928,7927,7926″]

Great Places and Spaces: AD Lofts

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AD Lofts, at 2250 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, is a mixed-use development, in the Grand Central District, that has plans for seven townhomes and 5,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor. Builder Richard McGinnis says that each unit contains three bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, an elevator, a two-car garage with additional … Read more

Woman of Influence: Torrie Jasuwan

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Philanthropy, real estate dealings and hotel development with a side of reality show stardom: When it comes to well-rounded influence, Torrie Jasuwan looks to cover every square inch. The St. Petersburg resident kicked 2020 off by lobbying for Senate Bill 54 in Tallahassee on behalf of Baby2Baby, the National Diaper Bank Network, and her own … Read more

Putting on the show

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It is 4:30 p.m., on a Saturday afternoon in February, about 2½ hours before the Tampa Bay Lightning face off against the New York Islanders. John Franzone texts a reporter asking if a meeting can be pushed back to 5 p.m. on account of “brush fires” that need to be extinguished. Indeed, it is just … Read more

Another week, another batch of ‘feel good’ stories happening during the coronavirus pandemic

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This is not a story about what could have been done better, but what is being done right. And you can find what’s being done right by looking to local businesses.

The support and love that lives in the Tampa Bay community is overwhelming. We are blessed to live in a community where people truly want to help, and support, one another. And we at TBBW LOVE to hear, and share, these stories. Keep sharing, keep caring. The feedback from the region has been nothing short of amazing! People are reading, and ingesting, the positive news: with a sigh of relief.

We are in this together!

We will continue to bring you these “round-ups” of what is being done right here in Tampa Bay!

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