Utilities

Walmart plans eight-pump fuel station in South Tampa

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Walmart fuel station with multiple gas pumps and convenience store under blue Walmart canopy

Walmart is moving to add a fuel station at its South Tampa store on West Gandy Boulevard, expanding the site’s footprint beyond traditional retail. Walmart has filed plans to build a 1,618-square-foot, eight-pump fuel station at its store at 4302 W. Gandy Blvd. in South Tampa. The filing is tied to a related building permit, … Read more

Tampa to brief city council on $100M South Howard flood plan

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Rendering of a redesigned South Howard Avenue with widened sidewalks street trees and improved drainage

Tampa will brief City Council on a $100M South Howard flood project targeting chronic flooding.

WM plans $88M recycling facility in East Ybor

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

WM of Florida is planning an $88 million redevelopment of its Tampa material recovery facility site in East Ybor. The project would replace the function of the existing plant with a larger, more automated recycling operation designed to expand processing capacity. The project is planned for an 11-acre site at 1400 N 35th St. Plans … Read more

Tampa Bay’s Top Companies No. 3: The Mosaic Company

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Downtown Tampa skyline along the Hillsborough River highlighting the city’s business district and corporate headquarters corridor

Part of TBBW’s ongoing Tampa Bay Top Companies series, spotlighting major employers across the region without ranking or order.

Tampa Bay’s Top Companies No. 1: Jabil

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Aerial view of downtown Tampa along the Hillsborough River highlighting Tampa Bay’s corporate core, featured in TBBW’s Biggest Companies in Tampa Bay series on Jabil.

Part of TBBW’s ongoing Tampa Bay Top Companies series, spotlighting major employers across the region without ranking or order.

Compressed natural gas provides a resilient alternative

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By Briana DeRosa, Clean Cities University Workforce Development Intern, Tampa Bay Clean Cities Coalition Compressed natural gas provides light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles with about the same fuel economy as a conventional gasoline vehicle, while producing 10 times fewer emissions. When stored, CNG is compressed to less than 1 percent of its volume. It is … Read more

A commitment to affordability

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By Chuck Warrington, executive director, Clearwater Gas System  Three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third common sense. This famous Thomas Edison quote is probably the most appropriate quote to describe the “why” behind Clearwater Gas System’s goal to form an ongoing Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West … Read more