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Arts group's eclectic work

Monday, June 29th, 2009

By Marty Clear, Times Correspondent
In Print: Friday, June 19, 2009

SULPHUR SPRINGS — The community is looking a little prettier these days, and neighbors have come to know each other a little better thanks to an arts organization that strives to enhance the quality of life in one of Tampa’s poorest areas.
Community Stepping Stones planted gardens last week in the front yards of two nearby homeowners — at no cost. The group then hosted a picnic for the entire neighborhood.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article1010972.ece

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USF Filmmakers Win Best Picture at National Festival

Monday, June 29th, 2009

By Kevin Walker, Tampa Tribune, Fla.
Jun. 17–TAMPA — In 2008, a group of University of South Florida students — led by mass communications major Sarah Wilson — submitted a film that made it all the way to the finals for the International Campus MovieFest in Los Angeles.
The film, called “Focus,” was co-directed by Wilson. It didn’t win.
“This year, going in we knew more about how things worked and the level of competition, and so we all stepped it up,” said Wilson, who arrived back from Los Angeles early today.
It worked. This year, they won.
http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/131793272

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Newly Designed Site Helps Entrepreneurs Find Information to Start, Grow or Relocate Business

Monday, June 29th, 2009

One of the most vexing challenges facing entrepreneurs starting, growing or relocating a business is identifying all the resources they’ll need to be successful, from local and state permits to product and service providers that can help their business grow. For entrepreneurs in the 23-county Florida High Tech Corridor, that search has become a lot easier thanks to the Florida High Tech Corridor Council’s (FHTCC) Virtual Entrepreneur Center (www.flvec.com), which provides the latest information on services available to owners of small businesses categorized locally, regionally and globally. [FULL STORY - pdf]

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Arts Groups Seek Safety in Numbers

Monday, June 29th, 2009

THEATER  | June 14, 2009 | New York Times
Arts Groups Seek Safety in Numbers
By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Eleven diverse downtown arts organizations have come together to forge a collective and active response to the grim economic climate.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/theater/14ishe.html?emc=eta1

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Architecture Students Win Awards

Monday, June 29th, 2009

From USF News Website
June 11, 2009

Students in the University of South Florida School of Architecture & Community Design are making Tampa a more beautiful place and winning awards in the process.
 
Two projects, the East Tampa Ponds Revitalization and the Canopy Park Village master plan, received awards of merit in environmental and master planning and urban design at the Hillsborough County Planning Commission’s 27th Annual Community Design Awards Program held at the Tampa Convention Center in May. A third USF project received recognition from and for the City of Temple Terrace in April.
 
http://usfweb3.usf.edu/absolutenm/templates/?a=1485&z=31

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