Fresh Thyme Market to adopt Tampa-based Touch-Less Aisle technology

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Cornerstone Consulting, a Tampa-based software firm, says its ELI technology is getting embraced by grocers in a time when touching is considered taboo. “Technology has caught up to the concept [of touchless],” says David Williams, executive vice president of business development for Cornerstone Consulting. Fresh Thyme Market, an organic and health-focused grocer in the Midwest, … Read more

Despite coronavirus, Cancer Society fundraiser unites thoughtful people

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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

When life gives you lockdown: COVID-19’s creative entrepreneurs

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Before applications opened for Paycheck Protection Program relief loans, our phones in the business banking office were ringing off the hook. We spoke with entrepreneurs and business owners who were concerned, even terrified, about their businesses surviving the lockdown. Three or four months prior, they had record sales and were thinking about expanding – and … Read more

Sunsets to take your breath away and ‘just let go’

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While the world stopped and social distancing became the word of the summer, many Floridians were eyeing places they could travel by car to get out of the house while staying away from people. If you live in the Tampa Bay area, you can pick any resort that lines Pinellas County and not go wrong, … Read more

Want to Give Locally? Check the Nonprofit Needs List 

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For more than 30 years, the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay has been dedicated to making charitable giving easy, and impactful, throughout our region. It connects donors with nonprofit organizations, collaborates with philanthropists to create, and manage, foundations and invests, and distributes, endowments. When the coronavirus crisis hit, the Foundation mobilized its funding resources and … Read more

USF Bulls ready to kick off season at home on Sept. 12

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Much like everything else during the pandemic, college football has not been spared.

The South Florida Bulls were scheduled to kick off the season this Saturday at Texas. The trip to the Lone Star State was to be followed by visits to Raymond James Stadium from Bethune-Cookman next Saturday and Nevada on September 19.

However, cancellations resulting from many conferences doing away with fall sports and other conferences limiting or eliminating non-conference play left teams like USF scrambling to fill vacancies in their schedules.

Instead of traveling to Austin this weekend, the Bulls open Jeff Scott’s first season as coach at home next Saturday against The Citadel. That will be followed by a trip to Notre Dame, which was announced last Thursday after USF agreed to a three-game series with the Fighting Irish. The dates of the other two games have yet to be determined.

“It is going to be a great opportunity for our university, for our program and for our student-athletes to get great exposure and play on one of the biggest stages in college football,” says Scott, referencing the Notre Dame schedule agreement.

If it were up to Scott, playing non-conference games against the Fighting Irish will be the norm. As it is, the Bulls are scheduled to host Florida next year and play at Alabama in 2023.

“I am a big believer in playing some big-time games,” he says. “Our players work extremely hard and I really think they deserve an opportunity to be able to play on some really big, and unique, stages against some of the best teams in the country. It’s an opportunity for our players to show their skill set and see where we are as a team.”

As far as this season is concerned, the Bulls will see where they are as a team starting next Saturday at Raymond James.

Here is a look at their schedule:

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Shriners Hospitals for Children leverages genetics to pinpoint the causes of medical conditions

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Many an organization, or individual, can claim to be on the cutting edge of their field or industry. How many of them can back up that claim? Shriners Hospitals for Children can. As society deepens its understanding of the genetic bases of addiction, mental health conditions and diseases, Shriners is serving its young patients with … Read more

Embracing a total workplace ecosystem

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Certain phrases surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have sparked global conversations, the most notable being “social distancing.” The world now understands the importance of staying 6 feet away. In the June issue of TBBW, we discussed what the new normal for Tampa Bay’s office market might look like and featured the Cushman & Wakefield Six Feet Office model. … Read more

Transformative technologies in health care: Navigating the crisis with collaboration and education

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For individuals and businesses, health is always a vital concern, but the current context makes affordable health care a primary focus. For those in the industry, it’s never been a better time to fix “a broken system,” as Steve Presser, president and chief operating officer of BeniComp, says. BeniComp, for “benefits and compensation,” is a … Read more

How Steve Torres helped Vology establish a new set of core values—twice

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When Steve Torres first joined Vology, in 2007, the struggling Clearwater-based IT firm had annual revenue of around $17 million. By the time Torres left Vology at the end of 2016, he’d helped grow that number, by more than 10 times, to $175 million. To get there, Torres, and the company’s leadership at the time, … Read more