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Construction begins on Gas Work project in Ybor City

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor joined developer Darryl Shaw, the founder and chief executive officer of KETTLER, Bob Kettler, and other community leaders and elected officials to mark the official groundbreaking of Gas Worx, a 50-acre development, in Ybor City. A joint venture between Shaw and KETTLER, Gas Worx is located between the Ybor Historic District … Read more

Sarasota Performing Arts Center task force narrows down architect shortlist to six

The Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation, formerly known as the Van Wezel Foundation, and the City of Sarasota announced that the Architect Selection Task Force selected six semi-finalists, out of the 18 shortlisted candidates who were invited to submit proposals, to be architect for the new Performing Arts Center. The Architect Selection Task Force, composed … Read more

Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Joy Gendusa

Joy Gendusa is an entrepreneur, business owner, author, keynote speaker and philanthropist. PostcardMania has been featured on the Inc. 500 list, printed 2.3 billion postcards and helped 108,645 small business owners with their marketing. Gendusa has been featured in the pages of Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc. Magazine and Adweek. WHAT DOES WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT MEAN TO YOU? … Read more

Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Cammie Chatterton

Cammie Chatterton is owner, president and chief executive officer of Bay Food Brokerage, in Tampa. Chatterton was one of the first women in the U.S. to own a retail food brokerage business, having established Bay Food Brokerage in 1993. She has three decades of experience in perishable foods, predominately focusing on the meat, dairy, seafood … Read more

Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Carrie Charles

Carrie Charles is a thought leader on workforce trends, women in tech and workplace diversity and is the host of RCR Wireless News’ 5G Talent Talk, to a global audience of more than 150,000. Under Carrie’s leadership, Broadstaff’s growth has received numerous accolades including Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 (2022, 2021, and 2020), the Tampa Bay … Read more

How Live Tampa Bay is tackling the opioid crisis, one stigma at a time

Back in late 2020, when Jennifer Webb was approached by a friend about a potential leadership role for a new initiative, she had no idea that she stood at an intersection of fate.  Rick Homans, then president and chief executive officer of the Tampa Bay Partnership, and David Pizzo, West Central market president, reached out … Read more

Women’s History Month

Since 1995, presidents have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as “Women’s History Month.”  Who knew? I mean, I was aware that National Women’s Day was in March, but not a whole month about us!  These proclamations celebrate the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize the … Read more

Bern’s Steak House launches new reservation policy with philanthropic twist

Bern’s Steak House has launched a new reservation process that will require credit cards to secure bookings. No-show reservations, and reservation cancellations made within 24 hours or less of the booking, will be subject to a $25 per person charge but 100 percent of the proceeds of those charges will benefit Feeding Tampa Bay, according … Read more