JULY 2025

Events | Business + Development | Transportation + Planning | Community + Member News

BayCare Aligns with Northwestern Medical School

BayCare has signed a deal with Northwestern Medicine, a collaboration that officials say is a critical step in the nonprofit’s bid to expand its academic health system. BayCare, which operates 16 hospitals and more than 100 clinics in the region, plans to house its academic and research operations in a 36-acre office park that it purchased earlier this year. The site, adjacent to St. Joseph’s, St. Joseph’s Children’s and St. Joseph’s Women’s hospitals, will be named the BayCare Academic Health and Research Corridor. MORE

📷 Courtesy of Tampa Bay Times

BUSINESS + COMMUNITY NEWS

Tampa International Airport Airside D renderings show off design process MORE


Old Howard Frankland Bridge demolition scheduled for this summer MORE


Construction projects from the sky MORE


New market for foodies opens next to Sucré Table MORE


Another change is coming to the Howard Frankland Bridge MORE


TPA runway and taxiway rehab begins MORE

As TPA nears completion of the future Airside D’s design phase, the Airport wants to hear directly from Tampa Bay travelers about what they want to see in the future Airside. To make that possible, Tampa International Airport is hosting three public listening sessions during the month of July, with events planned for Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties.


The sessions will allow the community to share their thoughts on what they would prefer to see during their travel experience at Airside D, TPA’s first new Airside in nearly 20 years. The state-of-the-art, 16-gate Airside broke ground in December 2024 and will be home to both international and domestic flights when it opens to the public in late 2028. Listening sessions will be held as follows:


  • HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Wednesday, July 16, 6-7:30 p.m. – Tampa International Airport, Main Terminal Event Space, third floor between the shuttle stations for Airsides E and F; parking in the Economy Parking Garage will be validated
  • PINELLAS COUNTY, Thursday, July 24, 6-7:30 p.m. – EpiCenter at St. Petersburg College, 13805 58th St. N., Clearwater
  • PASCO COUNTY, Tuesday, July 29, 6-7:30 p.m. – Hyatt Place Wesley Chapel, 26000 Sierra Center Blvd., Lutz


No RSVP is required to attend any of these events. For more information about the project, please go to www.AirsideD.com.

World Photography Day: Westshore Photo Contest

The second annual World Photography Day Photo Contest is open for submissions. The contest will run through August 8, with winners being announced on World Photography Day (August 18). Judges are looking for images that represent a ‘favorite place or activity in Westshore’. Submissions must be taken within Westshore boundaries. Winners will receive a $100 cash prize, $50 gift card to International Plaza and Bay Street, and will be recognized during the Alliance’s August Member Luncheon on August 21. Selected images will be displayed at two pop-up galleries from August to October! For details and to enter click here. Enter today!

TRANSPORTATION + PLANNING

Kinetic Ring RFP Open Until July 11

The Westshore Alliance is working with the City of Tampa to relocate the Kinetic Ring Sculpture to a selected location in Cypress Point Park. The Alliance is seeking proposals from firms with design and construction capabilities to generate signed & sealed engineering shop drawings for the fabrication of a foundation for the Kinetic Ring Sculpture. Proposals must be submitted by 5:00PM on July 11, 2025. Learn more here. Media coverage about this project here.

New RFP: Westshore Transportation Action Plan Update 

The Westshore Alliance is seeking written proposals from firms with assessment and website development capabilities to review and update the 2018 Transportation Action Plan. The chosen firm will be asked to update the plan to be cohesive with current goals, priorities, and strategies by integrating new initiatives and project updates. The firm will establish an online component that allows for individual users to navigate a dynamic dashboard to check real-time status updates and an interactive map that allows for users to identify specific projects and project components. Proposals must be submitted by August 1, 2025 by 5:00PM. Learn more about the RFP here.

Car Free Day Tampa 2025!

The 3rd annual World Car Free Day event is officially three months away! Walk Bike Tampa, with the help of various community partners, is working hard on the planning efforts for this years WCFD event on Saturday, September 20th. Join in on the fun across the City of Tampa as we celebrate and explore the city in a fun, active, and car-free way. Activation zones will be located at Midtown/Westshore, Encore/Downtown, Ybor City, and Tampa Well Community Gardens – with meet ups in South Tampa and The Heights. This year’s theme is “Market to Market” as each activation zone will be paired with local morning markets! Learn more about the event here.

WESTSHORE ALLIANCE MEMBERS + EVENTS

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


Brick Media

Innovative Interiors Co.

JPMorgan Chase

Northwestern Mutual

Ocean Prime


Do you know someone who would benefit from Alliance membership? Refer a new member and receive a certificate for FREE admission to an upcoming Westshore Alliance event. Learn more about membership benefits.

MEMBERSHIP MILESTONES

Thank you to the following companies that have recently renewed their Alliance membership.

30+ Years

Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 33 years


20-29 Years

Bayport Plaza

DEX imaging, Inc.

MetLife Real Estate Investors

ReliaQuest Bowl

Ruth's Chris Steak House

The Bank of Tampa

The Bromley Companies/Midtown Tampa

The CORE Group


10-19 Years

ASD | SKY

Cardinal Point Management, LLC

Mosaic Westshore

The Millennium Westshore

5-9 Years

CERM

ForHearts Worldwide

La Segunda Bakery & Café

Marsocci Appleby & Company

NOVEL Midtown Tampa

Spirit Human Resources


1-4 Years

Adobe

BDG Architects

Kraus Marketing

MIDFLORIDA Credit Union

Stratus Building Solutions

Superior Construction Company

Teachers Federal Credit Union

UPCOMING WESTSHORE ALLIANCE EVENTS

7/2: Day Game with the Tampa Bay Rays - sold out!

7/8: WESTSHORE 101

7/15: Public Art Committee Meeting - members only

7/24: Alliance After-Hours Networking

COMMUNITY + MEMBER NEWS

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