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Happy Valentine’s Day! Mayor Jane Castor helped spread the love today by helping the Moates Florist team deliver a few surprise flower orders.
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Climate Action & Equity Plan Listening Session

Join the next listening session on Thursday, February 24th from 6 pm - 9 pm at Rey Park Community Center to help develop the City of Tampa Climate Action & Equity Plan. This is a part of the new Resilient Tampa Roadmap to make Tampa stronger in the face of our current and future challenges. Sign up online at bit.ly/tampaclimate.

Coffee with Castor

South Tampa community members are invited to join the next Coffee with Castor meeting on Feb 16th at 9:30 am. It will be held at the McDonald’s S Manhattan Ave location. Attend the meeting to share your ideas on how we can continue improving the quality of life in our city.

Noise Ordinance Public Information Meeting

City staff is hosting two virtual meetings on February 15th and March 15th for the newly-adopted noise ordinance. No registration is required. Learn more attampa.gov/PlanningToday (https://www.tampa.gov/PlanningToday)

DPR Construction Project Information Session + Diversity Outreach Meeting

DPR Construction is inviting all members of the public to an information session at Ragan Park Community Center on Wednesday, February 16, from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Attendees will learn more about DPR Construction’s role in the development of the City Center at Hanna Avenue. In addition, DPR will inform the community of all project-related opportunities in trade contracting, local hiring, and general workforce development in the construction industry. Due to DPR’s COVID-19 guidelines, in-person attendance will be limited to 75 people and masks will be required for entry. RSVP is required (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScD9VbRqxfYnrKBRrR4HQazM00FxgN_PP8KwyIJblUmOZ1kqw/viewform) .

Job of the Week

The Human Resources team is looking for an HRMS Manager (https://www.jobapscloud.com/Tampa/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1=220202&R2=050975&R3=001) to coordinate changes to HRMS system maintenance, assure all personnel data transactions are entered into the system, and more. Qualifications include graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree (master’s degree preferred) in human resources, business or public administration or related field and five (5) years of experience in human resources, including three (3) years of supervisory experience.

LAST WEEK'S HEADLINES (https://www.tampa.gov/mayor/news)

City Center at Hanna Avenue rendering
City of Tampa on the hunt for minority-owned businesses for Hanna Avenue project (https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2022/02/09/construction-company-minority-participation.html?fbclid=IwAR3e2TvVfS9H0FMZ-ZvGnH6MO0vOymhOVe1-n7tRJiPktu_YD71-v9zTfyk)
Tampa Bay Business Journal
DPR Construction said the city requires 35% of businesses involved in the project's construction to be Black Business Enterprises or Small Local Business Enterprises.

Tampa's River O' Green returns in 2022 after 2-year hiatus (https://www.abcactionnews.com/lifestyle/taste-and-see/tampas-river-o-green-returns-in-2022-after-2-year-hiatus)
ABC Action News
The festivities will take place Saturday, March 12 at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park.

hands holding 2 COVID-19 test strips
2 COVID-19 Testing Sites To Close In Tampa As Cases Decline: City (https://patch.com/florida/southtampa/2-covid-19-testing-sites-close-tampa-cases-decline-city)
Patch
With new COVID-19 cases on the decline in Hillsborough County and FL, the city of Tampa plans to close two coronavirus testing sites.

The Krewe of Sant' Yago Knight parade rolled down 7th Avenue in Ybor City (https://www.wtsp.com/article/entertainment/events/gasparilla/krewe-of-sant-yago-knight-parade/67-1917ed74-569e-4e0d-9e21-a31c23927b33)
10 Tampa Bay WTSP
The illuminated parade was presented by MOR-TV and co-sponsored by the city of Tampa.

Tampa mayor announces choice for next police chief, who is no stranger to the agency (https://www.fox13news.com/news/tampa-mayor-to-make-major-announcement-at-police-department)
FOX 13
The mayor of Tampa announced her choice for the next police chief Tuesday morning: Mary O'Connor, a former assistant chief of operations at the agency.

Tampa City Skyline
Tampa named one of the best cities for startups in 2022 (https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2022/02/11/tampa-ranks-highly-for-startup-cities.html)
Tampa Bay Business Journal
The Tampa Bay metro area was named the sixth-best city to found a startup,

Tampa police interim chief hosts 2nd in series of forums on reducing gun violence (https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/tampa-police-interim-chief-hosts-second-in-series-of-forums-on-reducing-gun-violence/)
WFLA NewsChannel 8
Community members shared a number of ideas and possibilities with the interim police chief to tackle crime, from more surveillance in the city to programs to get guns off the street.

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** COMING UP THIS WEEK (http://www.tampa.gov/)

Monday, February 14 at 9 a.m.
Groundbreaking - CITY OF TAMPA PARKS & RECREATION'S NEW TAMPA ALL-ABILITIES PARK

Tuesday, February 15 at 9:30 a.m.
PORT TAMPA BAY COMMISSIONERS MEETING

Tuesday, February 15 at 2:30 p.m.
STATE OF FLORIDA CFO JIMMY PATRONIS - YEAR OF THE US&R URBAN SEARCH & RESCUE CHALLENGE COIN CEREMONY

Tuesday, February 15 at 5 p.m.
WESTSHORE ALLIANCE 39th ANNUAL MEETING

Wednesday, February 16 at 8 a.m.
33rd ANNUAL TAMPA STEEL CONFERENCE HOSTED BY PORT TAMPA BAY

Wednesday, February 16 at 9:30 a.m.
COFFEE WITH CASTOR AT MCDONALD’S ON SOUTH MANHATTAN AVENUE

Wednesday, February 16 at 10:45 a.m.
Ribbon Cutting - CITY OF TAMPA SOLID WASTE & ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT'S TRANSFER STATION

Wednesday, February 16 at 11:45 a.m.
GRACEPOINT FOUNDATION CHAMPIONS & GUY KING COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CHAMPION AWARD LUNCHEON

Thursday, February 17 at 7:30 a.m.
CRISIS CENTER OF TAMPA BAY'S CUP OF COMPASSION BREAKFAST

Thursday, February 17 at 10 a.m.
SYNAPSE SUMMIT 2022

Friday, February 18 at 10 a.m.
CHLOE CONEY LEGACY WALL UNVEILING & CDC OF TAMPA'S 30th YEAR ANNIVERSARY PRE-CELEBRATION KICK-OFF

Saturday, February 19 at 9 a.m.
Kick-off - PUBLIX TOO GOOD FOR DRUGS JUNIOR GASPARILLA DISTANCE CLASSIC

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