20 Questions With Rob Higgins

In June 2004, the Tampa Bay Sports Commission named Rob Higgins its executive director. Higgins’ primary responsibility is to promote the development of community sports in the Tampa Bay area, as well as leading the Sports Commission, as the principal organization that bids on and hosts sports and entertainment events in Tampa Bay and Hillsborough … Read more

Great Places and Spaces: Riverwalk Place

Two Roads Development has announced plans to include a luxury hotel component to Riverwalk Place in Tampa. Two Roads selected the international architecture firm Arquitectonica to design a substantially updated, 37-story tower facing the Hillsborough River, with 230 luxury hotel-branded residences, each with views of Tampa Bay. The new 5-star hotel will comprise the ground … Read more

Small businesses in times of COVID-19

Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic small local businesses are slowly regaining their equilibrium with some time to reflect. Throughout the Tampa Bay area some positive constants have emerged through the upheavals. J. Mark Stroud, developer and founder of The Stroud Corporation, says there is a widening national appeal for Florida’s year-round outdoor lifestyle and … Read more

Despite coronavirus, Cancer Society fundraiser unites thoughtful people

Even through the fog of uncertainty, created by a global pandemic, they still see those friends and family members enduring a breast cancer journey. Even amid all the tumult of 2020, they’re still touched by the opportunity to make a positive difference in our community and move us towards a world without breast cancer. Even … Read more