Bridging Our Divide TAMPA - Diversity will be the key to our city's success, many say. But in some ways, it is the disparities linked to diversity that seem to be holding us back. Full story Online Exclusive: Personal Experiences What Arthenia Sees Tampa's Colorful Past Studies In City's Racial Past Drive Iorio One Nationality, Divided By Color Learning To Survive Asians Make Up Growing Sector Searching For Companionship Trying To Build A Good Business Giving Hope To The Community Pitting Past Against Future Getting A Hand

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Finding Our Place TAMPA - These days, Tampa is thrumming with both frustration and hope. Lorraine Duffy Suarez and many others speak of the city as if it were a teenager - gangly, exuberant, still growing and full of potential, but its future uncertain. Full story Roads Can Connect Or Divide Communities Residents Happy But Worried About Growth Development Law Fails To Keep Growth In Check Community Planners Strive For Compromise Bucs Made City Feel Like A Winner

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Our Beginnings TAMPA - Tampa is a town that's evolving, maturing, growing. But going where? Becoming what? Our roots might give us some insight. A city's identity, how it works and the paths it follows as it moves into the future are nearly always products of the past - unless its people choose another course. Tampa is no different. Full story Tampa's Leaders Making A Place For History Youngsters Lack Connection To Past Ybor's Rich Past Fades Into Bleak Future Cigar City Characters Tampa's Mobsters Finding The Past Today To Learn More

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Looking For Our Leaders TAMPA - As our city grows, so does our need for strong leadership. whether it be from elected officials, company executives, civic activists or average citizens. Projects have come and gone through Tampa, leaving the area searching for cohesion and a plan. Full story Leaders Are Emerging; Not In Traditional Sense Calculating Who Really Has The Power Businessmen Flex Muscles Behind The Scenes Going To Bat For Tampa Lykes Family Used Power To Help Shape City County, City Clashes Prevent Progress Ybor City Businesses Struggle Waiting For Change

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Our Pursuit Of Prosperity TAMPA - We are all searching for our place in the sun, but it may stay just beyond our reach unless our leaders find a way to energize the economy. That means breaking a long cycle of infighting among local business leaders and politicians over where Tampa needs to go and how best to resolve its shortcomings. Full story The Business Of Bioscience Salary Gaps Force Grads To Look Elsewhere Lack Of Bank Headquarters Leaves Hole Successes Highlight Benefits Of Diversity Call Centers Bring Strength, Economic Possibilities

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Our Liquid Assets TAMPA - Counting its bayfront and river, its lakes, ponds, canals and marshes, Hillsborough County has an estimated 500 miles of shoreline. In a place that often seems disjointed and at odds with itself, as previous stories in this series have shown, the water serves as one of our few defining characteristics, a siren that has intoxicated us and drawn us near. Full story Life Around Bay Batters Life In It Water Provides Common Ground Window Of Opportunity Is Open At Port St. Pete Capitalizes On Waterfront Views Jewel Of The City Examples To Follow How Much Shoreline? The Riverwalk Who Runs The Port?

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Multimedia Tampa is growing up, maturing from a small town to a big city. As it does, the stakes are growing, too. Quiz: Think you know Tampa? Take a crack at our interactive quizzes. • Tampa Leadership Quiz • Tampa History Quiz • Tampa Facts Quiz Soundoff: Tell us your thoughts about life in Tampa Bay. • Submit comments • Read the comments Postcards From Tampa: Plenty of postcards capture the downtown skyline or the sports venues. But few actually show you what it feels like to live in Tampa. Readers sent in photos they think depict the uniqueness of Tampa. • Photo Gallery News Channel 8 report: Ybor City, one of Tampa's oldest and most historic sections, has suffered growing pains in its long history and its future is still uncertain. • Part 1: Development • Part 2: Crime • Part 3: Crime & Business Graphics and Maps: • How Tampa Rates • A Sense Of Place

More information Say Yes To A Better Tampa Tampa isn't at the bottom of anyone's best-cities list, or even close to it. There are reasons people keep moving here: the sun, the water, opportunity. But we have problems, too - crumbling neighborhoods, low-paying jobs, roads choked with cars. Limited thinking isn't the way to preserve the finer qualities of our community and meet the changes that confront us. Commentary: Rosemary Goudreau Neighborhood Voices About The Project    Pat Minarcin, the Tampa Tribune's senior editor for projects and multimedia, talks about The Tampa Project series and the impact it could have on the community. Hear his comments Read a column on the series

Quick Facts • Median age: 35 • Average Family Size: 3.07 • Married: 52% • Single: 27% • Divorced/separated: 15% • Widowed: 6% • Average commute time: 26 min. • Median Household income: $40,987 • Average weekly wage: $664 • Students in public schools: 168,155 • Students in private schools: 23,183 • Adults with graduate or higher degree: 8%

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