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Celebrating Small Business Saturday around Tampa Bay
The Tampa Bay area is made up of so many wonderful small businesses — here are a few our readers love in honor of Small Business Saturday.
November 26, 2024 10:22 AM
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Kristen Templeton
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Jeff Vinik celebrating the Lightning's Stanley Cup victory during a boat parade. He is high-fiving fans, wearing beads, holding a water bottle, and smiling along with other Lightning representatives.
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A brief look at Jeffrey Vinik’s successful Lightning ownership
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October 24, 2024
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Patrick Sidwell
Trucks are gathered to restore power in a Tampa neighborhood. There are workers in high-vis jackets standing by white bucket trucks, and power lines overhead. The sky is mostly blue with some clouds, and the sun is shining down.
Nonprofits
Deals and offers for first responders and lineworkers in the Tampa Bay area
Businesses are saying thanks to these unsung heroes.
October 18, 2024
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Patrick Sidwell
A large group of Bank of Central Florida employees stand in front of the new office, holding a red ribbon and scissors.
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Personalized banking arrives in South TBAY
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💸 Bank of Central Florida celebrates new TBAY office
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Hunt for the perfect pumpkin at these 5 Tampa Bay area patches
These local spots boast tons of pumpkin variety, corn stalks, mums, axe throwing, mazes, and more.
October 3, 2024
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Bailey Lefever
A black and white photo of the bar at Sky Puppy Brewing. The beer taps have bats on them and sit on a brick wall with moody lightning and shadows throughout. Three bar stools sit empty by a light bar countertop and a bat statue on the bar.
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Sky Puppy Brewing debuts in Ybor City
The bar has been years in the making.
September 16, 2024
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Patrick Sidwell
A render of the new Bank of Central Florida location.
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New location marks 6 (and counting) for Bank of Central Florida
The doors are officially open at Bank of Central Florida’s state-of-the-art South TBAY location.
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Tampa Bay in the 1940s
It was a decade of war, victory, and growth for the Tampa Bay area.
August 23, 2024
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An exterior render of the new Bank of Central Florida TBAY location.
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💸 Doors officially open at Bank of Central Florida’s new location
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