Tampa Bay Economic Development Council celebrates 2023 fiscal year and introduces new slate of executive officers at “Driven” Annual Meeting
Coke Florida recognized for its investments and impact on our region with the 5th Annual Community Transformer Award presented by TECO Tampa, Fla. (November 1, 2023) – The Tampa Bay Economic Development Council (EDC) celebrated its 2023 fiscal year with more than 500 business and community leaders during its Driven Annual Meeting presented by SouthState […]
Investor Spotlight: Tampa Electric
Tampa Electric has been the leading provider of electricity in West Central Florida for more than 120 years. It currently delivers 99.98 percent service reliability to more than 830,000 customers, including 90,000 businesses. Tampa Electric offers more energy-saving programs and generates more solar energy per customer than any other utility in Florida. The company engages […]
Global Tampa Bay Completes Successful Export Trade Mission to the Dominican Republic
Five Tampa Bay Companies Hold 50+ Meetings to Boost Export Sales Tampa, Fla. – (Oct. 2, 2023) – Global Tampa Bay business leaders and five Tampa Bay companies have returned from a four-day trade mission to the Dominican Republic, Florida’s fourth leading destination for merchandising exports behind Brazil, Colombia, and Chile. More than 50 one-on-one matchmaking […]
Tampa General Hospital Named a 2023 Tampa Bay Inno Award Honoree by the Tampa Bay Business Journal
Tampa General is being recognized for its partnership with the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council to expand and advance Tampa’s Medical and Research District. Tampa, FL (Sept. 29, 2023) –Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has been named a 2023 Tampa Bay Inno Award honoree by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. Tampa General is one of 23 […]
Collaboration is key to Tampa Bay EDC’s recognition as a top economic development organization
Earlier this month, three members of the Tampa Bay EDC’s senior management team and I were in Dallas for the International Economic Development Council’s (IEDC’s) annual conference. With more than 4,300 members, IEDC is the largest international membership organization serving economic developers. While there, the Tampa Bay EDC was recognized with IEDC’s Gold Economic Development […]
Gratitude in the wake of Hurricane Idalia
While the Tampa Bay region was spared Hurricane Idalia’s worst impacts, we owe a great deal of gratitude to those in our community and around the state who always stand ready to act when severe storms threaten us. TECO marshalled thousands of workers from more than 20 states to help restore power – including line […]
Tampa Bay Economic Development Council welcomes new Senior Vice President of Economic Development
Tampa, Fla. (May 8, 2023) – The Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, the lead designated economic development agency for Hillsborough County and the cities of Tampa, Temple Terrace and Plant City, has announced that Mitchel Allen has joined the team as Senior Vice President of Economic Development. “Mitch brings excellent economic development experience from other […]
Goodbye, EFI
The Florida Legislature has advanced two major bills that will significantly alter the way economic development is done in Florida. House Bill 5 (HB 5) and Senate Bill 1664 (SB 1664) will eliminate Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI), the public-private partnership formed in the late 1990s that is charged with marketing our state as a business […]
Pitney Bowes Opens Global Business Services Center in Tampa, Florida
Company expanding operations in Tampa with the addition of 14,000 square feet of office space STAMFORD, Conn. and Tampa, Fla. April 26, 2023 – Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), a global shipping and mailing company that provides technology, logistics, and financial services, today announced plans to open a new Global Business Services Center in Tampa, […]
Talent and welcoming community among chief reasons why companies choose Tampa
The Tampa Bay EDC recently hosted another installment of our wildly popular event series, Meet the Projects, sponsored by Shumaker. Leaders from some of our recent projects gathered at The Florida Aquarium to share their “Why we chose Tampa Bay” stories with our Investors. Several themes emerged as chief reasons for why these companies chose […]