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An In Depth Jobs Report

 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has issued job news which, at first glance, appears grim for Florida and Tampa Bay.83 Degrees explores the new data in depth. Read more....
 

 

Roll Over for the Rays
The Rays baseball team continues unabated their public spectacle demanding a new waterfront stadium. Ice cream entrepreneur Will Schmidt is enthused about the plan “I want the same deal the Rays got for my business, a deal I feel is fair between any privately owned business and the city government”. More...

83 Degrees Features

83 Degrees Magazine Receives Community Excellence Award
 

Job Stimulus Report Recommendations

 

 

Happy Thoughts From 83 Degrees

Condos and Cranes Are Back Baby!

 

Sunbelt Can’t Hold Them Back

 from 83 Degrees 

 


Sunshine and Smiles

Feeding Hungry Kids

 

2003 A Good Year Is Back

 

Tourism Demands Attention 

"It makes one wonder if these teams are receiving higher seeds simply because they're better."

 

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New Complaints Against Commissioner White

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Florida Needs Bernie Madoff

 

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We Pay In Sunshine   Green Jobs


 

 

 

 


 

 


What Others Are Saying

Praise, criticism meets launch of ‘good news’ site from 83 Degrees
Michael Hinman, Tampa Bay Business Journal, November 2009

New Tampa Bay publication goes online
Mitch Perry, Creative Loafing. November  2009

'Good news' site has credibility gap
Alexis Muellner, Tampa Bay Business Journal, November 2009.   

The dream of the Sunshine State is fast disappearing
Steve Otto, Tampa Tribune, October 2009

The dead end kids: Young, unemployed and facing tough future
Richard Wilner, New York Times, September 2009.  

For Florida, 'end of an era' of population growth
Haya El Nasser, USA Today, September 2009  

Florida's Property Taxes Go Wacky in Housing Slump
Tim Padgett, Time Magazine, June 2009

The Ponzi State
George Packer, The New Yorker, February 2009 

After Century of Growth Tide Turns in Florida
Damien Cave, New York Times, August 2009


This is 83 Degrees Tampa Bay, an online magazine focused on Tampa Bay area growth and development, created to present the positive and humorous side of the job growth and business investment in Tampa Bay, particularly in the new economy. 

We will inform you of the talent, innovation, diversity and economic environment of Tampa Bay with particular focus paid on the real news you need to know about.

Leadership is acting to increase the social, political and intellectual level of society. That is what we will do at 83 Degrees Tampa Bay.

 

The Word

Economics Professor Just Doesn’t Get It

Economics professor Dr. Joe Dieppe of the prestigious Bastogne School of Business spoke with us regarding his Tampa Bay economic forecasting.  More...

 

Best Places to be Laid Off From

83 Degrees is looking for your input on the positive economic news. What is your pick for the top workplace to get laid off from in Tampa Bay? Cutting staff is never easy; help us identify who does it painlessly and with a smile.  More...

 

NEWS ARCHIVES

Answers for the Unemployed

 

Good News on Unemployment Numbers

 

Food Stamp Professionals Launch in Tampa Bay

 

Economic Development Showcased

 

Politicians Now Come Cheap

 

More Branding is the Answer

 

THE WEEKLY PROPAGANDA

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Local Man Vindicated With Facebook

 

More Privatization in St Pete Government

 

Child Beggars Swarmed Tampa Bay Neighborhoods

 

Gasparilla Explained

 

Suggested Reading for Tampa Bay

 

Tampa’s Cultural Boom

 

Sports as Economic Development

 

The “Secret” to Economic Development

 

South Tampa Douche Bag Club

 

Land Mass North of Kennedy Discovered

 

South of Kennedy Grows Rapidly

 

Tampa Bay’s Fast Growing Population Segment

 

Free Food for the Unemployed

 

Local Woman Aspires to Under-Employment

 

Tampa Bay’s Next Big Economic Boom is Here

 

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