As Creative Tampa Bay prepares to relaunch their 10/100/1000 contest, I caught up with Carissa Caricato, last year’s finalist from Hoola for Happiness to see what the group has been up to in the past year. The project started as the...
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It’s been years since I went to the Florida State Fair (with good reason…I’m not big on fair rides, and I don’t do well with crowds). I decided to go this year, to introduce my toddler to the event. It...
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Hackathon + Competition + Roadtrip “12 buses of strangers traveling at 60 miles per hour have 48 hours to conceive, build and launch a startup and compete for venture capital funding.” Tampa has been selected as the starting place for Florida’s...
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The Green Can, Pitch party winner of Creative Tampa Bay’s 2011 10/100/1000 contest, will be debuting their innovate recycling cans at the Florida State Fair which opens Feb. 9. The Green Can is a recycling initiative to provide an easy and convenient...
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A first of its kind in Tampa  Bay, the Gasparilla Music Festival will transform downtown Tampa into a unique concert venue featuring the best music in the region. The family-friendly event is community funded and organized by the Gasparilla Music Festival Corporation,...
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Global Entrepreneurship Week takes place each year in November and inspires people all over the world to explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. This year’s events begin next week. The awareness campaign supports ideas, opportunities, risk-taking, creative problem solving and...
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CreativeShare Compass features links to thought-provoking and intriguing articles, videos, interviews, and book reviews. The blog also includes musings and practical suggestions about various creative opportunities afforded by the new digital media and rapid societal change. The latest blog entry, titled...
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Creative Tampa Bay’s 10/100/1000 Challenge finalist, Hoola for Happiness (H4H) hopes to bring joy to the world through hooping! The project is the charitable initiative of Hoola Monsters, a local organization that provides hoola dancing instruction and performances. Using the motto: “Start Local, Go...
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Creative Tampa Bay’s 10/100/1000 challenge finalist the Cuban Sandwich Show is a month-long series of cultural events about Tampa running June 1 – 30. All of the art in the program is exclusively about Tampa and/or Cuban sandwiches, with the motto: All Art –...
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