Picture progress: Food hall, residential towers take shape

Construction crew members are hoisted on cranes to install structural beams and columns on towering projects sprouting throughout St. Petersburg.

These are some of the projects that are visually progressing in the city:

Clearwater promotes US 19 as prime development corridor	Center for Disabilities celebrates 70 years of impact
Hotel group secures $20M for Cordova Inn expansion	Timeline changes for Gateway development

Apple co-founder kicks off Tampa Bay tech event

When officials with London-based cloud service provider Civo opened a U.S. headquarters in Orlando, they quickly recognized Tampa Bay’s burgeoning technology industry.

Mark Boost, co-founder and CEO, told the Catalyst that he thought the area's waterfront location, weather and preponderance of innovative startups made it ideal for an expansive conference focused on helping companies leverage cloud-native technologies. The event began today and will continue Wednesday Tampa's Armature Works. In total, Civo Navigate features 50 speakers.