LocalShops1 Creator Ester Venouziou is partnering with the Gulfport Area Chamber of Commerce to offer eight Tampa Bay area female entrepreneurs the chance to compete for up to $70,000 in prizes during the Small Business Association InnovateHER Challenge. Read More
The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce is preparing to open a consignment retail store attached to our Visitors Center.  Our goal is to highlight locally made goods and help our visitors and residents discover our community artists and makers. This store is scheduled to open late October. Items will… Read More
A year or so from now, some Tampa streets and the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway will go high tech and become the nation’s next proving ground for satellite-guided, crash-prevention technology. Engineers insist so-called “connected cars” that ”talk” to each other and communicate with roadways and even stoplights, will reduce, if… Read More
Company. Brilliant Harvest   Industry. Solar energy, power   Key. Industry faces significant near-term challenges. Bill Johnson likes to compare the solar industry today to the computer industry in the 1990s. Read More
If Pasco County school superintendent Kurt Browning wanted clear direction for his district's next round of choice options, he got it from parents and students responding to a recent online survey. Read More
A look into the future of the Manatee-Sarasota biotech industry inspired a crowd to queue for a half hour Thursday to access the area's signature science and technology event. BioTech Expo, an event sponsored by the local chapter of BioFlorida, pulled in biotech professionals, students and researchers at State College… Read More
Below you will find the honorees for the 12 awards presented at the 12th Annual TBTF Industry Achievement Awards Gala presented by Bright House Networks. First and foremost, thank you again to our incredible judges, who each dedicated countless hours of their time to ensure the quality of our finalists and honorees: Read More
The Tampa company that provides the technology for online auctions by Christie’s and other firms has a new majority owner. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. (NYSE: RBA) bought a 75 percent stake in Xcira LLC, a Tampa-based leader in simulcast auction technology. Ritchie Bros. paid $12.4 million in cash and will… Read More
Director Freddie Wong worked his way into multi-millionaire status by age 30. If he hasn’t yet achieved the fame of others in his income bracket, it’s because of his platform — a YouTube channel that boasts 7.6 million subscribers, viewership of more than a billion, and a web series called… Read More
Check out Tampa Bay Partnership's new video highlighting the region as a location for manufacturing. Read More