A group of business owners on N Nebraska Ave. in Tampa is banding together to beef up their customer base. From Evan Axelbank at Fox13: A new coalition of 25 local businesses has launched the Nebraska Avenue Business Association (NABA)…
Written by guest contributor: Bobby Creighton Vacant lots, boarded buildings, overgrown alleys littered with trash. The data is clear. To a vastly disproportionate degree, these harmful spaces puncture and slash through Tampa’s Black working class neighborhoods, and have inflicted decades…
Written by guest contributor: Bobby Creighton There is perhaps nowhere in the City of Tampa with a more unshakeable stigma than Nebraska Avenue. Stagnant economic development, blighted conditions, and the perception of danger divert consumer dollars elsewhere. On a street…
So far, in the East Tampa CRA, there have been no new affordable housing construction projects breaking ground with CRA funding. That could change soon. One project that is close to being ready for construction is the Vicente Ybor House…