Tampa Bay Partnership

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Did you know that voters in five Tampa Bay counties have an important choice to make this November about supporting education? Tampa Bay’s future economic prosperity relies on the next generation of talent, and recruiting and retaining quality educators and staff for our students is a paramount concern. The Tampa Bay Partnership advocates in favor of approving educational referendums for each county. You can read more about our position in this op-ed by Bemetra Simmons published by the Tampa Bay Business Journal earlier today. #TeamTampaBay #InvestinEducation #VoteYesforEducationReferendums

?? VOLUNTEERS NEEDED?? So far, Feeding Tampa Bay has provided 725,000 meals through our distribution sites alone. We have also provided 2,500 cooked meals to first responders, neighbors, and group homes who have needed assistance post storm?#hurricanehelene. With the massive increase in our communities need, we have also had a huge increase in volunteers wanting to help provide support, and we are so thankful for everyone helping us during this time! Despite the increase in volunteers, WE STILL NEED HELP! Manatee County is struggling for volunteers, and we'd love some community support to help us provide a distribution for hurricane relief efforts in this location. If you can help, please sign up for a shift today by visiting our website > https://lnkd.in/gr5xwJ-Z

Community Foundation Tampa Bay has activated its Hurricane Helene relief efforts to support nonprofits responding to the crisis. Learn more about the "Critical Needs List" and other resources below. https://lnkd.in/gtEpEsKa

United Way Suncoast launches the Disaster Recovery Fund during times of disaster, and we initiated this effort even before the impact of Hurricane Helene, anticipating its devastation. Donations will support disaster relief efforts across our five-county footprint. https://lnkd.in/evSNkDXP #UnitedWaySuncoast #hurricanehelene #hurricanehelenerecovery

Be safe, Tampa Bay! The anticipated storm surge from what will likely become Hurricane Helene later this week is a prescient reminder about the importance of resiliency for our region. Our report (below), funded by a philanthropic investment from JPMorgan Chase, details the economic consequences without adaptation action, reveals the economic benefits of adaptation, advances strategies to enhance economic resilience, and explores the socioeconomics of the impacts of more frequent flooding and sea level rise. -- "The economic implications?of frequent?flooding events are less understood than catastrophic events...However, these are exactly the type of events in which infrastructure investments geared toward adaptation can greatly reduce the impact." Read more --> https://buff.ly/3ZH5iWD #TampaBayPartnership #Resiliency #Research

Lucia Farriss, Ph.D., was pleased to present key metrics from the 2024 Regional Competitiveness Report at the Manatee Chamber of Commerce's 2024 Annual Retreat & Leadership Conference last week. Also featured below is L.K. Nandam, District One Secretary for the Florida Department of Transportation who provided great insights into the transportation priorities of the county and the district. Thank you, Jacki Dezelski, for the invitation to share these findings. We look forward to continuing to work with you and Chair-elect Stu Henderson on focus areas impacting the Tampa Bay region. #TeamTampaBay #StateoftheRegion #ManateeCounty

Our President and CEO, Bemetra Simmons, was pleased to present to the ECONOMIC CLUB OF TAMPA INC earlier this week about the Tampa Bay Partnership, the attractiveness of our region, and some of the metrics that drive economic prosperity in the region. Thank you to Sandra Murman, former Hillsborough County Commissioner and principal at Shumaker Advisors for the invitation to present. #EconomicClubofTampa #TeamTampaBay #RegionalCompetitivenessReport

We were pleased to host Vik Bhide (City of Tampa) at a recent Tampa Bay Partnership's Transportation Working Group meeting. He shared the city’s progress towards improving safety (Vision Zero) as well as efforts aligned with resiliency and connectivity. We were excited to hear more about how the City of Tampa is using a $25M Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant to strengthen the seawalls in Palmetto Beach and create additional improvements to link this neighborhood to Water Street, GasWorx, and the future Ybor Harbor. #TeamTampaBay #Transportation #Resliency #Connectivity #Ybor