Committee cancels RFQ for Albert Whitted studies

The city will no longer entertain the proposals submitted to determine the future uses at the 100-acre site of the Albert Whitted Airport - at least for now.

During a Wednesday evaluation committee meeting, the members unanimously voted to cancel the solicitations to select separate consultants to evaluate non-aviation and aviation uses at the airfield as the request for qualifications (RFQ) garnered very few responses and the scope could be further refined.

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Tampa Bay Estuary unveils its ‘State of the Bay’

While water quality continues to improve alongside increasing public engagement towards environmental issues, researchers remain concerned about conditions in Old Tampa Bay.

Those are the key findings from the Tampa Bay Estuary Program’s (TBEP) State of the Bay report. The recently released study, which tracks progress through key indicators of the bay’s health, is the result of three years of scientific research and community outreach.