The 22nd anniversary of the signing of Americans with Disabilities Act was celebrated Wednesday at the Fred Karl Hillsborough County Center building in downtown Tampa. Although the building dates from the early 1990's and is nearly 30 stories tall, a skyscraper by Floridian standards, it is nevertheless equipped with many ADA regulated accessible modifications. The locale was befitting to the public forum, which was organized by The Hillsborough County Board of Commissioner along with the Hillsborough County Alliance for Citizens with Disabilities to commemorate this landmark piece of legislation.
Those in attendance were a potpourri of state and local representatives, county civic workers, nominees of various awards, expo information booth operators and volunteers assisting the celebration.
This article appears in Jul 26 – Aug 1, 2012.