April 23, 2024
Tampa Bay
Small Steps
In his 1979 novel, "The Fountains of Paradise," science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke penned a fantasy involving a civil engineer's quest to build an elevator from Earth to space.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Hello, Dali
St. Petersburg's Salvador Dali Museum, which attracts 220,000 visitors annually, will get a $30-million makeover.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - Aug. 2006
Clearwater, De Soto County, Fort Myers, Oldsmar, Naples, Port Manatee, St. Leo, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Southwest Florida Players - Aug. 2006
Geralyn McClure Franklin, Robert Conroy Jr., Don DeFossett, Jim De Santis.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - July 2006
Clearwater, Fort Myers, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Carnegie Designation
Under the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's new classification system, the University of South Florida is listed as a research university of very high research activity.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Southwest Florida Players - June 2006
Beth Coleman, Robert B. Hunter, Joseph Quaglia, William B. Horner.
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Published on 7/1/2006
Southwest Florida Players - June 2006
Thomas James, Amy Maguire, Mark Hollifield, Doug Lebda, Ed Hill.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - June 2006
Clearwater, Fort Myers, Lake Wales, Naples, Oldsmar, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Venice.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Eyeing the GOP
The Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau is making a bid for the 2008 Republican National Convention.
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Published on 6/1/2006
On the Move
Three years after purchasing and renovating two old cigar factories in Ybor City to house a headquarters and an information center, the Tampa Church of Scientology is expanding eastward.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Uncorking A Niche
Another confirmation of the increasing importance of Florida as a leading wine-consuming state is the popularity of Tampa-based Estate Wine Group's growing chain of Cork & Olive retail stores and its home and catered events offerings.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Buck Naked
Pasco County's robust growth includes a healthy smattering of upscale subdivisions and resorts where nobody wears any clothes.
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Published on 6/1/2006
Targeting Young Readers
Times Publishing Co., which publishes the St. Petersburg Times, has expanded its tbt* Tampa Bay Times to five days a week.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Southwest Florida Players - May 2006
Shelley Broader, Ashok Dhingra, Chase Wolf, Gonzalo Romero, Scott Whitney, Greg Williams, Janet, McNew.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Great Expectations
A Tampa cardiologist-philanthropist lives and gives on a grand scale.
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Published on 5/1/2006
Growth Spurt
Tampa law firm Trenam Kemker snapped up a dozen lawyers from Holland & Knight's shuttered St. Petersburg office.
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Published on 4/1/2006
Beyond the Ivory Tower
Plant City-based Utek has made a business of helping small, publicly traded companies acquire university research.
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Published on 4/1/2006
A New Look
Changing demographics and a furious job market energize communities in the Tampa metro area.
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Published on 4/1/2006
Mobile-Home Victory
When Herbert Kendall and Mandell Berman put their lakefront mobile home park up for sale for $60 million last September, they gave residents there the first option to buy it.
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Published on 3/1/2006
Hitting the Books
Four years ago, Raymond James Financial partnered with Mount Vernon Elementary School in St. Petersburg as part of the statewide Partnership to Advance School Success (PASS) program.
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Published on 3/1/2006
Southwest Florida Players - Feb. 2006
Mel Sembler, Marty Nealon, Lucie Ayer, Wit Ostrenko, Blaine Brownell.
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Published on 2/1/2006
Southwest Florida Business Briefs - Feb. 2006
Brandon, Clearwater, Fort Myers, Polk County, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa.
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Published on 2/1/2006
Low Clearance
In 1998, Carnival Cruise Lines had to modify its 2,600-passenger ship, the Sensation, to squeeze under the Sunshine Skyway bridge and reach the Port of Tampa.
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Published on 2/1/2006
In the Groove
Paul Mattison, the superchef till 2001 of the much-mourned Golden Spoon-winning Summerhouse on Siesta Key, lost no time getting his groove back.
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Published on 2/1/2006
