Regionalism propels Tampa International Airport higher

Tampa International Airport now generates an $11 billion economic impact and serves over 25 million passengers annually. Longtime CEO Joe Lopano credits regional teamwork.

Lopano, who will retire in less than two weeks after 14 years with the airport (TPA), provided an operational update Wednesday to Pinellas County government and business leaders. He told the Tourist Development Council (TDC) that 39 million people will utilize Tampa International by 2042.

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Report: Skyway Bridge needs a ‘vulnerability assessment’

In a report released Friday, the National Transportation Safety Board included the Sunshine Skyway Bridge among 68 over-water bridges, around the country, that require immediate vulnerability assessments.

The recommendation was included in an NTSB report on the March 26, 2024 incident in which the container ship Dali struck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore Harbor. Six construction workers on the bridge were killed.

Arts Alive! podcast: Mike Hazlett, Green Light Cinema

When Mike Hazlett and his wife Sue relocated to St. Petersburg from Boston nine years ago, they asked themselves: Why doesn’t a city this cosmopolitan have an independent movie theater?

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