He knows the tide comes to Pinellas first … —- Former Tampa mayor Dick Greco moves to St. Petersburg | Tampa Bay Times http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/former-tampa-mayor-dick-greco-moves-to-st-petersburg/2225513 —- Shared via my feedly reader
Strong vote of confidence in Downtown Tampa … —- Exclusive: Feldman reacquires ownership stake in Wells Fargo Center in downtown Tampa // Tampa Business News – Local Tampa News | The Tampa Bay Business Journal Months after selling the Wells Fargo Center in downtown Tampa, Tampa investor Larry Feldman and his partners have reacquired an […] Read more
—- Three reasons why U.S. banks aren’t entering Cuba – yet // Tampa Business News – Local Tampa News | The Tampa Bay Business Journal It’s easy to get excited about the opening-up of trade relations with Cuba, and while many banks in South Florida and the U.S. are interested, unknowns are keeping financial institutions […] Read more
We’re in the top 40% but JAX is #1 … have to work on that. Tampa Bay cities rank on list of best cities to start a business http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_tampabay/~3/TZfY6EiEmE0/tampa-bay-cities-rank-on-list-of-best-cities-to.html Tom Kennedy 727-804-3733 Westport Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
USA Today finds foodie heaven in Tampa Bay http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_tampabay/~3/hz6D7shVrCU/usa-today-finds-foodie-heaven-in-tampa-bay.html
While efforts to retrain workforce and grow new businesses are necessary there is a huge gap in our preparation of the workforce of tomorrow. The statistics are crushing. In a time when our entire workforce needs to improve their skills to face the challenges of the new technological age, we are letting skill sets atrophy […] Read more
Personally I’m betting on the “Real Economy”… This week’s Friday Market Insight from Bob Bach at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. Day of Reckoning? The recent run-up in interest rates – the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note ended Thursday at 2.41%, its highest level since October 27, 2011 – caused a stampede of […] Read more
Energy opportunities like these were not on our radar 10 years ago. And Energy seems to drive nearly everything. Manufacturing didn’t seem to be in our future either… Comeback: Why the US Sits at the Brink of a New Boom In 2005, Charles Morris became convinced that a debt crash was inevitable. In 2006, he […] Read more
We are the West Port of Florida, maybe a bigger economic driver that we realize… Tampa port’s economic impact measured in new study The Port of Tampa generates $15.1 billion in annual economic activity, according to an economic impact study being released today. .. Read More…
Innovation – Big bills left in the shipping container I LOVE the history of the shipping container. Nothing could be more confounding to our usual ideas about innovation, stagnation, and technology. Imagine for a moment that you’re standing on the docks at a major port in the early 1950s. You see some evidence of technological […] Read more
The case for infrastructure spending, compelling and a little scary, invest our way to growth … Difference Engine: A member too few BY ALL accounts, the four-lane bridge over the River Skagit in Washington state, along Interstate 5 between Seattle and the Canadian border, was in pretty good shape for a 58-year-old structure. It had […] Read more
Local Infrastructure Cooperation, they’re talking … Tampa Bay ports and airports seek ways to cooperate Mergers of the Tampa Port Authority and Port Manatee, or Tampa International Airport and the St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport aren’t likely to happen anytime soon. Probably never. But there could be more cooperation between these Tampa Bay transportation agencies and economic development engines, […] Read more
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
Transit agencies to launch $8 million unified fare system from Tampa Business News – Local Tampa News | The Tampa Bay Business Journal by Mark Holan Transit agencies in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Citrus, Hernando, Polk and Manatee counties have agreed to work toward a unified fare collection system to improve regional connectivity. Through phased implementation over the next […] Read more