The Tampa Bay Partnership CEO Direct Program engages Tampa Bay Leaders in the issues and opportunities affecting business growth and prosperity in the Tampa Bay region and serves as a launching pad for engagement with the Partnership. In fact, many past participants are currently...

Incentives In additional to a favorable business tax structure, the City of Tampa participates in a variety of financial incentive programs to help businesses with bottom line results. Whether you are considering a business start-up, relocation or expansion, Tampa’s...

Business in Tampa bay …. is booming.  Here are the Top 5 Reasons you should consider Tampa Bay: Business Friendly. Florida consistently ranks in the top 5 U.S. states as being the most business friendly. The recent elimination of  sales tax on manufacturing equipment and...

Hillsborough County Economic Development will host their first-ever Access To Capital Summit on January 15, 2015 at the Sheraton Tampa East, 10221 Princess Palm Avenue in Tampa. The one-day event will bring together entrepreneurs, financial services senior executives and...

Tampa Bay Economic Development The Tampa Bay Partnership, the economic development organization for the eight-county region, recently received two Silver Excellence in Economic Development Awards from the International Economic Development Council on Monday of this week. The...

STEM Genesis, LLC, has joined the Tampa Bay Technology Incubator, part of USF CONNECT at the University of South Florida. “STEM Genesis identifies, develops, and commercializes early-stage technologies to help research make it past the university laboratory setting and into the...

Tampa Planning Commission Local economic indicators say…  Have employment trends stabilized since the recession? Is employment going up or down?  Up! 589,954 people are employed in Hillsborough County Employment in the construction industry has risen 8.3% 68% live and work...

The Tampa Bay Partnership will be hosting its Annual Community Update in the next couple of months, so be sure to save the date! The Partnership’s Annual Community is scheduled for Friday, November 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park....

Entrepreneur, Author and Shark Tank Star, Nick Friedman at Startup Grind Tampa Bay Tampa, Fla. – On Thursday October 15th, Nick Friedman, President and Co-Founder of College Hunks Hauling Junk the largest and fastest growing U.S. based junk removal and moving franchise company....

Join Tampa Bay’s leading young professionals to develop a young professional’s vision of Tampa. How do you want Channelside to look in five years? How would you develop downtown Tampa? What transit options are important to you? Come share your ideas for the future of Tampa and be...