Can you name the five most diverse regions in the U.S.? If Tampa Bay wasn’t among your answers, you’re in for a surprise. According to 2003 IRS data, the Bay Area has a wealth of diverse cultures and lifestyles thriving in its midst.
So where is all this diversity? Is everyone hiding in silos? And if so, what does that […]

Key Tampa Bay Differentiators

Boomers
Beaches and boats
Big business
Banks
Bikes
Burbs and backyards
Buccaneers

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CreativeTampaBay will take the data from this distinctiveness study and drill deeper with community partners to determine what we do about it. For example, can we link these distinctive factors to business startups, […]

When Robert Putnam wrote about “social capital” in his acclaimed book, Bowling Alone, he preached the importance of being connected to people in your hometown. Creative communities, in particular, benefit from a high degree of social capital. They are places where innovation is nurtured. They thrive on diversity of people and thought. They are not […]

 
Our first research project, the Young and Restless Study, was undertaken in 2004 to determine how the Tampa Bay region ranked in attracting the young, well-educated workforce that will be the economic driver of the future [click here to see the study].   Based on what we learned, we challenged the community to make changes [click […]