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Forty years after its founding, the downtown Tampa CRA is finally funding the arts

In 2022, the CRA Board decided to invest in culture, to the tune of $64 million through 2033.

by Linda Saul-Sena May 14, 2025July 27, 2025

In 2022, the CRA Board decided to invest in culture, to the tune of $64 million through 2033.

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Tampa needs more neighborhood leaders like the late Harold Walker

His fight for trees will impact local neighborhoods for generations.

by Linda Saul-Sena April 15, 2025July 28, 2025

Arts & Entertainment, Things to Do

Tampa Theatre’s new 43-seat screening room opens June 2

by Linda Saul-Sena May 13, 2024

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There should be a giant crab in the center of this Tampa Heights traffic circle

Let’s name it ‘Garcia.’

by Linda Saul-Sena May 3, 2024March 6, 2025

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Tampa’s growing, but its tree canopy is not—here’s why that’s a problem

If the city doesn’t start seriously protecting its diminishing tree canopy, parts of it are only going to get hotter and less livable.

by Linda Saul-Sena April 18, 2024August 2, 2025

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I-275 expansion around Tampa’s Robles Park illustrates the brutality of cement

Unfortunately, this issue is not isolated to Robles.

by Linda Saul-Sena February 23, 2024June 12, 2025

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St. Pete offers Tampa a few lessons on building community—and building cities, too

Tampa could pick up a few hints from St. Pete’s flavor profile.

by Linda Saul-Sena February 23, 2024February 20, 2025

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‘Protect West Tampa’: The spirit of a quintessential Tampa neighborhood is on the line

by Linda Saul-Sena February 1, 2024

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Reviving ‘The Missing Middle’ could help ease Tampa’s affordable housing crisis

The rise of model suburban zoning codes in the 1970s virtually outlawed Missing Middle housing and replaced it with rules that promote sprawl and car-oriented suburban subdivisions.

by Linda Saul-Sena December 8, 2022August 2, 2025

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Op-Ed: Hillsborough Commissioner Les Miller could have done more to stand up for transportation

‘He cost many folks thousands they might have had before this crisis.’

by Linda Saul-Sena April 20, 2020March 2, 2024

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Op-Ed: Now is the time for Tampa to deal with pedestrian deaths on Bayshore Boulevard

Who will fight for a better balustrade?

by Linda Saul-Sena April 13, 2020April 9, 2025

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Will Florida usher the Equal Rights Amendment into the U.S. Constitution?

It could be the beginning of a new, um, ERA.

by Linda Saul-Sena March 21, 2019August 17, 2023

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After the fire

The school board holds Lee Elementary’s fate in its hands.

by Linda Saul-Sena November 9, 2017August 1, 2025

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See Jane win: Jane Jacobs documentary screens Wednesday night at Tampa Theatre

by Linda Saul-Sena June 6, 2017August 17, 2023

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Transforming Tampa Bay: The heart of a city

City squares are relaxing places, yes, but they can also be politically potent.

by Linda Saul-Sena March 23, 2017August 17, 2023

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Transforming Tampa Bay: Liberating the libraries

Tampa’s largest library faces big changes — and an opportunity to mix young and old.

by Linda Saul-Sena February 23, 2017January 12, 2025

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Transforming Tampa Bay: Preservation — it’s to love

In St. Pete, awards to the people and projects that give the city heart.

by Linda Saul-Sena February 9, 2017April 24, 2025

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Transforming Tampa Bay: Thwarting toll lanes in Tallahassee

The express-lane opposition gets some political support.

by Linda Saul-Sena January 26, 2017June 16, 2025

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Transforming Tampa Bay: How high?

A Seminole Heights apartment proposal is a crucial test case.

by Linda Saul-Sena January 12, 2017August 3, 2023

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Transforming Tampa Bay: More, more, more

That’s what’s in store for our urban landscape in 2017. But is more necessarily better?

by Linda Saul-Sena January 5, 2017May 12, 2025