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Cosa Collective reinvents the antique mall with 40+ local vendors and a full coffee bar
Cosa Collective (596 Indian Rocks Rd. N, Belleair Bluffs) is not your mom’s antique mall. Cosa Collective curates modern, vibrant, aesthetically pleasing, and predominately local brands. It’s a brick-and-mortar store with an open-air, artisanal craft-market feel, replete with vendors, for vendors, and by vendors. This space also includes The Break Coffee and Surf Co. for those who want to enjoy a latte and a croissant in the Cosa garden.
Concerns mount over rising cost, lack of leases for Horizon West Bay
LARGO — The Largo City Commission recently heard two-plus hours of discussion related to the Horizon West Bay project during a June 11 work session item detailing the ongoing development's financials. That was followed a week later by a request to amend the city’s contract with Collier’s International, the...
Looking ahead: A&E events and activities
• 20 Years of Tears Tour featuring Anberlin, Hawthorne Heights, I See Stars and more; Saturday, July 6, 5:30 p.m., at The BayCare Sound at Coachman Park, 255 Drew St., Clearwater. Tickets start at $39. Visit www.rutheckerdhall.com. • The Alarm, Jay Aston’s Gene Loves Jezebel and Belouis Some; Saturday, July...
Tampa Water Use Restrictions Extended Amid Ongoing Dry Spell, SWFWMD Maintains Once-a-Week Lawn Watering Limits
Tampa residents will need to keep their garden hoses in check a while longer, as water use restrictions are set to continue through the steamy summer months. In the ongoing battle against dry weather, the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) has decided to prolong once-a-week lawn watering limits, extending the "Modified Phase 1 Water Shortage Order" for Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties until September 1, extending a mandate that began on December 1 last year, Tampa's official website reported.
Developer requests $14.8 million for Raytheon site project
Plans for the embattled, 29-acre former Raytheon Technologies site in west St. Petersburg have changed for at least the third time in three years. A local developer now hopes a proposed public-private partnership will see the project, dubbed Azalea Gateway, to fruition. The development could eventually feature 1,000 mixed-income apartments at 1501 72nd St. N.
Local youth glean insight from financial phenom
Caden Harris, 14, could have relaxed at home in Atlanta and likely had his pick of speaking engagements following a trip to the White House. A local group of community partners brought him to Pinellas Park to speak to other young people. Caden is the founder and CEO of Caden...
Bay area woman and recent West Point grad makes history
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A St. Pete native, who had hoped to go to college on a track scholarship and make her family proud, has found herself on the list of history makers in the Bay area. Jazmine Alderman became the first African American female graduate from the prominent...
Central Florida Caribbean groups respond to Hurricane Beryl with disaster supplies
As storm surge and 140-mile-per-hour winds pummeled Jamaica Wednesday, Central Florida groups hurried to get disaster supplies ready for the Caribbean nation and other islands hit by Hurricane Beryl. The relief efforts include theJamaican American Association of Central Florida and the heads of organizations in theCaribbean American Chamber of Commerce...
World amateur kickboxing champ in Pinellas Park is Seminole High grad
PINELLAS PARK — Playing with his dog, Ashoka, at American Mixed Martial Arts, his dad’s gym, Austin Bybee doesn’t look like a champion fighter — but he is. “Now, I am the world champion,” he said. Bybee became national kickboxing champion with World Association of...
Firecracker HOT in Florida. Will rain dampen Fourth of July celebrations?
ORLANDO, Fla. – As we celebrate the Fourth of July, all of Central Florida will be dealing with dangerous heat and scattered storms through Thursday afternoon and into the early evening hours. TEMPERATURES. Highs for Independence Day will remain much hotter than normal, with temperatures climbing into the mid-...
Clearwater construction firm expands its services to plumbing
Home Love Construction, a Clearwater-based firm founded in 2017, is expanding another arm of its business to an adjacent field in the home services industry. Home Love Plumbing now has three trucks circulating neighborhoods around its headquarters on Main Street in Clearwater. Services include re-piping, sink installation, sewer line repair and water heater installation and repair.
Report says accessibility of health care services can be a struggle in Florida
(The Center Square) — A new report says many people in Florida don't receive needed health care because they lack easy access to adequate services. Florida TaxWatch recently released its report, Social Determinants of Health: Health Care Access and Quality. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, social determinants of health are environmental factors that can impact individuals' health outcomes. These include health care access and quality;...
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