Workers in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area who have been furloughed or laid off say they are only able to support themselves or their households for 19 days.
On this episode of Chamber Coronavirus Impact Insights, Meiko Seymour, lead pastor of Pinellas Community Church joins Chris Steinocher, CEO of the St. Petersburg Chamber and Joe Hamilton, publisher of the St. Pete Catalyst to talk about how churches are pivoting to deal with coronavirus mitigation while still providing the services parishioners and community members need.
Saturday, May 9 will mark 40 years to the day that the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was struck by a massive freighter, and 1,300 feet of elevated roadway fell into Tampa Bay, sending 35 people to their deaths.
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
These words were written by Blaise Pascal over 400 years ago. He was a distinguished French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic theologian.
Today’s roundup includes news about the Tampa Bay Vipers, NIX United, University of South Florida, University of Tampa, Hillsborough Community College and Technova Florida.
Today, the City of St. Petersburg announced that the Vinik Family Foundation donated $100,000 to its small business emergency grant, the Fighting Chance Fund.