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ConnectWise acquires AI firm to automate IT service work ConnectWise logo with text reading “ConnectWise AI Acquisition”

ConnectWise acquires AI firm to automate IT service work

Chuck Merlis January 20, 2026

ConnectWise acquires an AI automation company to help IT providers scale service delivery.

Gasparilla: How Tampa invented its defining tradition Historic illustration of the Gasparilla invasion ship sailing through downtown Tampa as crowds line the riverbanks and bridges.

Historic illustration of the Gasparilla invasion ship sailing through downtown Tampa as crowds line the riverbanks and bridges.

Gasparilla: How Tampa invented its defining tradition

Chuck Merlis January 19, 2026

How Gasparilla evolved from a staged pirate invasion into one of Tampa’s most durable civic traditions.

How Tampa sells itself to tourists A plane reflected in glass at Tampa International Airport with the word Tampa displayed on the building exterior.

A plane reflected in glass at Tampa International Airport with the word Tampa displayed on the building exterior.

How Tampa sells itself to tourists

Ella Malmgren January 19, 2026

Tampa is redefining its tourism pitch beyond weather to culture, food and experience.

Why Tampa Bay growth requires learning not just hiring A professional meeting scene shows a smiling young man in a blazer speaking with a colleague across a table, with the words “Learning Drives Growth” overlaid at the bottom.

A professional meeting scene shows a smiling young man in a blazer speaking with a colleague across a table, with the words “Learning Drives Growth” overlaid at the bottom.

Why Tampa Bay growth requires learning not just hiring

Contributed Content January 16, 2026

Sustainable growth in Tampa Bay depends on developing people not just hiring them.

Valspar Championship pumps $75M into Tampa Bay Golfer tees off at the Valspar Championship with spectators lined behind the fairway signage in Tampa Bay.

Golfer tees off at the Valspar Championship with spectators lined behind the fairway signage in Tampa Bay.

Valspar Championship pumps $75M into Tampa Bay

Chuck Merlis January 16, 2026

The Valspar Championship generates $75M a year in economic impact across Tampa Bay.

WM plans $88M recycling facility in East Ybor Rendering of Waste Management’s planned automated recycling facility in East Ybor, showing a long warehouse building with truck access and support structures.

Rendering of Waste Management’s planned automated recycling facility in East Ybor, showing a long warehouse building with truck access and support structures.

WM plans $88M recycling facility in East Ybor

Chuck Merlis January 16, 2026

WM of Florida is planning an $88 million redevelopment of its Tampa material recovery facility site in...

Tampa capital fuels $43.1M rehab facility expansion Aerial view of an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Oklahoma City following a recent expansion.

Aerial view of an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Oklahoma City following a recent expansion.

Tampa capital fuels $43.1M rehab facility expansion

Chuck Merlis January 16, 2026

Tampa-based investment drives a $43.1M expansion of an inpatient rehab facility in Oklahoma City.

Mirasol hotel rezoning denied by City Council The Mirasol building on Davis Islands, a historic waterfront apartment complex proposed for boutique hotel conversion, photographed at dusk.

The Mirasol building on Davis Islands, a historic waterfront apartment complex proposed for boutique hotel conversion, photographed at dusk.

Mirasol hotel rezoning denied by City Council

Chuck Merlis January 16, 2026

City Council denied a rezoning request to convert the historic Mirasol into a boutique hotel.

Rays stadium future heads to a vote Hillsborough Community College’s Dale Mabry Campus in Tampa ahead of a board vote on a nonbinding memorandum tied to a proposed Rays stadium development.