Visions of the Year to Come
Bob Buckhorn
Mayor
City of Tampa
Tampa is experiencing a renaissance. Over
the past four years we have grown faster,
developed smarter, and reinvented how
neighborhoods flourish and people thrive in
cities. From new and exciting advancements
in technology and business to building
communities that focus on wellness, quality
of life, and sustainability, what you see from
Tampa in 2016 won’t be like anything you
have seen from a city before. Tampa is open,
no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, or
religion, there is no better place to live, raise
a family, or build a business, than right here.
Expect great things from us in 2016 – you
won’t be disappointed.
Kent Lydecker
Director
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
The Year Ahead: 2016 Opens the Door to the New Tampa Bay
In parallel, St. Petersburg and Tampa are developing new visions for
the future. In St. Pete, evolving plans for the Pier and the waterfront parks
will take these longstanding community assets to new levels of excellence.
In Tampa, Jeff Vinik’s City Center/ Channelside ideas promise to animate
the river as never before.
Business and community leaders know that the arts are a measure – and
driver – of urban vitality. When The Museum of Fine Arts opened its doors
51 years ago to celebrate the visual arts, we pioneered a new path. We have
been joined by The Tampa Museum of Art, the Salvador Dali Museum,
the Morean Art Center and Chihully Collection, the Florida Holocaust
Museum – and we’ll soon be joined by the Museum of the American Arts
and Craft Movement and Tom and Mary James’ Museum of the American
West. With our collections and exhibitions, we’re at the center of it all for
visitors and residents alike.
Let’s honor the past, knowing we’re not quite the cities we were. We have
a larger vision for Tampa Bay, in which strength complements strength.
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