Breaking: Cher Announces Her Next Project Is an Album of ABBA Covers

From URBN Tampa Bay

Check out what was left of Downtown Tampa in 1970, after the state had bulldozed half of it to make way for their beloved highway and ‘urban renewal’. Bulldozing the city for a wider highway isn’t a solution. As you can see, it is specifically what nearly destroyed Tampa’s urban core, making it an unlivable hellscape that the community has never fully recovered from.

This is why we strongly oppose any further highway expansion through Tampa, and support All for Transportation’s petition to put transportation improvements on the ballot in Hillsborough County this November.

For more on the petition, and how you can sign it, check out the website here: http://www.allfortransportation.com/

#NeverAgain #StopTBX #TransitNOW

Auction for a Night Out with a Community Leader-

Metro Wellness and Community Centers invites you to our Auction for a Night Out with a Community Leader. Join us this Friday, April 27, beginning at 6:30 pm. Our auctionees include: Kevin Beckner, Ashley Brundage, Nick Buchanan, Rick Clagett, Claire Elisan,  Dr. Jason Fields,  Miguel Fuller, James Keane, Holly O’Connor, and Rachel Stevenson. Check our Facebook page for profiles on each Community Leader.

Event tickets are $15, and available on our website. In addition to mingling with the community leaders during the fun event, tickets include entrance to the event, light appetizers, and a cash donation bar.

Auction 101:

1. Buy a ticket to attend.
2. Be prepared to bid on the auctionees; this can be through cash, check, or credit card.
3. Each auctionee bid includes the “night out” experience, you will know the whole package ahead of time.
4. Contact information will be exchanged once you win.
5. Check out the posts featuring our auctionees and stay tuned for the posts with the included experience!

All proceeds from the auction will directly benefit and support our extensive and ever growing programming agency wide including Youth, Senior and Transgender groups, including those programs that focus on the high school, young adult, college age, and emerging professional individuals. Engaging this population in social and support programs, while introducing them to all the services Metro offers.  This includes the importance of prevention and routine HIV testing. The State of Florida is among the  top ranked states for newly diagnosed HIV infections in the United States, with youth age 17-30 being the fastest growing demographic for new infections in this area. The CDC has also reported that new Hepatitis C infections have increased 100% in Florida in the last 4 years.  Annually Metro serves approximately 12,000 individuals through our medical services, case management, STI prevention, support, and education programs targeting LGBTQ+, HIV positive, and at-risk individuals.

From: Samantha Aulick <sales@smoremobile.com>

Message Body:

Hello Fellow Pride Committee,

We’re writing to let you know about the Columbus Pride Festival and ask for your support. As you may have read in USA Today (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/03/28/mike-pences-hometown-host-gay-pride-festival/464947002/) or Huffington Post, we’re hosting our first ever LGBTQ+ Pride event in April. We are in the hometown of Mike Pence, so we’ve never had one before.

We hope that your group will come join us for the day and encourage your community to attend. Please share on social media and in your newsletters. Columbus, Indiana welcomes your participation in this historic event. Since the news has broken on both the national and international levels, we’ve had a surge of good vibes (because who isn’t related to or working with a member of the rainbow at this point?). Well…We can think of someone from our town. Please help us let him and his followers know that we’re not going back into the closet.

Below, you’ll find the press release that we created for the day. As my wife and I have taken on contacting media and potential attendees for this, you’re welcome to contact us directly at 812.371.0400 with questions about lodging or transportation.

Samantha Aulick

Alexa Lemley

S’moremobile

812.371.0400

Sales@smoremobile.com

#ColumbusINPride

From the MC Film Mail Bag

From Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn Office

Tampa ranks 3rd in cities with fastest-growing incomes

SmartAsset

SmartAsset examined the most recent income data to find the U.S. cities with the fastest-growing incomes.

Metlife MetLife to add 430 jobs at expanded Tampa campus

Tampa Bay Times

MetLife plans to add 430 new jobs and spend $25 million upgrading its existing campus in New Tampa, the nonprofit Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. announced.

Tampa ranked 6th best city for veterans to live

Wallethub.com

WalletHub’s analysts compared the 100 largest U.S. cities across 17 key indicators of livability, affordability and veteran-friendliness.

Old City Hall  

Renovation of Tampa’s Old City Hall 80 percent complete

Bay News 9

Old City Hall, built in 1915, has recently been in the midst of a multi-million dollar makeover. Now, the renovation is 80 percent complete.

Seminole Heights

Seminole Heights Halloween celebrations gives residents night of normalcy

WFLA

It was a night both anticipated and dreaded by the citizens of Seminole Heights. Halloween was always a beloved occasion in the historic Tampa neighborhood. But, this year was different

It’s time to Walk to End HIV and this year’s event will be EPIC!

EPIC (Empath Partners in Care) is Tampa Bay’s largest HIV services organization created from the merger of ASAP (AIDS Services Association of Pinellas) and Tampa’s Francis House.

Together we serve more than 2,000 HIV-positive clients throughout Tampa Bay, touch the lives of more than 10,000 people in our area, and provide:

More than 2,500 free rapid HIV tests each year

Pharmacy services

Educational resources and outreach

Support services including counseling, financial help, food and personal needs pantries

As a past supporter of EPIC (ASAP or Francis House) we know you value this specialized HIV care. We invite you to lace-up your walking shoes and Walk to End HIV by raising funds at the 14th Annual Tampa Bay AIDS Walk and 5k, December 9 at beautiful Vinoy Park in downtown St. Petersburg.

Raise funds by telling your friends and family about why EPIC and its programs and services matter to you. Tell them about the event and ask them to make a donation in person, online through emails you can send or linking to your walk webpage through your social media sites. You will have all the tools to be successful.

If you find you would like to step up your level of support, you can form a team and act as a Team Captain. Top fundraisers and teams are eligible for great prizes. The greatest prize though is knowing you are supporting life-changing HIV care in our community in the hope that one day we will no longer have to walk because HIV will be eradicated.

Thank you again for your past support and we ask for your continued support by registering today. You can sign-up as an individual or join a team. If you cannot participate in this capacity we hope you will consider making a donation to the event.

Sincerely,

Tampa Bay AIDS Walk & 5k Run

STAGE WORKS

If you liked Avenue Q. you are going to love 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche!

by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood

August 10-20, 2017

It’s 1956 and the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. Will they be able to keep their cool when Communists threaten their idyllic town