City Council OKs Radisson Hotel expansion
Tampa Bay Newspapers, FL 
... expected to draw more corporate and tourist business. Menna and Housh Ghovaee of Northside Engineering, who redesigned the facility, said Pinellas Park ...

Tampa Bay governments put in place incentives deal for tech ...
Tampabay.com, FL 
Among other things, Len Polizzotto, a senior Draper executive, was an SRI vice president when that company negotiated economic development incentives from ...

Money for Draper Labs could brings jobs to bay area
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
The company would team up with an existing, but unnamed, Pinellas County defense contractor to make "multichip modules," an advanced form of circuit boards. Pinellas County commissioners gave provisional assent to a $2-million subsidy on April 22. On Tuesday, the commission will decide whether to make a formal offer of that amount to the company, said County Commissioner Susan Latvala. "The jobs are always pretty high wage, and that is one of our strategic goals," she said. "And all things considered that's what we're looking for." . ...

Research on tiny devices may have big payoff for Tampa Bay area 

County Considers $6 Million Bait For Draper Lab
Tampa Tribune, FL - 7 hours ago
By JACOB SCHNEIDER TAMPA - Hillsborough County commissioners are expected to vote today on $6 million in funding to lure a Massachusetts-based high-tech

Here's what $225000 now buys in bay area houses
Tampabay.com - House hunters browsing the urban cores of St. Petersburg and Tampa have to settle for smallish bungalows with decades' worth of blemishes.

Jobs plan is a good deal for city
Tampabay.com - An economic development project that involves the retention and expansion of a major local employer has ...

800 tech jobs added to Tampa-St. Petersburg
Bizjournals.com - The AeA surveyed 60 cities in it report focusing on employment, wages, payroll, establishments and industry sector jobs. It included Hillsborough, Pinellas, ...

Be a tourist for a day at John's Pass
Tampabay.com, FL 
By STEVE SPEARS, Times Staff Writer Chances are spending the day at John's Pass Village isn't something that has crossed your mind since the in-laws from ...

Election information on Largo chamber web site
Tampabay.com, FL The Business Assistance Program, a partnership between the city, chamber of commerce and Pinellas County Economic Development, provides free help to dozens ...

Pinellas Park okays plan for Marriott
Tampabay.com, FL
By Anne Lindberg, Times Staff Writer PINELLAS PARK — Come January, a Marriott hotel flag will mark one of this city's northern boundaries

Bubba Gump Shrimp about ready for John's Pass in Madeira Beach
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. is scheduled to open its first Tampa Bay area restaurant on July 18 on the John's Pass boardwalk in Madeira Beach. ...

Grubb & Ellis chief predicts commercial real estate uptick
Tampa Bay Business Journal
The commercial real estate market will begin to rebound in the fourth quarter, says the leader of Grubb & Ellis/Commercial Florida, who predicts bigger gains for the industry in 2009.