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Economic development is possible at Tampa's Riverwalk and beyond listen

02/10/12 Janelle Irwin
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Tags: Riverwalk, hillsborough river, economic development, Urban Land Institute, Bob Buckhorn, Tampa

Tampa is committed to a Riverwalk connecting the Channel District to Tampa Heights. But development along the Hillsborough River may not stop there. During a discussion at the Tampa Convention Center this morning experts from the Urban Land Institute shared ways the river can connect neighborhoods to downtown.

Mayor Bob Buckhorn said 20 years from now early plans to transform Tampa’s wat...

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New mobile phone audio tour lets visitors learn about Tampa Riverwalk listen

02/09/12 Olivia Kabat
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Tags: Tampa, hillsborough river, Riverwalk, waterfront

The City of Tampa recently announced the beginning of construction on a new segment of the downtown Riverwalk. In order to draw more visitors the Riverwalk is now expanding and offering a new audio cell phone tour of Tampa’s waterfront.

The new phone tour was developed by Friends of the Riverwalk with assistance from the University of South Florida chapter of Students in Free Enterprise. Dameion Lovett, assistant director of USF’s Scholarship & Financial Aid Department says the self-guide...

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Tampa accepts $50 million federal grant for RNC security and with it, an armored truck listen

01/05/12 Janelle Irwin
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Tags: RNC, Republican National Convention, Tampa, Tampa Police Department, Tampa City Council, Mary Mulhern

The city of Tampa is getting $50 million in federal funds to pay for security for the Republican National Convention in August. City council voted unanimously today to appropriate some of those funds to tactical equipment including an armored SWAT vehicle.

“I know that this is somewhat of a trend for poli...

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Videos: 29 Occupy Tampa members arrested while camping in Riverfront Park listen

12/02/11 Josh Holton
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Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Movement, Tampa, Tampa Police, law enforcement, arrests, protests, protesters, camping, parks, parks and recreation

Tampa Police say overnight they arrested 29 members of Occupy Tampa in a riverside park west of downtown. Before the arrests about 40 people attempted to camp on a hill inside the park, but many people complied with police orders to leave.

The hilltop encampment in Julian Lane Riverfront Park was in plain view for police helicopters. More than a dozen...

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Tampa denies request from occupiers for right to assemble with tents listen

11/30/11 Janelle Irwin
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Tags: Occupy Tampa, Bob Buckhorn, Tampa, Occupy Wall Street

On Tuesday Tampa officials denied a request by Occupy Tampa protesters to be allowed tents, tables and other items within a park. The protesters have been sleeping on the sidewalk in front of Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park for more than 7 weeks now.

On Tuesday about a dozen Occupy Tampa members hand delivered a petition with 600 signatures they say is a formal request to accommodate their First Amendment right to peaceably assemble. Mayor Bob Buckhorn was not in when the group arrived, but ...

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Occupy Tampa anticipates showdown Thursday night listen

11/30/11 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Bob Buckhorn, Tampa

Today we spoke about developments this week at Occupy Tampa. As you heard on our newscast, the group protested outside a Mitt Romney fundraiser Tuesday night at the Tampa Museum of Art. Some people, including one of our guests Bill Livsey, got inside and mic-checked the gathering.

Our other guest, Ashley Perry has been arrested for trespassing in a downtown ...

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Occupy Tampa arrests at 31; Black Friday shoppers mic-checked listen

11/28/11 Josh Holton
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Tags: Buy Nothing Day, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Movement, Tampa, Walmart, Wal-Mart, consumerism

Two more Occupy Tampa members were arrested for trespassing last Wednesday night. Daniel Walford was arrested at the amphitheater on the west side of Kiley Garden, where he said police singled him out.

Eyewitnesses say they were surprised to see that even with such [a large crowd gathered to see the musical and poetic performances by local artists](https://www.facebook.com/events/2774678889...

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Three arrested at Occupy Tampa Wednesday night listen

11/17/11 Josh Holton
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Tags: Occupy Tampa, Tampa Police, Tampa, Occupy Wall Street

There were three more arrests late last night at Occupy Tampa. One was skateboarding in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park after hours, and was arrested for trespassing. Two more people were arrested while trying to document the arrest.

This is the second time Ryan Bee has been arrested for trespassing. The last time he was arrested for attempting to oc...

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Occupy Tampa rally: "Vets are the 99 percent!" listen

11/14/11 Josh Holton
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Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Movement, veterans, PAC, Tampa

Saturday afternoon about 30 members of Occupy Tampa rallied in support of Veterans. They marched from their sidewalk encampment by Curtis Hixon Park to Joe Chillura Courthouse Square Park, which is home to a memorial that honors fallen soldiers who were connected to Hillsborough County and killed in [Operation Iraqi...

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Pam Iorio on her book "Straightforward, Ways to Live and Lead" listen

11/11/11 Josh Holton
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Tags: Pam Iorio, Occupy Tampa, Tampa, Bob Buckhorn, Free Speech Zones, 2012 RNC

Former two-term Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio held her first public book signing at local independent book store Inkwood Books last night. It’s called: Straightforward, Ways to Live and Lead.

Pam Iorio left office with an 87% approval rating. Seven months after leaving public life, she now lectures on leadership at the University of Tampa’s College of Business. When asked if she would compete for the governor’s seat,...

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