Early Learning Coalition pilot grant program supports childcare in ...
WEBJan 23, 2024 — Share. The Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County has launched a pilot grant project to fund an array of programs and services at the county’s child care centers during a critical time for the industry. Outdoor gardens, playground upgrades and safety improvements are in the mix. There is a voucher program to cover the costs of …
New ownership for 83 Degrees Media parent company Issue …
WEBAug 20, 2024 — 83 Degrees Media parent company Issue Media Group (IMG) has new ownership. Indiana-based media company Fourth Estate Inc. has purchased IMG from co-founders Paul Schutt and Brian Boyle. John Montgomery, president of Fourth Estate Inc., will serve as the new CEO. Boyle and Schutt will remain with the company they formed nearly 20 years ago to ...
In Pinellas high schools, College and Career Centers help students ...
WEBDec 19, 2023 — Pinellas Education Foundation and 83 Degrees Media have an underwriting agreement in place to spotlight Education Foundation programs that work toward equitable education achievement, economic prosperity and future success for all students. This story profiles the College and Career Centers program, which Pinellas Education Foundation launched in collaboration with Pinellas County Schools.
J.C. Newman Cigar Company: a fine blend of Ybor's past and present
WEBJan 30, 2024 — The last cigar factory left from the 150 here a century ago, El Reloj is a monument to Ybor’s past glory. And this landmark still thrives in Ybor today. As the home of J.C. Newman Cigar Co., the country's oldest family-owned premium cigar maker, El Reloj welcomes 15,000 visitors a year for tours, cigar tastings, cigar rolling classes and ...
Clearwater adds real estate savvy to its economic development team
WEBJun 6, 2023 — Clearwater Economic Development and Housing Director Denise Sanderson “What we found in our engagement of real estate brokers, developers and site selectors is we really needed to be able to have a different conversation with them,” Sanderson says. “Rather than talking about how great our community is, which is really the marketing approach you tend to initiate, we wanted to have a ...
THEA 60 for 60: Expressway Authority celebrates anniversary
WEBNov 21, 2023 — This story is produced through an underwriting agreement between 83 Degrees Media and the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA). The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority celebrates its 60th anniversary this year with a “60 for 60” campaign that spotlights the agency’s accomplishments and its …
Book excerpt: Man Overboard by Susan F. Edwards - 83Degrees
WEBJul 27, 2021 — Man Overboard is her fictional account of what might have happened, written in the noir style of the 1920s. The excerpt below is being reprinted by 83 Degrees with the author’s permission. I took the back stairs in the dark and slipped up to the open door of my office. What I saw made me want to sneak back down the stairs and out into the night.
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WEBSep 25, 2024 — Nonprofit Kitchen Table Literary Arts celebrates a decade of promoting the prose and poetry of Black women and women of color and helping them blossom and flourish as writers. 83 Degrees arrives in your inbox free of charge thanks to underwriting by community stakeholders invested in making the Tampa Bay region a better place.
Ambitious renovation of downtown Tampa's Floridan Palace
WEBAug 22, 2023 — An ambitious, nearly $30 million renovation and rebranding of the historic Floridan Palace Hotel in downtown Tampa is slated to wrap up in October. Crystal Rivera, the hotel’s general manager, says the end goal of the project is for the hotel to be a pillar that activates the northern area of downtown. South Florida-based hotel owner and ...
'Little pilot, big ships': Skill, experience guide harbor ... - 83Degrees
WEBJul 30, 2019 — Kurtz is the first and only female harbor pilot working in Tampa waters; she's an expert at navigating the massive loads of Carolyn Kurtz climbs onto a bulk cargo ship, part of her daily duties as a harbor pilot. cargo past other marine traffic, lighthouses, tiny islands, and sea creatures -- all dependent on the tide and the weather.