The Tampa Bay Economy continues to recover, Local hiring up 2 percent month over month, report says A new report by Simply Hired suggests hiring ticked up slightly in May. Month over month, hiring in Tampa and St. Petersburg was up by 2 percent and year over year by 29.2 percent, according to the search […] Read more
If you know a child who struggles in school and then falls further back during the summer, you can imagine how much greater the struggle is in the fall, it may feel hopeless. This is a significant problem for our youth and for our future. We’d like to share a great opportunity from one of […] Read more
With three runways and 18.9 million passengers in 2016, Tampa International Airport is served by major domestic and international airlines offering direct and connecting flights to all points of the globe including 87 non-stop routes.
This airport is publicly owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. It has been praised for its architecture and Landside/Airside design of a central terminal (“landside”) connected by people movers to satellite gates (“airsides”), a pioneering concept when designed in the late 1960s and still a model for airport design today. The airport was called Drew Field Municipal Airport until 1952.
Poll of Florida businesses shows both optimism and fear from Tampa Business News – Local Tampa News | The Tampa Bay Business Journal A new survey conducted by the American Express OPEN Small Business Monitor found that despite recent economic hardships, more than 69 percent of business owners in Florida believe in the American dream of […] Read more
Tampa Bay in top 10 for equal pay for women from Tampa Business News – Local Tampa News | The Tampa Bay Business Journal The Tampa Bay area is one of the best places in the country for women to receive relatively equal pay to their male counterparts. Women in Clearwater-St. Petersburg-Tampa make 84.8 percent of […] Read more