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TAMPA BAY AREA
INFORMATION
ST. PETERSBURG, TAMPA, AND
CLEARWATER INFORMATION
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Welcome to
Tampa Bay, an area that encompasses three
counties and is "home" to over 2 million
residents. It's a home filled with sunny beaches
and bright futures. It offers great business
opportunities and low costs for doing business.
It's where Tampa Bay Buccaneers' fans cheered
their winning team on to Super Bowl glory in
2003 and their favorite hockey team, the Tampa
Bay Lightning, on to the 2004 Stanley Cup
victory. It's also home to the "Number 1 Zoo in
the United States for Kids."
It has the largest performing arts center in the
southeast. The largest science museum in the
south. And the cultural arts district in
downtown Tampa is expanding every day, with the
recent addition of the Patel Conservatory which
helps both young and mature actors, artists,
musicians and performers perfect their craft.
It's one of the
few markets in America with two major
metropolitan newspapers. The #1 ranked airport
in the country. And Tampa is the only city in
America that celebrates the glory of being a
pirate and all the festivities that Gasparilla
offers during one whole month each year.
If you're looking for a great way of life, it
doesn't get better than Tampa Bay. There's no
state income tax. Low property taxes. And Tampa
offers a lower cost of living than other major
southern cities, including Atlanta, Orlando,
Charlotte and Charleston.
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It's a region that attracts
millions of tourists each year, who appreciate
its mild winter climates, tropical summers,
spectacular sunsets and beautiful beaches. To
those of us who choose to live here, these are
every day pleasures--not just vacation moments.
We go fishing before heading into the office. We
walk on the beach at sunset. We enjoy wearing
shorts in January. And we are thankful, with
each and every sunny day, to have made the
decision to live in Tampa Bay.
We have a healthy
economy, as well as some of the best healthcare
facilities in the United States, including H.
Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research
Institute, two trauma centers, a medical school
(which works in conjunction with two major
hospitals) and three hospitals ranked as
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St Petersburg
History |
Founded in 1876, St.
Petersburg is the fourth largest
city in Florida with a population of
approximately 250,000 people,
according to U.S. Census Bureau
estimates. St. Petersburg is part of
the Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater
metropolitan statistical area, which
is the twentieth largest in the
United States with a population in
excess of 2.5 million people.
Access to
higher
learning is
available in
St.
Petersburg
at Eckerd
College, a
private
liberal arts
school and
at campuses
of
University
of South
Florida, a
public
university,
and St. Petersburg
College, a
local
community
college.
St.
Petersburg
weather can
be
characterized
as a year
round
tropical
climate.
July and
August are
the hottest
months of
the year
with average
daily
temperatures
reaching 90
degrees
Fahrenheit.
January is
the coolest
month, with
average
daily
temperatures
of 69
degrees
Fahrenheit.
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